Fresh Washington DC Fishing Reports

The hiring of a fishing guide can be an anxious experience. One is investing their money so whst should you expect from your investment ? Catching fish ? That’s a reasonable expectation but not always controllble by even a guide thst fishes every single day. Theres just too many variables out of the guides control. However that is the goal and it is reasonable but not always within the guides total control. So what is in the guides control and what is not only reasonable but a non negotiable expectation of a guide ? Heres my expectstions of myself ? 1. Be on time with equipment prepared. 2. Provide 100% effort to make clients experience positive. That includes the guide having a positive, friendly and patient attitude. 3. Make time on the water a learning experience. A guide is an instructor and the client should be a better fishernan after getting off the guudes boat. 4. A guide should understand the clients goals, experience and limitations. A client should not be placed in a position to fail or placed in positions that threaten their physical health. There will be bad days. I grew up among the best fishermen and guides in my area. My relatives are in the Fishing Hall of Fame. I know that fishing is managing failure. Most if our casts result in failure. How do you manage little failures vs big failures. That’s the challenge of being a fishing guide. One can only control the controllable. As a fishing guide hall of famer taught me “if you cant handle a bad day - u wont be a fishing guide for very long”. No truer words have ever been spoken. A client should expect that their guide control the controllable.

Fiahing in the shallows with artificial lures has been producing some nice catches.

May 2023 is coming to an end and its time to anticipate June fishing patterns on the Potomac River. Snakeheads- morning and evening snakehead trips begin in June. June means snakeheads positioning themselves to be targeted with topwater baits. (Because anything else is called catfishing). The warming water and developing hydrilla will have snakeheads not only more active but looking to spawn. This combination makes for concentrations of aggressive snakeheads. June and early july are the best times of the year to target snakeheads on the potomac. Largemouth Bass - In june the majority of bass have spawned and post spawn fish are now in grass beds and willing to strike early morning topwater baits. Frog fishing snd buzzbaits earky and late in the day. I love the evening trips because the beauty of the river is all yours. The most interesting guide on the river is st your service. I work hard and have a life time of exoerience.

Well it looks like the weather has finally decided to be more spring like! Rockfish season for trophy's opened May 1 with a 35 in. minimum size. With the mild winter and everything being ahead of schedule they seem to have spawned early. Most of those biguns are already down the bay. Our season starts May 15 with 2 stripers at 19 in or more. Catfishing is going good and should last a little while longer.We have a couple days left in May and June is starting to fill in.The season looks like this. Rest of May will be chumming with catfish and Rockfish as our main targets. White perch is starting some but not hot and heavy yet but hopefully by June. June we usually start seeing some spot show up and we switch to live lining. July 15 is last day for rockfish till August. June 1 we will be also offering trips from St. Michaels area chasing speckled trout and rockfish in the shallows of the Choptank river area. The Chesapeake Bay has a lot to offer throughout the year. Don't miss out book your trip today and make memories for a lifetime.

Did you know that the Potomac River is the greatest Northern Snajehead fishery in the WORLD! The last 4 WORLD record Northern Snakeheads were all caught from the Potomac. June and July are prime months to specifically target snakeheads with top water baits as they set up in predictable areas. These are also the months that they look to spawn so the big ones are accessible. The aquatic vegetation during these months still allow access to snskehead shallow retreats but it wont last long. I do 4 hour trips. I do both morning and after work evening trips. I can provide all equipment. I specialize in top water frog fishing becsyse everything else amounts to catfishing. Im USCG certified captain, fully insured, 27 years in kaw enforcement, advanced educational degrees, and the hardest working guide on the river. My boat is the best made and ive been on the river since i was 6 yesrs old, guiding since i was 16, and son of Fishing Hall of Fame Guude. I am a nationally published writer. I am a concerned conversationalist and an advocate for the health of the river and its residents. I have been on several MD DNR committees where i advocated for the river and not my personal interests. Book a snakehead trip. Evening or morning. Learn the truth about snakeheads and quit watching u tube.

Moshay decided to surprise her boyfriend with a custom light tackle trip. Had a blast! Great folks to get started on the light tackle method of fishing. Again the target was trout. But the rockfish are so aggressive the trout could not get to the baits.