Stren Series #1
Potomac River
Water Temp: 74
Post Spawn


I want to start by saying thanks to Tom Reynolds who put on a great tournament this Saturday on the CT River; there needs to be more like it. Dusty and I fished that tournament and did terrible. We were only able to catch 4 fish for 5.5 lbs. I wasn't able to practice for it at all, and I think the last time I was there was 6 years ago. We stayed to see if we had won the boat they were giving away; we didn't win. We left Haddam Meadows and headed for Indian Head, Maryland. We arrived at the hotel at a little after 11pm. As tired as we were, we were both excited and found it difficult to fall asleep. When we arrived at the launch in the first morning, Dusty and I were both a little disappointed by what we saw. The water was very high, dirty, and the grass wasn't nearly as high as it is later in the year. The conditions threw me for a loop for most of the morning, but it didn't take long for us to dial in on the fish. By the end of the day I had boated about 16lbs, and Dusty had about 14. I was able to locate 2 areas that we got multiple big bites in. One area was on a grass flat and the other was at the edge of a lily pad patch. Most of the fish we're catching are coming flipping a crazy legs chigger craw and a paca craw with a 1oz weight, or on a 4" Berkley hollow belly (I can't stop throwing it). Today was our second day of practice and we did allot of the same, but in different areas. We launched further up the river today and fished up to Piscataway Creek. Unfortunately, my trolling motor batteries didn't get a full charge last night and my batteries were completely dead by 4. On the positive side, we found 2 more areas that had good fish in them, including this one that was all of 7lbs that I caught on a swimbait; its eyes were as big as quarters!

By the end of the day I had about 18lbs and Dusty had about 16. If this had been the first 2 days of the tournament, I think Dusty and I would both have made the cut. Here's a pic of Dusty with a good one from today.