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In the good 'ol days it was just dad and me. We have the same name but everyone called dad 'Rich' and they called me Ricky. That worked well although I preferred Rick to Ricky. Dad seemed to be Rich all along and that was ok with him. Now things got a little complicated about 18 years ago when another Rick came along. My son is 'Rick' also although we tried calling him 'Ricky' but he didn't like that any more than I do. So the point of all this is that Rick could be just about anyone, but when it comes to fishin' Rick means me and the other two Ricks. Confused? Rick is a genuine fish'n nut. One of the many benefits of being part of a Ricksom is that our collection of Fishing in Maryland Awards are all in the name -- Richard Holt. "Hmm! I wonder which Rick caught that 5 lb. 2 oz pickerel?" My dad and I actually have a few of those award citations for which we haven't a clue who actually caught the fish! Must have been me. 8-) My son, Rick, started his collection of Award Citations this summer with a big White Perch he caught. Had it made out to Rick Holt III, sneaky little guy! My favorite fishing is for Chain Pickerel in the tidewater of the upper Chesapeake. Click here for some pickerel fishing tips. |
Fishing Log 1966
At some point in my childhood my dad and I began fishing together. I don't recall exactly how long ago it was when we got serious about our fishing, but by 1966 when I was 16 years old I began keeping a fishing log. What follows here is that 1966 fishing log:
Date | Place | Fish Caught | Bait | Notes |
4/?/66 | Dundee Creek | Perch(?#), Chain Pickerel 2 1/4 lb. | Minnows | |
4/?/66 | Dunee Creek | Perch(?#), Chain Pickerel 2 lb. & 2 1/4 lb. | Minnows | |
5/?/66 | Dundee Creek | Perch(12) | Minnows | |
5/7/66 | Dundee Creek | Perch(?#), Chain Pickerel 2 1/4 lb. | Minnows | |
5/8/66 | Dundee Creek | Perch(7), Catfish(12), Chain Pickerel 2 1/4 lb. | Minnows | Warm water |
5/14/66 | Dundee Creek | Catfish(3), Yellow Perch(70), White Perch(3), Crappies(2), Bluegill(3), Eels(1) | Minnows | Warm water, crappies 11" &12" citation fish |
5/19/66 | Dundee Creek | Perch(20), Catfish(1) | Minnows | 11 3/4" perch, very high tide, spinner effective. |
5/21/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(42), White Perch(5) | Minnows | Returned as many as kept. |
5/29/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(7), Catfish(1) | Minnows | Heavy weeds, warm water. |
5/30/66 | Dundee Creek | Catfish(1), Yellow Perch(3), Chain Pickerel(2 lb.) | Minnows | Heavy weeds, cool water, fished in sparce weeds. |
6/4/66 | Millers Island area | Small white and Yellow Perch, 1 small rock, a few bluegills | Bloodworms | Rough water, Got a strike on a large spoon. |
6/11/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(6), Eel(1) | Minnows | Weedy, low tide, windy, warm water |
6/13/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(1), White Perch(1) | Minnows, Spoon | Weedy, windy, white perch on spoon. |
6/16/66 | Loch Raven | 1 turtle | everything | Lousy! |
6/17/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(8), White Perch(1) | Minnows | High tide, windy, guess who missed a big one? |
6/19/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(12) | Minnows | |
6/21/66 | Worster'sr | Bluegill(1) | Worms | |
6/23/66 | Mr. John's Pier, Back River | Yellow Perch(1), Eel(1), and two unknown fish probably types of minnows. | Worms | |
7/3/66 | Mr. John's Pier, Back River | Catfish(1), Small white perch(3) | Peelers, Bloodworms | Hot! |
7/10/66 | Dundee Creek | Catfish(1), Bluegill(a large one!), loads of small bluegill, caught something that could have been a small herring or shad and another got away. | Bloodworms, night crawlers | Small hooks with long shanks for bluegills under an ordinary bobber rig. |
7/12/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(3) | Minnows | Lee Ann went. |
7/18/66 | Dundee Creek | Catfish(1), Yellow Perch(1), approx. 25 bluegills | Worms | Threw all fish back. |
7/19/66 | Dundee Creek | Chain Pickerel(1) | Minnows | 3 lb. 8 oz. 22 1/2 inch citation. |
7/21/66 | Dundee Creek | White Perch(1), Yellow Perch(1), approx. 100 bluegills | Minnows, bloodworms | Low tide, threw all fish back |
7/23/66 | Dundee Creek | White Perch(8), Yellow Perch(1), Bluegill(7 good ones and loads of small ones) | Bloodworms, minnows | low tide |
7/30/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(4), bluegills | Minnows | Bass strike on frog, cut minnows for bluegills |
7/31/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(1), a few bluegills | Minnows, peelers, manoes | outgoing tide |
8/6/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(1), Bluegill(1) | Minnows | Fair tide, weedy |
8/11/66 | Wye River | A few white perch and rock and toadfish, one large bluegill | Manoes | |
8/19/66 | Chesapeake Bay probably near Bay Shore light | Perch, Spot, Bluegills, and toadfish | Bloodworms, spot | Evening fishing |
8/21/66 | Chesapeake Bay probably near Bay Shore light | Perch, Spot, Bluegills, Catfish(15"), Toadfish | Manoes | Early morning start |
8/24/66 | Wye Rive | Rock(13 keepers & approx. 25 undersized), White perch(2 small ones), 11 1/4" alewife, toadfish, and some small spot. | Manoes | Fished by piling, ordinary bottom rig, on water at daybreak. |
8/29/66 | Craig Hill Light | White Perch(25 large ones), some small spot, one keeper rock and some undersized ones, toadfish. | Manoes | Fair weather, left side of light, threw back as many as kept. |
8/30/66 | Craig Hill Light | White Perch(23 including a 9 7/8"), few small spot and rock, some toads | Manoes | Windy, early start, fished close to light. |
9/4/66 | Wye River | Rock(3 keepers, approx. 25 undersized), few spot, toadfish, one large alewife | Manoes | Very early start, windy, some sprinkles |
9/11/66 | Wye River | Rock(5 keepers, 10-15 undersized), some spot, one white perch and some toads | Manoes | Fair weather, early start, drift fishing effective. |
9/17/66 | Craig Hill Light | White Perch(22, threw some back), some spot and toads and one eel | Manoes | Citation White Perch, calm, fished out past light, late morning start |
9/22/66 | Chesapeake Bay near Bayshore Light and Craig Hill Light | White Perch(26), Catfish(3), one spot and one small rock | Manoes | Windy, thunderstorm, fished bouys 18-19B and light between the islands |
9/23/66 | Chesapeake Bay near Pleasure Island | White Perch(25), Bluefish(1), one small spot and 3 small rock | Manoes and minnows | Very windy, bluefish hit minnow, circled Hart Ilsand looking for yellows, some whites while drifting between Pleasure Island and Ft. Howard Barges |
10/3/66 | Chesapeake Bay near Bay Shore light | Some whites and one cat | Manoes, soft crab | Used soft crab that we caught in deep hole. |
10/5/66 | Wye River | 1 small rock | Manoes | Early rain, windy |
10/6/66 | Chesapeake Bay near Bay Shore ligh | 5 keeper rock, few white perch | Peelers | Night fishing, fished by light. |
10/7/66 | Chesapeake Bay near Bay Shore Light | one small rock and a few white perch | Peelers | Night fishing |
10/9/66 | Wye River | White perch(36 medium, 11 large approx. 10", 2 citation size), Rock(3, one about 16") | Manoes, minnows | Tried for yellows with no success, went up wye narrows and found whites while drifting out to right of piling in deep water. |
10/16/66 | Wye River | White Perch(2) | Manoes, minnows | windy, drifted all over to right of piling and in Wye narrows but too fast. |
10/21/66 | Chesapeake Bay near Bayshore light | One white perch and one keeper rock | Peelers | Night fishing by light, in by 10:30 pm |
10/28/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(6) | Minnows | Calm, still weedy, skinny fish |
10/28/66 | Chesapeake Bay near Bayshore light | Rock(one 12"), Catfish(one 16", 1 1/2 lb.), white perch(1) | Peelers | Night fishing, calm, very bright, used Bill's boats and Gail's baits, back before midnight, rock out past light. |
10/29/66 | Chesapeake Bay near Bayshore light | White Perch(6) | manoes | Late morning start, wind picked up |
11/1/66 | Wye River | Yellow Perch(2, one of 11 3/4"), plenty of toads | Manoes, minnows | Windy, perch in narrows |
11/6/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(6 w/ roe) | Minnows | Windy, fished edge of weedbed to left of boat livery,10am-3pm |
11/9/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(2 w/roe, threw back about 5 small ones) | Minnows | Mild, fair tide, next to same weedbed by sticks, perch 11 3/4" and 10 3/4" |
11/10/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(5 w/roe), Bass(one of 15" and 1 1/2 lb) | Minnows | Rainy, perch 8-10", by same weedbed, bass caught on minnow, 8:30-2:30 |
11/18/66 | Gas and Electric bulkhead | some nibbles | Minnows | Rainy |
11/20/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(5) | Minnows | Windy, cold, low tide, 10-3 pm, fished edge of same weedbed. |
11/21/66 | Dundee Creek | Yellow Perch(6 good ones), Bass( one of 10 1/2") | Minnows | Fair, cold, good tide, fished deep for bigger fish |
11/22/66 | Gas and Electric Bulkhead | White Perch( 4 small ones) | Minnows | 2pm - 5pm, close to shore, fair |
11/23/66 | Choptank Pier | Yellow Perch(14 1/4",13",13",12 1/2",12",12",10",9") | Minnows | Bottom fished minnows, fair weather, those were only half the fish caught, also fished Linchester Lake, 1 small perch, Award Perch today. |
11/27/66 | Wye River | 2 nibbles | Minnows | Fished all along shore in wye narrows, even drifted over deep hole |
12/4/66 | Gas and Electric Bulkhead | Yellow Perch(1) | Minnows | Boats froze in at dundee, fished off of point, saw 2 yellow perch caught in cove next to bridge |
12/9/66 | Gas and Electric Bulkhead | Yellow Perch(1) | Minnows | Fair weather, along closest side of bulkhead |
12/11/66 | Gas and Electric Bulkhead | some nibbles | Minnows | very windy, cold, along closest side of buldhead |
12/16/66 | Gas and Electric Bulkhead | nibbles | Minnows | Fair weather, good tide, fished from point, saw two large perch caught. |
12/21/66 | Gas and Electric Bulkhead | lost some bait | minnows | low tide, some snow on ground, saw some bass caught on mepps |
12/22/66 | Seneca Creek | Chain Pickerel(25" that was 2 1/2 lb, 15", 16") | Minnows | Caught on June Bug spinner with minnow on plain bobber rig |
12/23/66 | Seneca Creek | Chain Pickerel( 5, largest 5lb 2 oz, and 5 lb, 1 oz.) | Minnows | Caught in cove next to power plant, two award pickerel, used spreader, incoming tide best |
12/27/66 | Gas and Electric Bulkhead | nothing | Minnows and lures | Lowest tide in 6 years, windy, cold, fished from metal bulkhead. |
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