While Matt's up in PA chasing trout, I ventured down to Fredericksburg to see if the stripers were hitting. Friday's weather was nasty.... cold & really windy, plus the river was running awfully fast -- more on that later.
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| Striper with bad attitude |
The bite wasn't hot and though I saw 5 or 6 other spin and fly fishers on the river, no one really seemed to have broken the code. I did manage to pick up a couple of stripers (the biggest was about 18in) -- on shad darts, and a couple of shad -- on clousers! Rounding out the smorgasbord were a few white perch and bluegill. The striper put a charge into an otherwise low key day as it took me into backing within seconds of the hookset.
As I worked my way downstream, did I mention the water was running a bit faster than normal... I took one step I shouldn't have and in a split second I was in over my chest waders and fighting from being dragged downstream. I'm not sure how much trouble I was in, but thankfully Dan Soper, a terrific Project Healing Waters supporter was nearby and lended me a hand to get back on solid footing.
The Rapp can be deceiving. It looks like a relatively easy wading river. I think I'll pack my wading staff next trip down. The shad run seems to be reaching its end. I have to believe more stripers will be coming up the river soon.
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| Feisty shad |
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| White perch |
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