Potomac River Diverse Catch

Type: Tidal
Region: Southern
Location: Potomac River

We decided to fish Point Lookout on 8/28/2017. When we drove across the causeway we could see that the Chesapeake Bay side was very rough. Drove to the point and the Potomac River side was calm. Great, so we proceeded to the ramp. To our surprise the parking lot was empty. Anyway we dropped the boat in the water and proceeded go to the first fishing hole, thinking we would duplicate our last bottom fishing efforts. To our surprise, birds, blues and rock fish were super active. Played with the fish under the birds with sting silvers and some other lures until we grew tired of the chase. Our bottom fishing waypoints were right there in the midst of the feeding frenzy, and needless to say, no bites.

The winds gradually picked up and starting effecting the Potomac River sea state. Not wanting to give up fishing, we just hugged the shore in pursuit of anything that would bite. By the end of the day we had captured pictures of a young black drum (with vertical black bars), white perch, bluefish, rock fish, puffer, sea bass and flounder. Returned to the ramp around 6:00 pm and found that the bluefish and rock were breaking, splashing and churning the water right at the ramp. Wonderful sight to see.