Citation, a video and a couple of failures

Well Easter has come and gone so I thought I’d post a quick update on how the fishing is going in my part of the world.

Up to this point my focus has been on fishing freshwater from the kayak. Mid March I was on the Eastern Shore visiting my sisters. I took the kayak out on what has become one of my favorite locations, Williams Mill, about a mile south of Delmar, MD. It was cold and windy so I was thankful I had remembered my anchor as it gave me the chance to hold a spot. I was using a shad style bait under a float with a nice bit of success. In fact I’ve mentioned it before that I think that there’s citation size fish there. The first fish I landed that day proved my point as I reeled in a nice 15 & 1/4 inch black crappie. I released it since I figured they were about to start spawning. Using the same presentation I caught about a half dozen more, most of them would have been terrific in a frying pan. I also caught multiple chain pickerel that day, some on the shad bait as well as a few on a jerkbait. The largest of those measured to just under 22 inches which tells me there has to be a “trophy” in there. I’ll head back in the not too distant future and hopefully find out. Now if you want to see footage of the outing that day I did have the GoPro with me. You may hear some excitement as well as some moments of anguish. But I promise I did my best to edit it down to about six minutes.

Now as to my quest to catch a fish in each county in the state of Maryland. Since my post at the beginning of March I’ve made two attempts of getting new counties. If you noticed I said “attempts.” A quick outing in Princess Anne, MD on the Manokin River proved fruitless as it a tidal river and I was there at low tide. At times I had to get out and walk the kayak since it was scrapping bottom. Then over the Easter weekend I made the drive up to Cunningham Falls State Park in northern Frederick County. It was a beautiful day with nice high skies. Unfortunately not being familiar with the lake, I spent most of my time paddling around trying various baits to no end. Since it was such a gorgeous location I plan on returning some time in the future. Until next time ... Tight Lines!