Mark and I had an opportunity to fish the famous 'Bassmaster Tournament' Kerr Lake in North Carolina this weekend but passed due to conflicts (thank you Dan Betz for the offer).  So we had to fish at some point this weekend.   If you are a resident of Anne Arundel County, you can purchase a monthly permit to fish Waterworks Park, near Annapolis Mall, off of the Defense Highway.  They limit the number of permits per month, in order to maintain an enhanced fishery and reduce the 'pressure' on the park.

A series of three, large fresh water ponds were built in 1911, and later expanded to provide and supplement fresh, potable water to the City of Annapolis.  The 500-acre watershed park is now off-line, and has been formally dedicated as a natural area park of the incorporated city.  The ponds were hot, with a significant amount of fine turbidity and suspended algae.  Large expanses of their upper reaches were shallow, silted-in deltas that supported vegetated wetlands as large if not larger than the open water bodies.