For Week Ending Sunday, June 14, 2020

Monday, June 8 (from Skip)...Received a text from Skip this morning, saying that he was headed north on the main river to fish one of his favorite spots. Found out moments ago that he found at least a couple of fish, as evidenced by the accompanying photos. He said what you see here is the biggest and smallest fish he caught today.

Monday, June 8 (from Ron)...Fished the far reaches of upper North Landing in hopes of finding some bowfin, but didn't find any. Near sunset, returned to the vicinity of the drawbridge and found six dink bass, one warmouth, and one sunfish that hit the Pop-R. Not great but still fun, and it was nice to be out fishing.

Tuesday, June 9 (from "Doc")...Today's trip yielded five bass (a 1.13, 2, 1, 1.7, and a dink). Also caught 1 white perch, and a 5-lb. gar. Caught everything on various baits, including topwater, chatterbait, and crankbaits. The 2-lb. bass and the gar came on a swimbait in Pocaty Creek. Caught all the others in lower West Neck.

Saturday, June 13 (from Ron)...Got out this morning and fought the wind around Beggars Bridge. Water was high but clear, and the wind was a bit much for me. Caught four bass: a dink, 1-3, 1-14, and a decent 3-0. Throwing plastic in the wind, with the current of the north wind outflow, was frustrating. At least, there was no skunk, and the 3-pounder was fun.

Sunday, June 14 (from Don Mc)...That uninvited guest, Mr. Sciatica, finally hit the road after two months, so was able to go fishing and set the hook without screaming. Despite the crappy 15-20 steady NE winds yesterday, I went anyway. Am thankful I didn't look at the weather first, because I woulda stayed the heck home. Dropped the boat in Back Bay, where the water was warm and clean, and not terribly low, either. Managed to lip a total of 14 fish, with the best three being a 6-pounder and two right at 4 pounds. What can I say other than frogs...frogs...and more frogs. Even caught one on a 35-year-old Strike King Grass Frog. I was itchin' to try a Johnson spoon but was having too much fun froggin'.