Fished several times at Fort Smallwood park. Admission was $ 4.50 (per car). Had one good day when I caught 3 bluefish, the largest measuring in @ 17 inches and 3-1/2 pounds. Also caught a 16 inch rock which had to be returned. I was using bloodworms and cut spot for bait. All fish were caught on the spot. The other days I did not catch a thing.
Tuesday August 14, 2001 --
Went fishing at Rocky Point Park in Baltimore County.
Fished for about two hours during an incoming tide. Used bloodworms for bait. Caught three small rock and one small bluefish. The man fishing about 20 yards from me was using cut bait (alewives) and hooked many small rock (non larger than about 12 inches) and many small bluefish (largest was about 8 or 9 inches).
Monday June 18, 2001 --
Went fishing at Rocky Point Park in Baltimore County.
Fished for about 2 hours during an incoming tide. Used bloodworms for bait. Caught 28 small (5 to 7 inches) white perch. No one else was fishing during this time.
Monday June 11, 2001 --
Went fishing at the Aqualand Marina which is located at the Maryland side of the Route 301 bridge which crosses the Potomac River.
Had been reading reports about good catches of Croaker being caught in this area.
Fished from the shoreline for about two hours, using bloodworms for bait, but did not catch anything. There were several other fisherman in the area, one caught a small white perch while I was there, another said that he only caught one small perch and one small spot. Did not see anything else caught.
There is a $ 3.00 charge for fishing. The beach area is about 200 to 250 yards long, but only about 10 yards wide, and covered with stones. It is not suitable for sunbathers, and I don't think swimming is allowed (or even a good idea). You can pull your car right up to the beach. There are about four small rock jetties along the beach, that extend perhaps 20 to 30 feet from shore. There were a lot of crabpots about 120 feet or so from the beach, creating problems if you got off a long cast. There appears to be a lot of underwater obstructions along the area of the beach closest to the boat launching ramp (I lost some tackle in this area). It is probably better to avoid this area and fish closer to the bridge.
Friday June 8, 2001 --
Went Fishing at Thomas Point Park (near Annapolis)
Fished for about 2 hours in the morning, used bloodworms for bait. Did not catch anything. One other person was fishing when I got there, he said he had caught one large skate, and that was it. Several other people arrived after I did, but I did not see anything else caught.
Thursday June 7, 2001 --
Went fishing at North Point Park in the morning. Stayed about 1 hour, used bloodworms for bait, did not catch anything. no one else was fishing in the area.
Went to the Key Bridge fishing pier next. There were several people fishing, no one had caught anything. I stayed for about an hour and did not catch anything either.
Tuesday June 5, 2001 --
Went fishing at Sandy Point Park.
Fished from the shoreline in the northeast corner of the park for about 2 hours in the morning. Used bloodworms for bait, caught nothing.
One other person was fishing in the area during this time, but I did not see anthing caught.
Thursday May 24, 2001 --
Went fishing at Rocky Point Park.
Southeasterly winds about 5 mph. The tide was high and outgoing.
Fished for about 1 hour. Caught one small white perch. Used bloodworms for bait. There was no one else fishing during this time.
Tuesday May 1, 2001 --
Went fishing at "The Wall" at Edgewood Arsenal (Gunpowder River) in the morning.
Southeasterly winds about 5 to 10 mph. Incoming tide.
Spent about two hours fishing, using bloodworms as bait, caught nothing. Two other anglers were at this location, and I did not see them catch anything.
Went fishing at Fort Howard Park in the afternoon.
Did not catch anything there either.
Monday April 23, 2001 --
Went fishing at Rocky Point Park in Baltimore County.
The weather was good, temperature in the low-to-mid 80's, there was a cool southwesterly breeze (about 5 mph). The tide was low, and was incoming.
Spent about two hours fishing in the morning, but did not catch anything. I was using bloodworms for bait. Only three other people were fishing, and I did not see anything caught.
Monday April 9, 2001 --
Went fishing (for the first time this year) at Rocky Point Park in Baltimore County.
The weather was good, temperature was about 75 degrees and winds were light (about 5 mph) out of the west.
Spent about two hours fishing in the morning, but did not catch anything. I was using bloodworms for bait. Several other people were also fishing, but I did not see anyone catch anything. I'm hoping for better luck next time.
