Gravely Point tomorrow after work?

[Matthew Longley]

Never fished Gravely Point, but determined to check it out tomorrow after work.  Should be able to get there by 6:30/45, so at least an hour of fishing before the 7:10 sunset.  Anyone interested in joining?

For veterans out there, should I bring my floating or sinking line?

[Matthew Longley]

Sorry that's supposed to be 5:30/5:45.  Long day...

[Rob Snowhite]

Its going to be the tail end of low tide. Bring your floater.

 

Rob Snowhite

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Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Gravely Point tomorrow after work?

Never fished Gravely Point, but determined to check it out tomorrow after work.  Should be able to get there by 6:30/45, so at least an hour of fishing before the 7:10 sunset.  Anyone interested in joining?

For veterans out there, should I bring my floating or sinking line?

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[Patrick Roethe]

I would definitely be down to meetup there after work tomorrow. Prob
closer to 6-6:15. I see low tide is appx 5:49PM--when is the best
time to fish around low tide? 30 minutes after so there's movement?
I have no idea. Also-typicaly how do heavy rains affect fishing in
the Potomac?

Thanks,
Pat

[Rich, Marek]

Gravely should be fished approximately 2hrs after high tide. Low tide
fishing is better in the duck pond or tidal basin IMO.

[Daniel Davala]

Search and you will find!  Here is a lot of background information on Gravelly Point including timing the tides, conditions, and techniques:

 

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/tidal-potomac-fly-rodders/gravelly$20point

The search bar at the top of the FORUM page is a powerful tool for mining the depths of contributions over the years.  Remember, as you learn from or are inspired by the info you find from current and previous posts here, be sure to pay it forward and contribute your knowledge and experiences to the rest of the group.  Looking forward to the report, and remember to have FUN regardless!

 

Dan Davala

[Longley]

Heading over now, you'll recognize me by the bright orange paracord I use as a net strap...

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[Matthew Longley]

Fishing Report--

I did end up going to Gravely Point despite the tidal situation, mostly because I was really set on getting a lay of the place.  I've biked through there a million times and never even considered fishing it, so I was really curious.  On the ride down the Mt Vernon trail, the river looked as low as I've ever seen it... There was a mud ring around Roose Island 20 feet wide, not a good sign.  But I pedaled on, locked my bike up (watching out for the teenage girl larceny ring), geared up and went straight for the dock I saw on google maps.  Figured it would give me casting room and some access to deeper water.  Then I saw the "no fishing from the dock/ramp" sign, and there goes that.

I spent about an hour moving around the shore to the left and right of the dock, and then down to the river proper closer to the mt vernon trail, before finally settling in at a shore spot about 50 yards to the right of the dock.  I tried to check out the duck pond, but that required a game of frogger I wasn't quite up for... Guess I have to find another way for next time.  The spot to the right of the dock was comfortable though, and I could side cast out a good deal of line and whip it backwards into the current, which would take my fly pretty much anywhere I wanted it to go.  Put 10 minutes into a chartuese size 2 clouser, but wasn't getting any action, so figuring the big fish might be elsewhere in deeper water, I tied on a hopper with a relatively large nymph trailer and casted upstream to let it run down the current.  Caught one mystery fish on the nymph, but I lost it in the wall of growth that lines the shallows there.  A few casts later something took the hopper, and being careful to move it up and around the growth, I landed it.  Small (~8 inches) but really good looking perch.  The nymph came off in the process of unhooking it, but there was a bit of surface activity and I didn't want to waste time so I got the hopper back out there and soon enough landed a largemouth bass, though not a big one (8-9 inches).

Pretty sure there was a snakehead playing around me as the lights went out, something was occasionally making a whole lot of surface noise.  I made a few passes with a popper, and had two missed but big strikes (hallmark of the snakehead?) but eventually it got too dark and I packed it in.

Thanks for all the tips, looking forward to getting back out there under a better tidal condition.

[NixieDC]

Next time u go there, Matt, lemme know. Daniel/Orvis Arlington advised me to use sinking, 6 wt line @ least.

On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 5:43:52 PM UTC-4, Matthew Longley wrote: