Constitution Garden Fishing Opportunities

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chad tokowicz

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Jun 19, 2018, 5:02:07 PM6/19/18
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Hey all,

hope the week is off to a good start. A business associate is coming into town this weekend and inquired about fishing opportunities in the Constitution Garden. not sure why he specifically mentioned this area but I said I would do my due diligence and try and compile some information about it.

Would love to hear if anyone has fished it, if so what species are available and what the preferred tackle is. 

Thanks and Tight Lines!


tperkins

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Jun 19, 2018, 5:10:42 PM6/19/18
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In the past there were some nice blue gills and some bass in there. A few years ago there was a fish kill, and after that I stopped fishing it. Last year I went back and saw tons of small bluegills but nothing else. They did stock it after the fish kill, but not sure how those fish did. If you decide to fish it, 3-5 wt rod, small poppers, buggers, nymphs. It does get pretty weedy too.  Personally I would go to the Tidal Basin instead.

chad tokowicz

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Jun 19, 2018, 5:31:48 PM6/19/18
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Thank you for the quick reply - all noted.

What resides in the Tidal Basin? IS there still the possibility of hooking up to schoolies?!

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Hugh

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Jun 19, 2018, 5:49:34 PM6/19/18
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One morning I caught a large mouth, black crappie, a small striper, and a gar.

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 5:31 PM, chad tokowicz <ctok...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for the quick reply - all noted.

What resides in the Tidal Basin? IS there still the possibility of hooking up to schoolies?!
On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 5:10 PM, tperkins <thomas....@gmail.com> wrote:
In the past there were some nice blue gills and some bass in there. A few years ago there was a fish kill, and after that I stopped fishing it. Last year I went back and saw tons of small bluegills but nothing else. They did stock it after the fish kill, but not sure how those fish did. If you decide to fish it, 3-5 wt rod, small poppers, buggers, nymphs. It does get pretty weedy too.  Personally I would go to the Tidal Basin instead.

On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 5:02:07 PM UTC-4, chad tokowicz wrote:
Hey all,

hope the week is off to a good start. A business associate is coming into town this weekend and inquired about fishing opportunities in the Constitution Garden. not sure why he specifically mentioned this area but I said I would do my due diligence and try and compile some information about it.

Would love to hear if anyone has fished it, if so what species are available and what the preferred tackle is. 

Thanks and Tight Lines!


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John Hammill

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Jun 19, 2018, 6:01:33 PM6/19/18
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I’ve seen sunfish in there and it looks like it’s hold white perch maybe (haven’t seen the latter but only looked once.) I saw fishing there listed on a blog which eludes me right now. Probably requires a DC license.

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tperkins

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Jun 19, 2018, 6:06:49 PM6/19/18
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Not sure if schoolies will still be around. But carp, snakehead, Bass, bluegill, crappie, catfish, gar and who knows what else are all possibilities.

Andrew Sarcinello

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Jun 20, 2018, 8:30:27 AM6/20/18
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Schoolies are still here, got into a couple yesterday at little falls

N Elgas

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Jun 20, 2018, 9:13:38 AM6/20/18
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schoolies are still in the basin as will got an 18" last week


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Rob Snowhite

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Jun 20, 2018, 10:42:17 AM6/20/18
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Constitution gardens = land locked. 
Tidal basin = connected to river. 

Gardens will be stocked with cats, bluegills, largies if stocked at all. Once heat forces oxygen out of the water and algae blooms the fish will die off. 

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Jun 20, 2018, 10:56:25 AM6/20/18
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It's hard to believe anything could survive the summer heat in Constitution Garden.
 Seems to me the maximum depth there is about 4 feet?

I agree 1000% that Tidal Basin is the better choice. 

chad tokowicz

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Jun 22, 2018, 9:44:43 AM6/22/18
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very nice, what fly were you using? also for tidal basin do you use a floating line or intermediate sink?
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