Wally
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Bock <bockhouse_at_earthlink.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Potomac Fishin' Trip
> Hiya, Wally! I'm not sure which site you'd mean. Basically, if you were
on
> the outer loop of the Capitol Beltway (495), heading west toward Virginia,
> you'd take the last exit, the Clara Barton Parkway, North. The Parkway
ends
> at MacAurthur Blvd. Make a left, and head North. You'll see the sign for
> Old Angler's Inn on the right, parking for the C&O is on the left. Cross
> the bridge and then follow the big path about 40 yards to the River.
>
> To get to Pennyfield lock, heading west from Laurel, you'd take the exit
for
> River Road North. Pennyfield Lock is North of Swain's lock and South of
> Violette's lock. (The name of the street you'd have to turn left on
escapes
> me.)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wally Billingham" <wally_at_wallybillingham.com>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 7:23 PM
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Potomac Fishin' Trip
>
>
> > Thanks for sharing Bob,
> > I am trying to picture where this is at is it in the National Park? I
grew
> > up in Laurel and used to fish in the Canal quite a bit. It used to have
> some
> > VERY large bass (by MD standards) in it. The trick was to work Rapala's
in
> > the little waterfalls that would form between the locks. I once got a
27"
> > largemouth there that would have easily gone 7-8 lbs. I released it so
if
> > its still alive 8 years later it would be a state record :-)
> >
> > I also remember the longears that were in there, as well as all the
other
> > sunnies. There were some huge bluegills in there as well that I would
> catch
> > on my rapala's. When I get to go back home next spring we will have to
go
> > collecting.
> >
> > Wally
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bob Bock <bockhouse_at_earthlink.net>
> > To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> > Cc: PVAS <pvas_at_pvas.com>; <PotomacAquaria at yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 9:37 AM
> > Subject: NANFA-- Potomac Fishin' Trip
> >
> >
> > > Hi, all. On Wednesday, my sons and I went on an old fashioned fishin'
> > trip
> > > to the Potomac River, in the C&O Canal Historical Park across from Old
> > > Angler's Inn. The river was lower than I'd ever seen it, and the boat
> > lauch
> > > was at least 4 feet above water.
> > >
> > > We fished with worms and small hooks and came up with several
redbreast
> > > sunfish, native to the area. [See photo on Andrew DeWoody's web page,
> > > http://www.fnr.purdue.edu/fi/dewoody/dewoody2.html]
> > >
> > > We also caught another native, the pumpkinseed sunfish, as well as the
> > > introduced bluegill and longear sunfish. The latter, native to the
> > central
> > > U.S., was one of the most exquisite specimens I had ever seen, and the
> > > furthest south in the river that I had ever found one. (They're
> > > particularly numerous in the C&O Canal at Pennyfield Lock.)
> > >
> > > The specimen I caught was every bit as exquisite as the photo Garold
> > Sneegas
> > > donated to the NANFA website:
> > > http://www.nanfa.org/aki/longear.htm.
> > >
> > > If people are interested, I'll be glad to lead an old fashioned
fishin'
> > > trip/photo session back to the river, to photograph these beautiful,
> > > irridescent creatures. They also are one of the more aquarium
> manageable
> > > lepomis species, reaching only about 5 inches in length and are no
more
> > > nasty (and no less) than a comparable size cichlid.
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