Delaware Paddle Sports Kayak Bass series MD Division
Event # 1 Northeast River
Delaware Paddle Sports launched its first ever kayak bass fishing series in Maryland today 3/21/15 on the Northeast River in Charlestown MD. A good turnout for the first ever event gave way to 18 participants ranging from Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
Charlestown is a small town in Northeast Maryland, which was the site of today’s event. Charlestown Public boating ramp was the location of the tournament which obtained a paved boat ramp, or a soft beach launch for kayaks. The Northeast river is loaded with Marinas, Boat docks, Stumps, Lay downs, and in the summer times tons of grass and lily pads.
The first official day of spring was brought on after a snow storm the night before which took temps in the mid-50s all week prior down to mid-20s, and a few inches of snow. At 730 launch time the temperature was around 34 degrees, with no wind to speak of. Once the sun came up the river was beautiful and the water was like glass. Majority of the anglers headed towards Marinas and Boat docks to kick off their fishing for the day. The bite was very slow, water temps were around 39 degrees, and very muddy, but as the sun came up, the day slowly heated up the water rose to a high of 43. Still no fish were being caught, mainly due to the cold front that just came in. Once the cloud cover came in, the sun went away, and the wind really picked up. Gusts up to 15-20 mph sent the Northeast river into 1.5-2 ft swells. This made a tough day fishing even worse. Positions could not be held, the wind was blowing you all over the place, into docks, into trees, off your spot, and the light weighted lures never reached the bottom from the bow in the line of the wind.
The winds continued to swirl, and the wind was coming NW right down the middle of the bay, with no protection, the Northeast River was wide open and the wind crashing down the middle. A few anglers tried to tough out the wind and waves fighting for that one sole fish that could win the tournament. A few bites occurred, but for the entire day no fish were landed. Everyone seemed to enjoy just being out on the water, but the weather was the deciding factor today and ultimately won in result of no fish on the board for any angler. The muddy water never gave way, with the incoming tide more mud seemed to pour in, and the wind ripping water off the rock jetty’s seemed to add injury to insult.
All in all a tough days fishing beats any day at work, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, anglers got to meet new fishing partners, explore a new a new body of water and talk fishing at days end.
The Delaware Paddle Sports Kayak Bass series started its first ever series in MD off with a bang, as we look to continue to grow, we hope to see you out there at Event # 2 on Little Seneca Lake in Gaithersburg MD, or at any other event in the future.
Tight Lines!
