MKFS: Fishing Conditions Archive

July 2-9

Hot, hot water, hot fishing, hot. Despite some extremes, fishing remains steady on the middle Potomac, though the situation may become desperate without some relief--rain, cool weather, breeze, lower dewpoint, anything will do.

Tuesday we registered over 100 degrees air for the first time in my experience on the upper Potomac. The river wasn't much cooler--hot to the touch all day. Despite this the fishing was steady with hits from smaller fish all day and a two-hour window of hot action in the early evening on zoom flukes. Clients took eight fish over 14 inches including two 17-inchers--excellent for any day on the water, much less a scorcher of Saharan proportions.

Levels are steadily fading down to critical minimums. Flow through DC was at a thirty year low yesterday, and the Point of Rocks gauge may be at a negative soon. We'll keep you posted.

Dave Motes

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