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Yeah, I've only ever fished a bit down past coopers creek by boat. I did fish one of the creeks down by the landing once but didn't have much luck. I wonder if they have ever shocked fish down that way, and if they haven't, why not?

I've always wondered about venturing down that way and maybe spending a day down there... Never seem to do it though. Wouldn't surprise me if the next record was somewhere down that way though.

Hey wrench if you're planning that time frame already you should just come on down to jig fest! I'd make a day out of the tailwater with ya if you want!

The one we caught in December had intact fins, and as aggressive as she was with hitting a jerk bait twice not 10min apart I wonder if she may have been protecting eggs? She was certainly swelled up and eating well... I have to think and hope that there's at least a state if not a world record fish in there somewhere.

Man if they have sea monsters in there too I will def have to try and make it out there. John once you get the lay of the land you should try fishing the other half of the day LOL! Have headlamps, will travel, just sayin

So QB I have solidified my weekend. No travel plans for me so myself and FMCBrandon are 100% in. I may have one more tagging along with us if he can figure out his schedule. I will let ya know as soon as I know for sure. Just wanted to give ya an update as we are getting closer. The potential 3 of us are also boatless... Although I would like to take a day or evening depending on weather and flows and wade fish the tailwaters if possible. Looking for some locals to guide us too! Hint Hint @Ham @netboy LOL

Nice report Ryan. Glad you were able to get out and brave the elements. I'm hoping too the shad start coming through. Have had some great days down there fishing white after they start coming through...

Nice job buddy! Thats a bummer about the jerkbait, but I know a guy who makes those! Water looks fast and dark, will be interesting to see it once it settles down. Looks like you found a cool place and caught some fish, cant go wrong with that.

I was a questionable caddy at the last CAM for sure... But we both do seem to have resolved the net issues lol. At least being in April you might not have to shovel snow out the boat like last year Facing a whole army of Doty's is gonna be a daunting task too!

Poor fish won't stand a chance lol. Hope I can squeeze this one in. @Seth hit me up if you require my awesome net skills again lol

May just be the lighting or did you go a shade more on the brown side with those @duckydoty? Looking fantastic. Offer still out there I ship my kids down to ya to do the dots LOL. Could speed up the process

Those sculpin 606's are crying out to me! Lol Looking good guys.

Thanks Al, I'll likely be wading and exploring on foot to start out. It just looked like a great little stretch of water from what I saw of it going down 49. The hills in the area are def steep. My buddy has some monster hills on his property. I think his deer are part billy goat lol.

Thanks! Going to print that off. Can't wait for some warmer weather to arrive so I can go check it out.

A coworker of mine has a small farm just outside Annapolis. Just a bit south of the 49 bridge that crosses over the Big creek. While down there hunting this year I noticed how inviting the creek looked for some wade fishing. I did not have any rods with me, but plan on packing waders and a creek kit next time I venture down there. Just looking for any pointers. Looks like there is an access at the bridge you can park at, but havent checked it out to see if they were posted or not. Just looking for any general info on the area. He's not real big into fishing, but said they have caught largemout and smallies out of the Big.

Very cool! Enjoyed the other articles there as well. Keep up the good work.

Jigging is an artform, and unique to each individual. I've never seen 2 people fish them exactly the same. Generally there's two main types, slow with an occasional pop and drop, and fast where you are "swimming" the jig. Both will catch fish, I'm primarily a fast jigging guy, but will slow jig more now although I'm still learning that craft especially out of a boat. I also think the water condition plays a big factor in how you want to fish it. Wade fishing a seam or in faster moving water I will slow it down and drift and pop. Water off with little or no generation and I'll swim it to get some movement going. Differs if you are wading or in a boat too in how you want to present it. Best bet is just force yourself to fish a jig all day with no power bait. Just need to commit to it for a little bit. You will likely end up catching less fish than with bait, or ya never know you might be surprised and outfish them too. Depends on what mood the fish are in. Best advice is watch Seth's videos and watch Phil, Duane, Ryan, and the rest of the crew on Onecast as they provide a video example of some great techniques.

The blanks @duckydoty has been painting up have held up really well for me. The samller jerkbaits bills have held up much better than my rapallas while banging them off the bottom on Taney. They have a megabass 110 knock off that performs great for a fraction of the price, like $2-3 a piece if you catch them on sale... They are sold at wlure.com They also have a wide variety of pre-painted baits as well. If you buy the pre-painted ones I suggest changing out the hooks though. The standard hooks are pretty terrible.

Very nice guys! Looks like you guys had them figured out. Thanks for sharing what looks like an awesome trip.

Interesting... For the weight tournaments I've always wondered how many head up and try to hook into a big one up there. With the generation where it was you'd have some great water to fish for sure. Thanks for the info.

Good luck and look forward to hearing how ya do! Still struggling to find time in January to make it down there I will live vicariously through your posts SIO3 LOL !

How did the 2 that fished up do? If ya know?

Sounds like better than last week's conditions but still a bit tough? Nice seeing keeper browns caught.

Last night they had already called for early release at the kiddos school... I am WFH today mostly because I'm already sick of the office in just my first week back from winter break... Wife bought some new sleds for the girls which I'm hoping will cause a nice little bubble of no snow at our house!

Sounded like some tough fishing. Hopefully they settle down and cooperate better for this upcoming weekend. Looks like the heavy flows might stuck around for a while?