Started with a kicker!

3dkicker · 10-09-11, 02:37 PM

Buddy just bought a used 17.5 Tracker with a 40 Merc 4 stroke EFI and wanted to take it out for the maiden voyage and asked me if I'd tag along.....silly question.

We decided to launch in Occoquan river so that if we did have any issues we wouldn't get stranded out on the main river and could use the trolling motor to get back. Besides an issue with the depth finder connection everything ran smoothly. It's a nice boat and it catches fish!!!! Here's the first and second catch of the day for me.

Probably the biggest I've ever caught on the Potomac....in the 5.5 to 6 range. Check out the tail.....65 degrees and a bloody tail....Spawning???

Second was long and skinny and was in the 3.5 range.

Caught a couple more cookie cutters in the 2-2.5 lb range. My buddy caught a limit of the same and we both threw back a couple smaller fish. Overall thing started slow but the RC Wake and Chatterbaits did the trick. You have to love the Potomac River.....

carolina-rig-01 · 10-09-11, 06:19 PM

Those are good fish Smitty! I wonder if there is a fall spawn going on? I have seen it personally but I have heard of it.

Cavs1123 · 10-09-11, 08:37 PM

Thats a PIG!!!!

Tavery5 · 10-09-11, 09:52 PM

Nice fish dude, like others have heard of a second spawn, but never seen it myself.

Jrob78 · 10-09-11, 09:55 PM

Nice healthy looking fish!

bamabassman · 10-09-11, 09:57 PM

i am impressed smitty. nice indeedy man. second spawn is happening i think.

keithdog · 10-09-11, 10:52 PM

Those are some nice bass for sure. Way to go. I bet your buddy is going to really enjoy the new boat.

Bubba_Bruiser · 10-10-11, 04:24 AM

Chuck Norris style kicker. Nice way to break in a new boat.

WaffleJaw · 10-10-11, 11:29 AM

Awesome fish Smitty!

3dkicker · 10-10-11, 01:16 PM

Thanks. I made sure I held it way out in front of me......just like KVD says to!!!

I was surprised to see the tail like that.

TN_Bassin · 10-10-11, 09:16 PM

With this relatively stable weather we're having... at least in TN were having stable weather. I wouldn't surprise me if there is a Fall spawn going on right now. Got me wondering if I need to go shallow this weekend lol...

3dkicker · 10-11-11, 12:33 PM

Just spoke with a friend who guides on the radiated mudhole I fish and he says fish search baits in back one third of the creeks this weekend. I'd guess that you're close. Water temps are in the high 60's to low 70's on the lake.

WatterBoy · 10-11-11, 01:08 PM

Hey, those are nice fish, Smitty! Congrats! Nice job of helping break in that boat...

10-09-11, 02:37 PM	#1
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Started with a kicker! Buddy just bought a used 17.5 Tracker with a 40 Merc 4 stroke EFI and wanted to take it out for the maiden voyage and asked me if I'd tag along.....silly question. We decided to launch in Occoquan river so that if we did have any issues we wouldn't get stranded out on the main river and could use the trolling motor to get back. Besides an issue with the depth finder connection everything ran smoothly. It's a nice boat and it catches fish!!!! Here's the first and second catch of the day for me. Probably the biggest I've ever caught on the Potomac....in the 5.5 to 6 range. Check out the tail.....65 degrees and a bloody tail....Spawning??? Second was long and skinny and was in the 3.5 range. Caught a couple more cookie cutters in the 2-2.5 lb range. My buddy caught a limit of the same and we both threw back a couple smaller fish. Overall thing started slow but the RC Wake and Chatterbaits did the trick. You have to love the Potomac River..... __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

10-09-11, 06:19 PM	#2
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	Those are good fish Smitty! I wonder if there is a fall spawn going on? I have seen it personally but I have heard of it. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

10-09-11, 08:37 PM	#3
Cavs1123 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 1,398	Thats a PIG!!!! __________________ Tom

10-09-11, 09:52 PM	#4
Tavery5 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,427	Nice fish dude, like others have heard of a second spawn, but never seen it myself. __________________ They call me Ishmael

10-09-11, 09:55 PM	#5
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	Nice healthy looking fish! __________________ There are 3 kinds of people in the world…those who can count and those who can’t. HRN4L

10-09-11, 09:57 PM	#6
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	i am impressed smitty. nice indeedy man. second spawn is happening i think. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

10-09-11, 10:52 PM	#7
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Those are some nice bass for sure. Way to go. I bet your buddy is going to really enjoy the new boat. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

10-10-11, 04:24 AM	#8
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Chuck Norris style kicker. Nice way to break in a new boat. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

10-10-11, 11:29 AM	#9
WaffleJaw BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dallas,TX (DFW) Posts: 2,212	Awesome fish Smitty! __________________ [nelsoncustomrods.com]

10-10-11, 01:16 PM	#10
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Thanks. I made sure I held it way out in front of me......just like KVD says to!!! I was surprised to see the tail like that. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

10-10-11, 09:16 PM	#11
TN_Bassin BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bon Aqua,TN Posts: 1,013	With this relatively stable weather we're having... at least in TN were having stable weather. I wouldn't surprise me if there is a Fall spawn going on right now. Got me wondering if I need to go shallow this weekend lol... __________________ Other anglers are tough, but the fish are the real competition.

10-11-11, 12:33 PM	#12
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Just spoke with a friend who guides on the radiated mudhole I fish and he says fish search baits in back one third of the creeks this weekend. I'd guess that you're close. Water temps are in the high 60's to low 70's on the lake. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

10-11-11, 01:08 PM	#13
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Hey, those are nice fish, Smitty! Congrats! Nice job of helping break in that boat...

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