Post by VFR on Mar 18, 2023 15:10:58 GMT -5
Tidal Blue Catfish Status
by Jim Gronaw
On a calm morning on Maryland's Potomac River, Patrick Korn and I launch at the Marshal Hall ramp. The tide is just short of high and we're pumped with thoughts of barrel-chested blue cats. Just the week before, on August 13, 2012, Ed Jones, fishing with tidal catfish guide Josh Fitchett, caught the new Maryland state record, an 84-pounder. Six months before that, Shawn Wetzel of Pennsylvania had set that record with an 80-pound 12-ounce blue from this area. We've got bait, we've got time, and the tide and winds are in our favor. Read more.....
by Jim Gronaw
On a calm morning on Maryland's Potomac River, Patrick Korn and I launch at the Marshal Hall ramp. The tide is just short of high and we're pumped with thoughts of barrel-chested blue cats. Just the week before, on August 13, 2012, Ed Jones, fishing with tidal catfish guide Josh Fitchett, caught the new Maryland state record, an 84-pounder. Six months before that, Shawn Wetzel of Pennsylvania had set that record with an 80-pound 12-ounce blue from this area. We've got bait, we've got time, and the tide and winds are in our favor. Read more.....