Scott cajoled me (it wasn't hard) to giving the Occoquan River a try for an hour or two Sunday Morning before the Skins game. As I have yet to really figure out Potomac Stripers and he said he had some intel from his customers we made out plans. We launched Scott's kayaks from Occoquan Region Park and paddled up stream till we hit the fall-line pools. The rocks were slippery and the runs were deep and fast which made for some cautious moments. Scott had near immediate success throwing a chartreuse and white
clouser minnow with his
Access 906-4 (S) casting downstream letting it sink and then stripping it back against the current. He caught 7-8 stripers all in the 10-14 slot. He could have caught more but ceded the hotspots to me. I was using a combo to heavy for the occasion and it doomed me for the trip. All and all a great close spot for good action. It looks like these fish may stay/remain here as their progress is halted by the fall-line.
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