SPRING FISHING
'08
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Pocomoke
River - Snow Hill, Shad Landing I
Maryland 5/2/08 Mark Burchick
Pocomoke
River
Snow
Hill, Shad
Landing &
Corker's
Creek
Worcester
County, MD
Spring time on the wild and scenic Pocomoke is about as good as it gets! The Pocomoke originates in the Great Cypress Swamp on the Maryland-Delaware border and flows 55-miles through Maryland before it empties into the Pocomoke Sound at the Chesapeake Bay. The word Pocomoke is an Indian term for "black water" due to the high tannic color of the water. The fresh-tidal Pocomoke is the northernmost bald cypress swamp in the United States and reminds you of the mighty Congaree National Park, in Santee-Cooper South Carolina.
Dave, Frank and
I took off work
for a mental
health day and
went fishing.
We caught over
120 fish
including three
varieties of
bluegill
sunfish, white
and yellow
perch, black
crappie
and largemouth
bass.
Basking
turtles.
We caught
one golden
shiner.
The dominant
fish of the
day were
black
crappie,
with most
being
large-sized
pan fish.
We primarily
used jig
head hooks
with small
white tube
or curlytail baits,
live worms,
floating
stickpin
minnows and
spinnerbaits.
You must
fish with a
bobber when
using a jig
or you will
loose all of
your bait to
underwater
woody
debris. You
loose enough
tackle to
overhanging
vegetation,
in that,
most of the
fish are
holding
tight to the
banks and
precision
casting
ensures
positive
hook-up's.
Breeding
colors.
The
white
perch
were the
best
fighting
fish of
the
day and
when you
hook
into one
you know
it.
The
subtle
fragrance
of
fringetree
along
the
banks
was
wonderful.
Ice cold
beer,
cigars,
a remote
natural
area,
sunny in
the low
80's and
non-stop
fish . .
.
priceless.
