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Summer Fishing -2009
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The Betz & Buchick families did some afternoon fishing
at Rock Gorge. Dan and Patti brought drinks and sandwiches
and we were off downstream till sundown.
 

	Dan took first strike using a white spinnerbait.
	A few minutes later Dan struck again.
	Michelle in our boat takes first fish, but really only about 1/10 of a fish. We seriously considered using this bluegill as live-bait for largemouth bass.
	I caught this small bass on a wacky-rigged Senko.
	Either Dan is pleading for divine intervention or he if trying to fish his lure out of a tree.
	Patti may have had the best fish of the day but lost it at the boat.   We saw lots of aster in flower along the banks and a patch of wild ageratum (purple mistflower), cardinal flower and jewelweed in flower in a seep area. We saw a bald eagle, killdeer, mallards, egret, green and blue heron too. I think the osprey may be gone already?
	The gentleman that Dan is, he helped Patti fetch a lure that was embedded in wood at the edge of this rock island.  Dan got a few good hits on submerged rock along this outcrop.
	Jeb caught this largemouth while we were doing a slow troll in the middle of the channel  The lure was a Bomber fire-tiger crankbait.
	Both boats got our share of small fish and plenty of nibbles, but the big fish alluded us today.  Going back to the launch at sundown this boat passed us by, which had two mascots onboard.  The WSSC police were waiting and were anxious to get home to watch the Ravens beat the Chargers 31 to 26, the Redskins won too beating the Rams 9 to 7.

Submitted By Mark Burchick