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Gunpowder River
Stopped up there for a few hours this afternoon. Nothing! No fish rising... tried some streamers but that didn't work either. Saw a decent amount of fishing holding on the west side of Big Falls Rd bridge. All just sitting low and real spooky.
Outta curiosity... there's a No Tresspassing sign about 100 yards down from Big Falls Rd. Is there a way around this? Can I still wade down?
Anyone else been out there recently? Did you guys go on the 1st of January?
Zach
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Trespassing usually holds for the LAND only. Waterways are open to everyone. If you can wade thru you are not trespassing(I am doing a lot of assuming here)
Did you try midges? Usually when fish are just holding they will still(have to) eat. Midges are taken all the time by trout.........ALL THE TIME.
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Hey man, I have been down there, but never very far down. You're probably OK in the water, but I'd ask the dudes at Backwater Angler. That MIGHT be property of BlueMount quarry. There is some serious frog water at the beginning of that stretch anyway.
Fishing UP from Big Falls Rd is actually pretty good, try the pool just below the confluence with Panther Branch.
Good luck, and thanks for the report. The fishing has pretty much sucked for me there, too, just a few little guys that I've had to work hard for...only one big fish in the last several outings.
Marty
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The fish are stacked up in what pools remain. i havent been there is a week but the skinny water has only small (last years yoy) fish in it. When you come up on a pool you can usually pull one out then the rest of the pool gets extremely skittish. Its rough.
They will not be letting any additional water out anytime soon. Pray for spillover. Basically, since Loch Raven is at full capacity they would be wasting water if they were to let more out of the Prettyboy Dam since that would mean more would need to be let out of Loch Raven.
The reservoirs have been fishing well though.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ckerill007.jpg
This is probably going to make the 3rd winter in a row they dont freeze. But its ok, global warming isnt real. :D
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Thanks for the input guys...
Mike... awesome fish. Maybe I'll forego trout for a lil bit and go back to my holes on Loch Raven.
Marty... what do you mean by frog water? I scoped out that pool below panther branch as well as a few of the log jams before I left last week. Definately some fish in there... as I could see their shadows scurry away as I walked on the trail!
HYopefully I'll get a day or two out this week, I will tell you guys how it goes if I do...
Z
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Very nice...
You using bait or artificials?
I usually fish up by Merriman's, never caught anything but bass up there though.
Figures I get off on Wed and Thurs and a cold front moves in :-(
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since i'll be in area im planning on hitting the gunpowder sat morning, after a stop to the local shop of course.
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care to meet up? I'm disenchanted with the Gunpowder right now - too little water, tons of people (I know MikeL's gonna say "Told you so!").
Marty