Caught my first smallmouth last week on a trip to Western MD. Around 2#. Now I'm hooked and need to find um locally
Can I ask where you were fishing?
Caught my first smallmouth last week on a trip to Western MD. Around 2#. Now I'm hooked and need to find um locally
Can I ask where you were fishing?
I grew up just south of Friendsville,so I spent a lot of time hunting and fishing around the Yough. I live just a few miles from the Yough lake now. I appreciate the offer but, I can never find the time to hit the river anymore. I was just curious what part of Western MD you were in.Yeah, buddy. The Youghiogheny River. PM and I'll give ya the exact spot if you want. Saw some studs that I couldn't get to bite
I grew up just south of Friendsville,so I spent a lot of time hunting and fishing around the Yough. I live just a few miles from the Yough lake now. I appreciate the offer but, I can never find the time to hit the river anymore. I was just curious what part of Western MD you were in.
Smallmouth are my favorite. I had access to a stretch of river in CT that was loaded with them. Minimum was 12” to keep, but there were so many that I never caught a 12” fish, lol.
However.....it was nothing to catch 100+ fish in a day and I only fished about 200 yds of the river. Ankle deep pea gravel on the side I accessed from that slowly deepened to a cut bank on the far side. Amazing stretch of river.
My wife’s family lived in Friendsville and that’s around where I was fishing. I might need to pick your brain before my next trip there
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Man sign me up for that! I’ve got a reservoir nearby that I know has them but it’s giant and I’ve got no idea where to start and need to find some time to pick it apart
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I love to paddle the Yough. Rafted the class 5 upper several years ago and canoed the middle and lower in Ohiopyle many times.It's been about 20 years since I fished the river much and all of my fishing was for trout from Kendall (about 2 miles above Friendsville) up river but, Ill tell you what I know. Better yet, give me some notice and if I am around we can hit the Yough lake in the boat.
I love to paddle the Yough. Rafted the class 5 upper several years ago and canoed the middle and lower in Ohiopyle many times.
Beautiful river.
My parents live and I grew up about 1000' in elevation above the Upper Yough. There was 2500 acres between them and the river that we were allowed to cross to go down and fish the river. We were also allowed to rifle hunt it but the old man that owned it didn't believe in bow or muzzleloader hunting.
It's pretty crazy when your standing there trout fishing and they have a release. In a matter of minutes the water goes from somewhat calm to a raging river. That waters too big for me to paddle, I stay away from stretches of river that have back boards hanging from trees every so often for easy access.