WINTER 2013
>Is the Susquehanna an Endangered River?
>Spring Trophy Hot-Spot- The Susquehanna River
>Boys of the Outdoors

FALL 2012
>Bassin' the Nanticoke River
>Float and Fly Technique

SUMMER 2012
>Northern Pike or Chain Pickerel?
>September is Big-Time For Outdoorsmen
>Summer Walleye Patterns

SPRING 2012
>Why Go Fishing?
>Cranking up a Limit of Bass
>Tidal Largemouth Bass on Top Water Baits

WINTER 2012
>How to Beat Cabin Fever
>Smallmouth Bass Food Non-Pareil
>Tidal Potomac River: Penrod Cove
>Insured To Fish, Drive & Survive

Ken Penrod and friends Fish Mexico's El Salto

The Upper Potomac River: Lander
The Potomac River is 358 miles long, beginning at a place called Fairfax Stone, just 500 yards inside West Virginia territory, and ending at/in the Chesapeake Bay. The river is owned by Maryland except for about 11.5 miles deeded to Washington, D.C. Only 108 miles of this famous drainage is tidal water while the balance is free flowing water—and a seemingly forgotten smallmouth bass fishery.

I wrote the book “Fishing The Upper Potomac River” in 1989 and it continues to sell well. While some of our fishing tactics have changed over the years, the geographic descriptions have not. The quality of the fishery dips and spikes over the years, because of spawn success/failure, climactic occurrences and contributing human abuse. Life under the surface of this river runs the gamut of extremes such as the severe drought in 2007 and 100-year floods in 1986.

I’ve been fishing this river since 1961 so I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly. There were years when we went several days without catching a bass and there were days when we caught more than one hundred. I dubbed 2000 as the finest smallmouth bass year of my 46-year history and now I’m claiming 2007 as my #2.

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