Potomac River Rayovac FLW Series Smitson Reels In 90th Place

However, the Potomac River tide kept a large number of fish up shallow after spawning. In practice I figured out the bass were keying on small bait fish and not the big baits I was using two weeks ago. This smaller bait fish finding turned out to be very helpful as the tournament moved on. In practice we eliminated a lot of places that the fish were last year about this time or a month earlier. I also figured that the river was still a month behind last year at this time. I caught 10 fish in practice Wednesday but they were all small.

 

My best bass in practice came on a wacky rigged Gambler Ace and he was only around 2 lbs. I met up with a buddy from NY and fished first half the practice on Wednesday and marked a few way points on my graph that had clearer water, bait fish, schools of largemouth bass or ledges. Then on the second half the day I hooked up with another fishing buddy from NJ and fished a little and marked a few more spots on the graph. I marked five spots on the graph in practice. All five spots had fish during the tournament but they were all small.

 

On day 1 of this tournament, I caught a majority of my 5 bass limit of largemouth bass on Gambler TZ Swimmers. The bite was slow and sporadic through out the day on a mostly incoming tide. Around 20 keepers is all I could muster, my biggest bass ( 3.5 lbs ) came in a marina off a wacky soft plastic bait similar to the Gambler Ace. I fished Piscataway, Douge, Pomonkey, Stick Marsh out front of three creeks, most of the keeper fish came from Stick Marsh. My 5 best largemouth bass on day 1 of the Potomac River Rayovac FLW Series Tournament weighed in at 11 lbs 01 oz. Through out the day, on day one. I also used a War Eagle Spinnerbait DBL Willow, Gambler Otter and Gambler Ace Texas rigged.

 

 

 

 

Day 2 was the best fishing day on the Potomac river for me. I landed 50 keepers easy and my best 5 bass weighed in at 9 lbs 12 ozs. Fish were biting everything I threw at them and believe me when I say everything.

 

The best baits on day 2 off the top of my head were Frogs, Soft Plastic Stick Baits, Gambler Ace, Gambler Otter, Gambler Why Not, War Eagle Spinner Bait, Shallow Crankbaits, Bladed Swim Jigs, Gambler Swim Jigs and Hollow Swimbaits.