When we arrived at the boat ramp in Snow Hill, MD at 5:30a to fish the Pocomoke River the sun was just starting to rise and the fog rolling off the water looked like smoke on the water. The high tide was higher than normal due to the rain we had gotten for several days prior. As usual the sunrise was beautiful. I am grateful that we get to witness these amazing sunrises.
We headed out down river, not too far, and starting by fishing lily pads. I caught the first fish of the day which was a Large Mouth Bass on a Strike King Bleeding Buzz Bait. He came out of a thick cover of lily pads and grabbed the bait hard.
The second fish I caught was a Sunfish on a Strike King Spinner Bait using my Ugly Stick. This fish was a good size and his top color was black. I was just saying earlier that there weren’t any Sunfish in this river. I threw my lure behind a stump with vegetation growing out of it and that is where he took the bait. I thought I was stuck on the stump because I did not feel the bite and only noticed the fish was there when I pulled my line out over the stump. Pretty cool.
The third fish I caught on a spinner bait was a Crappie using my Ugly Stick, the fourth fish I caught was a Large Mouth Bass on a spinner bait with a grub tail using my Ugly Stick, and the fifth fish I caught was a Crappie on a spinner bait with a grub tail using my Ugly Stick. The last three fish were caught away from the bank.
This, again, was a very productive day on the Pocomoke River.
SIDE NOTE: This is the first time John did not catch a fish.
