Bass Fishing Aug - Sept 2016 | Page 106

oN tour POtOMaC RIVeR MaRBuRy, Md. – june 16-18 Hosted by Charles County Board of Commissioners and Charles County Government – Office of tourism by David A. Brown PHOTOS BY JODY WHITE PRESENTED BY tactics and target areas On day one, Smith opted for the more active strategy of “chasing the tide,” which involved moving from spot to spot as the tide went out to stay on the outgoing stage that he preferred. He caught a good limit of 14 pounds, 14 ounces, but on day two he decided that parking on his most promising spot and working through the day’s water movement would work better. Day two saw him camping on a large grass flat in about 4 feet of water outside the mouth of Aquia Creek, which was downriver from the tournament si