Piney Run Reservoir Mixed Bag

Type: Nontidal
Region: Central
Location: Piney Run Reservior

I fished Piney Run from about 9:30a until 3:00p on Monday 9/12 anchored up in my canoe off a point. I was using chicken livers hoping for a couple 25� stripers or some nice channel cats. The 22� catfish was not a surprise, but the 20.5�, 4.7lb. largemouth was a huge surprise. I�ve caught all kinds of fish on chicken liver, including smallies on the Potomac from time to time, but this bass ate a liver off the bottom in 30� of water. It�s my third biggest largemouth ever. That�s one of the great things about fishing�surprises! I also caught several 16� stripers, a bunch of brown bullheads, and many 8� yellow perch, all on liver. I released everything except the channel cat, which will be coated in seasoned corn meal and taking a brief swim in peanut oil one night this week.