Escaping the crowds is impossible on land or water in suburban Washington, D.C., and even more so on the Potomac River with the best anglers targeting its largemouth.
Bobby Lane of Florida calls the Potomac one of his all time favorites. Brent Ehrler is bringing his West Coast style of bass fishing to the river. From opposite ends of the country they share the same logic on approaching the river thus far.
It’s yet another classic example of what we can learn from these talented pros to catch more bass on our own.
Both anglers are tapping into the river’s abundance of aquatic vegetation. Here’s how it goes from there.
Lane says he is fishing grassbeds with smaller populations of bass and thereby areas with less angling pressure.
Ehrler claims he’s got two choices. Those are fishing areas with lots of fish–and lots of anglers. Or he can go the opposite route and tap into less pressured areas and leverage his advanced bass fishing skills to coax those fish into the boat.
Makes sense if you think about it. Targeting less pressured bass means the bass see fewer lures and their predator instinct is more likely to trigger a reaction bite.