Potomac 9/7 - 9/9?

[bassboogieman]

I'm back. Fishing was not very good, actually is was pee poor for that water. Friday was very hot, Saturday just hot and this morning was beutiful. Had tornado warnings last night (Sat.) and pretty severe thunder storm, which cleared out early eveing leading to the terrific cool day today.

Back to the fishing, Friday was bad, we only boated 3 bass, and my nephew caught a snakehead, which is why I took him down there to add that to his species list. Saturday was brutal - storm front came in, winds at 18 MPH and the main river was nasty, I speared my first wave - anyone done that? It ain't pretty, but it was refreshing, only 2 bass boated. Today better, we caught six in a half day.

NOTHING great, I certainly expected MUCH better fishing. No, I don't think it was me as everyone I talked to didn't have much better results. I mentioned that there was an FLW Everstart event there - well they didn't do very well either after Thursday's big bag of 20 pounds which is decent for that water. Friday, our first day the FLW big bag went just over 15 pounds, and Saturday it dropped to 12 pounds. If they can't catch 'em, I'm not feeling too bad.

Oh, for those that are familiar with my fishing trips - yes I had issues with the boat, nothing major just a dead crank battery (1 yr old) due to a broken fuse in the feed from the charger. The fuse was not blown it just came apart, the glass (buss fuse) was intact it just seperated from the metal end caps. I fixed that but it took two nights of charging to get that battery back to functional. I have to check it, to be sure is isn't damaged, as it's an AGM there are no cells to check but I will see what kind of voltage it's putting out. I ran Fri. & Sat without electronics - what a PITA - and jumper cables to start the outboard. I also have to check the charger to be sure it's operating ok. I should have some pictures in a day or so. My nephew took a few with his cell phone - yeah, I forgot my camera.