Fishing Reports
51 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Baitfish
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Fish in photo came from fishing submerged Hydrilla in the Potomac with a wacky rigged Senko. Highly recommend the VMC crossover rings. Senkos are known to not be very durable, but the crossover rings allow catching multiple fish without having to replace worms. Also, the VMC weedless Neko hooks allow the rig to come through submerged grass well.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Minnows
Fish in picture came from pitching lay downs on the Potomac. Black blue & purple jig with a June bug trailer seems to work in the Potomac regardless of water clarity.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Micro Crankbaits
Structure
Matted Grass
Used the ark minidiver and mini spinner as well
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
67°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
Dropshot, wacky, and freerig all produced on grass flats. Moving baits were not productive for me.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
71°
Chatterbait got the bites but when it slowed down, swim jigs and wacky rigs produced fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
72°
Some fish are still on beds, seems as though most are post spawn transitioning to summer patterns. Caught 5 bass, biggest on a jig, 3 on a lipless, 1 on a damiki. Also caught 3 crappie, 2 lipless 1 damiki. Focus on outside edges of grass lines, fish will use the thick grass as cover and ambush baits retrieved along the edge or over the top
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
65°
Rainy and overcast, I expected a moving bait bite, but was unable to generate anything on spinnerbait, crank bait, or buzz bait. Got one hit on a wacky rig and caught one 3# on drop shot, both near dock pilings. Others I talked to had similar results.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Water Temperature
69°
Wacky rig was catching both largemouth and spotter bass all day.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Minnows
Pitching laydowns with a black and blue dirty jigs jig and zoom Z crawl June bug trailer on the Potomac River. First time using the new Dobyns Fury 704c rod and I was truly impressed by the action and sensitivity at that price point. We caught over 20 bass today but the biggest was caught on the jig.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
64°
Actually used flashy pearl color (white) but wasn’t an option. Caught several nice bass on this one.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
64°
Fishing a tournament on the Potomac. I don’t prefer fishing spinnerbaits, but they will come through the pads without snagging and catch fish! 40lb braid mainline with a 15lb fluoro leader. Alberto knot on the braid to fluoro connection and San Diego jam knot on the lure connection.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Water Temperature
52°
Muddy water after rain so contrast was key. Only a couple bites but the bites were good ones.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
58°
Working down the bank with a shaky head. 4lber choked it on the retrieve. She was swimming with it and I didn’t even know she was there at first. To make matters worse, I was fumbling with the net like a rookie. Amateur hour. 😂
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
58°
Throwing a fire craw jackhammer over submerged Lilly pads on high tide. The 5-1/2” trailer got me a couple short strikes. I think I’ll switch up to the 4-1/2” spunk shad next trip.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Pilings
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
48°
Lot of rain came in over the past week so the river was chocolate milk. I couldn’t get bit on a moving bait. Fished around pilings with a shaky head and black trick worm and landed a couple. Water temp was reading 48 on the depth finder, so I expect it to get better in the coming weeks.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Pilings
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
50°
Caught 20+ bass, mostly 13-15.5” around marina pilings. Wood and metal pilings both held fish. Best pilings were in ~8’ of water. Some fish holding in slightly deeper water but could not get them to bite. Others had some success on large grass flats where the grass has just begun to grow. Using my own hand poured worms. Closely resemble Zoom trick worms and Roboworms.
