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Seth I seem to recall that in your opening day video that there was at least one guy near you that may have wanted to dunk you a time or two !

Nice bass Bo! Congrats!

Great bunch of brown fish guys! Not the browns that I would think about catching in Taney. Though last year I caught a decent smallie down there .

That's the great thing about fishing. Sometimes you just don't know what you are going to catch. Congrats on a nice catfish!

Wow! As you can imagine or experienced, Livie and I get a bit competitive on our fishing trips, who caught the most, the biggest, the first, etc. Usually the winner would get something small like a drink or a dessert, etc. Last year during one of my trips to Maryland (actually it was over Father's day), Livie bought a Bass Pro shops catfish magnet and painted it gold to use as our fishing trophy. On the first trip that we used the trophy as the prize, we were trying for catfish on Little Dixie lake near Columbia. It was a really windy day and the fishing was really tough. On one of our drifts I hooked up on the largest blue catfish that I have caught on a rod and reel. She did end up catching her first yellow bullhead on that trip. We haven't had another trip yet where the golden catfish has been the trophy. Maybe when I get her out on a party boat offshore this summer .

We haven't brought up the "Golden Catfish Trophy" since last year. I am still the current holder of this coveted award . We'll have to find a venue that has lots of targets, maybe crappie at our local lake in Columbia. I won't even challenge her (yet) on a hand fishing tourney. If we can swing it, maybe you and your daughter could participate .

I do look the city slicker! I only had so much room in my suitcase for nearly a three week stay and didn't bring a more suitable fishing jacket. I'm sure that the guys that saw me fishing on Sat were thinking who is this guy. Then I kept catching fish after fish while the were just wetting their lines or landing one or two ! I stumbled on what those fish want4ed to bite. Livie and I could have had the same kind of day on Sunday if we had more time. We only caught 19 in 30 mins. Wonder how many we could have caught in three hours.

She is a OAF member (Follyslittlestfish) that does not post. I would be more than happy for her to post these reports. No issues from me. Hey I am only 1300 likes behind Quillback .

That would be better than using the microwave in the room especially if I was trying to cook fish . Not sure what housekeeping is thinking now that there are three of us in the same room.

Quill Great looking stripers! Again sounds like a great day of fishing! Glad that you were able to get out with some friends and put some fish in the boat.

We were headed out to Delaware for a late lunch. Good thing the creek is on the way. I wanted Livie to get on the white perch like I did yesterday. I rigged her line with a float about 30 inches above an Aberdeen hook and worm piece. A 1/16 oz split shot above the worm completed the rig. She made a couple of casts slightly upstream and had no bites. I had her cast across the creek and she got bit soon after the bait hit the water. Livie hooked and landed her first white perch. I had rigged up a tandem rig like the one used on Sat. with a 1/16 oz chartreuse jig head with green pumpkin / chartreuse slider about 12 inches below a white/chartreuse trout magnet jig. Live was talking smack after landing her second perch. I caught six white perch on as many casts while the worm bite faded. I convinced her to fish the tandem rig and told her to cast upstream, lightly jig and reel in the line and feel for the line to go heavy or set the hook on a tap. She caught a fat white perch on her first cast. She caught a couple of more whites while I was still getting no love on the worm. As I was replacing the worm rig with a 1/32 oz tube jig with the green pumpkin/chart slider, Livie caught her first yellow perch on the trout magnet. She was very excited as I was on this catch. We only spent about 30 minutes fishing this section of creek. Livie caught 9 total and I caught 10. We headed up well upstream to the spillway below Tuckahoe lake. I have caught white and yellow perch, fallfish, and redbreast sunfish in this section last year. I don't know if it was the elevated flow of the water, temperature, or just the wrong bait, but we did not get more than a few nibbles on the worm rig and none on the slider. Livie did once again prove that her talents as a hand-fisher are not confined to Missouri as she caught this eastern mosquitofish ! Looks like we will have to wait until it gets a bit warmer and get Livie some other new Maryland species.

Now I know that I cam going to get crap from those foodie purists that want to see only homecooked meals and step by step photos , but when you are living out of a hotel you got to share what you can on what you are eating. I took my Betterhalf and Livie into Delaware to have some seafood. Since we wanted to try several things we all shared the meal. Livie wasn't too impressed with the raw oysters, but would likely eat them again. Didn't take long to polish off a half dozen ! Then we split the Chesapeake chicken (chicken topped with lump crab) - very good - My Betterhalf's favorite for today. Livie and I preferred the rockfish and capers.

The big issue is not being able to take some for dinner . I will have to let you know how they taste. Being related to white bass and stripers I would guess that they would be like white bass in terms of flavor.

So I have been reading about all of the white bass and crappie being caught throughout Missouri. Got me a bit jealous since I am in Maryland again and not able to get out after those guys. I hadn't fished since I got here on Tuesday. My Betterhalf and Livie were driving in from MO today. I expected them around 12 or 1 pm. I had a little bit of time to fish. I am still have a lot to get used too with fishing tidal creeks.. I must have hit the timing of spawn and the tides just right today. I started with a black and silver thinfisher blade bait. Halfway through my first cast I could no longer feel the vibration of the bait and the line got heavy then started to fight. Fish on! I reeled in my first whiter perch of 2018. These guys are the equivalent of the white bass in Missouri. Both fish are part of the temperate bass Morone Genus. They tend to be a bit smaller than whites, but can be a prolific and eager to bite as their Midwest cousins. I headed up to the bend in the creek to try fishing the current break. I caught two others on the thinfisher blade bait. A popular fish rig in Maryland and In PA is a tandem shad dart rig. I don't have any shad darts, but tied a white and chartreuse trout magnet about 14 inches over a chartreuse 1/16 oz jig head and put on a green pumpkin /chartreuse paddle tail Slider. (sorry not a great photo) First cast upstream, I caught this guy. It took the slider. I caught fish on the next 8 casts. Most came on the slider, most likely due to them being closer to the bottom. I moved just a couple of times and as the tide came in the bites continued. I caught males that were definitely in spawning condition and several fat females. This one came a s a double with a smaller fish on the top bait and this fat female on the bottom slider. I moved down stream and caught a few. The tide seemed to have topped out and the bite slowed. I ended up losing this rig. Then another and another without getting many bites. I called it a day after landing 42 perch in just over three hours. My wife and daughter showed up at the hotel just about an hour later. Other than losing some tackle it was a great day ! I hope to get Livie out tomorrow to catch her very first white perch and maybe some other Maryland species.

Great job on some dandy bass! Those girls have some bellies on them for sure! Don't get to say that very often . I'm glad that your dad took you fishing or else we wouldn't have seen those fish. I hope that someday my kids get to hold up a nice fish and say the same things.go get some more!

Mixermarkb - congrats on you trip! Sounds like some good catching was going on! I prefer Alleve after a trip like that. Sorry that you didn't find that giant. Good luck next time!

Quill you know that I still do the 8 to 9 hour round trips. I now make sure to plan those trips so that I have a day of rest afterwards !

Dan looks like you had a great day buddy! Just a nice mess of fish. Should be some fine eats!

Quill it has got to suck catching bass and walleye using a Ned.all the time . I nean that spot is a great looking fish! Who would want to catch fish like that all the time. Seriously. Congrats buddy!

Congrats Bill!

Congrats on a bunch of nice fish. Awesome cutthroat! Plenty jealous of both of you. Good luck and keep posting great looking Norfork trout.

I've been accused of bringing the snow to MD and will likely be accused of bringing in rain into MO when I head back that way in April. Seems like I can't win . By the way a tapeworm is a great weight loss program. Eat all that you want, don't exercise, and lose weight . You can even share with friends .

Looks like you made the right choice. You caught some nice bass! Congrats on a successful switch!

Sounds like a great time buddy. Would love to be out in MO going after whites amd crappie . Looking forward to seeing some white bass dishes soon.

Quill great day and a very big drum! Congrats!