WSSC Free For All!

[edwonbass]

Today I hit Triadelphia reservoir. The fishing was pretty good. I caught 4 decent bass, one was a 2 lb smallmouth. I saw all sorts of non-distancing which really is none of my business to an extent. With no permit being required for the time being I saw all manner of folks running amuck out there, parking where ever and taking forever on the boat ramp. One family was using the new kayak launch as their personal beach and there was actually a guy swimming laps. My son pointed him out and I thought maybe he went overboard. I zoomed in on him with the binoculars and sure enough he was wearing swim goggles. I told my son not to worry the guy's intention is to be in the water.
Last weekend I went down to Rocky Gorge Supplee launch on Saturday afternoon and the place was jammed packed with people. There were so many cars down there, they were even parked 3 deep in the trailer spaces. I could have launched but would have not had a place to park my truck and trailer. Never in the 30 years of fishing there have I ever seen it even remotely this crowded. I have probably been out 5 times so far since things opened back up and have yet to see anyone from WSSC at these sites regulating things. Maybe I'm finally becoming an intolerant grumpy old man. If I'm being honest I've been in stay off my lawn mode for about the last 5 years. It just seems to me that at least on weekends they should be out looking after these areas.
All grumpiness aside, the fishing has been good and I have yet to turn in a zero! Also, one last note, Rocky Gorge is drawn down a bit but Triadelphia is pretty much at full.

[Reservoir Runner]

 The WSSC put out a message on their page about how swimming was prohibited in the reservoir on Friday I guess in hopes people would heed it. Guess they didn't. People are cuckoo from being pent up, and I am sure when the free permit period ends, so will some of the madness. I remember several years ago two college age kids blocking the ramp at Bear Branch with their blanket and their hookah smoking on a Sunday afternoon. I was ready to pull the boat, I asked them nicely to move, they didn't and I told them "I'm putting this boat on my trailer, if you happen to be there when I back down the ramp, you will get run over", they promptly got up and left. At Supplee Lane, they would do that on the weekends with their little toy cars with the loud mufflers. You would think the WSSC Police would patrol these areas but they don't and then the WSSC wonders why crime gets committed on the property or people drown. I don't know how many Watershed Patrol Officers they have now, but I know back in the 70's and 80's the staff they had at the time were always a presence on the reservoirs and you got to know them and talk with them about different things. What did you catch your bass on and at what depth? I would think they are either in or close to post spawn. The fact they hadn't seen a lure in 2-3 years may cure the post spawn blues. I had planned to come up this spring to fish the reservoirs, been about 9 years there since my last trip, but the Coronavirus threw a monkeywrench into those plans. It will now probably be the fall before I get up there. I found some great YouTube videos by Water Warrior Fishing of his trips to Rocky Gorge, really good videos. Again, nice catch especially the smallie. We don't have them here in Fla. I have to go to the mountains of Ga. or SC to find them.

[edwonbass]

Hey RR, I'm hoping things settle down once permits are needed.
Now on to the fishing details. I have been catching them on Rocky Gorge on drop shot and jigs. I've gotten a few on a square bill. Last Saturday at Triadelphia it was all about the blue Senko. I'm pretty sure my son got a couple on a blue Senko.

[Reservoir Runner]

Good job. Things should settle down once the free permit period is over.Right now from what I remember, the bass should be very close to being post spawn- things will get tough for a couple weeks where they will be tough to catch then they will go into their summer pattern. When that happens, get out early and once the sun hits the water, work those deep points with deep diving crankbaits and possibly Carolina rigs.