Fishing News
Va. Angler Sets Mark for Catfish
By Gene Mueller, [email protected]
�����Kingree fished not far from the Marshall Hall boat ramp in Charles County in a place known as the Greenway Flats. He apparently knew what he was after, using generous slabs of cut bait on a weighted bottom rig and strong gear.
The 42.5-inch-long fish had a girth of 30 inches. It beat the standing 39-pound, 4-ounce record, caught in the Potomac in 1999, by 13 pounds, 12 ounces.
The huge blue "cat" was weighed at Holiday Sports in Temple Hills. Later that day, Maryland Department of Natural Resources biologists Ross Williams and Tim Groves verified the species and exact weight on a certified scale at Chuck's Butcher Shop in the town of Bryans Road, a short distance from the Marshall Hall launch site.
Incidentally, DNR biologist Angel Bolinger tells us if you would like to learn more about this and other state record fish, you can visit the DNR Web site, www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/fishingreport/record.html. (Wow! Now that's a Web address.)
Elsewhere on the tidal Potomac, guides from Reel Bass Adventures (301/932-1509, 301/934-9062) say they are continuing to catch large numbers of bass in the Potomac's tidal waters. The ledges and underwater grasses in the vicinity of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge are capable of turning up bunches of bass as long as anglers use small crankbaits, white spinnerbaits, plastic worms, grubs or dropshot-rigged finesse worms. Some of these tidal bass are in the 4-pound class.
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