It’s half way into May and the state of Maryland hasn’t seen the sun in weeks. So it was no surprise when we hit the water and found the temperature to be 59 degrees – only slightly warmer than it was two weeks ago. However, the forecast showed sunshine in the morning, despite the large thunderstorm that was to hit in the afternoon.
We got out early, just after sunrise, and headed directly toward the nearby cove just north of the boat ramp. The spot brought us a lot of success last time and we were hoping for a repeat. The weather was indeed calm and sunny. Various birds, beavers, and turtles were coming out to enjoy it as well.
Fortunately, the fish were biting too! We went back to the un-weighted Texas rigged Senko worms in a variety of green colors (watermelon, pumpkin, etc). While we weren’t pulling them in with every cast, it was steady enough to make it fun. The fish ranged from about half a pound to a pound and a half, with our largest weighing in at 1.53 lbs.
Unfortunately, it seemed we had overstayed our welcome. We were working out a snag by the shoreline when all of the sudden the skies darkened and we heard a loud rumble coming through the woods. When it finally reached us, we got hit with a gust of wind so hard we thought the trees were going to come down.
Needless to say, we high tailed it out of there and got the boat back on the trailer in record time. The rain started to hit right as we drove off. In the end we had landed 12 fish on another fun day at the reservoir.
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