Personal "bests"

[Jeff Silvan]

Went out to the Potomac today just up river of Chain Bridge (I call it the landing pad) this afternoon and managed to set a couple personal bests... Smallest fish I've ever caught (picture attached), then a striped bass which is my first from the Potomac, but also happened to be the smallest striper I've ever caught (about 6 inches). The striper took a yellow boogle bug. A kayaker going by told me some guys caught some 3 lb stripers up by Old Anglers, but I'm guessing they weren't actually stripers up there. There were tons of gizzard shad out again, but much bigger than the ones I posted about in 4MR. These were nearly all 12-14" with some pushing 16 inches. They're really seeming to displace other fish - even the sunfish that always hang around in the little pools between the rocks.

[Rob Snowhite]

Nice baby shad pictured.  Did the scales come off on your hand like glitter? 

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On Sep 28, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Jeff Silvan <jeffre...@gmail.com> wrote:

Went out to the Potomac today just up river of Chain Bridge (I call it the landing pad) this afternoon and managed to set a couple personal bests... Smallest fish I've ever caught (picture attached), then a striped bass which is my first from the Potomac, but also happened to be the smallest striper I've ever caught (about 6 inches). The striper took a yellow boogle bug. A kayaker going by told me some guys caught some 3 lb stripers up by Old Anglers, but I'm guessing they weren't actually stripers up there. There were tons of gizzard shad out again, but much bigger than the ones I posted about in 4MR. These were nearly all 12-14" with some pushing 16 inches. They're really seeming to displace other fish - even the sunfish that always hang around in the little pools between the rocks.

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[TurbineBlade]

Nice blue and channel bait.  Well, after 4 seconds out of water they're mostly just channel bait.  ;)

[Jeff Silvan]

Ha, Rob, you got it. It looked like a just finished teaching a preteen girl arts and craft class.

On Friday, September 28, 2012 8:06:33 PM UTC-4, Rob Snowhite wrote:

Nice baby shad pictured.  Did the scales come off on your hand like glitter? 

Sent from my iPod

On Sep 28, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Jeff Silvan <jeffre...@gmail.com> wrote:

Went out to the Potomac today just up river of Chain Bridge (I call it the landing pad) this afternoon and managed to set a couple personal bests... Smallest fish I've ever caught (picture attached), then a striped bass which is my first from the Potomac, but also happened to be the smallest striper I've ever caught (about 6 inches). The striper took a yellow boogle bug. A kayaker going by told me some guys caught some 3 lb stripers up by Old Anglers, but I'm guessing they weren't actually stripers up there. There were tons of gizzard shad out again, but much bigger than the ones I posted about in 4MR. These were nearly all 12-14" with some pushing 16 inches. They're really seeming to displace other fish - even the sunfish that always hang around in the little pools between the rocks.

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[Danny Barrett]

Has anyone managed to catch the Gizzard shad?  Are they hang over from migration in May/April?

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Jeff Silvan <jeffre...@gmail.com> wrote:

Went out to the Potomac today just up river of Chain Bridge (I call it the landing pad) this afternoon and managed to set a couple personal bests... Smallest fish I've ever caught (picture attached), then a striped bass which is my first from the Potomac, but also happened to be the smallest striper I've ever caught (about 6 inches). The striper took a yellow boogle bug. A kayaker going by told me some guys caught some 3 lb stripers up by Old Anglers, but I'm guessing they weren't actually stripers up there. There were tons of gizzard shad out again, but much bigger than the ones I posted about in 4MR. These were nearly all 12-14" with some pushing 16 inches. They're really seeming to displace other fish - even the sunfish that always hang around in the little pools between the rocks.

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