1967 Fishing Log Archive -- Fishin' with Rick Holt

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 my second year of record keeping -- the 1967 fishing log. My record keeping began to slip at the end of this year and all I have for the last month or so is a summary.

Date	Where	Fish Caught	Bait	Notes
1/2/67	Seneca Creek	Pickerel(1)	Minnows	Cold, fair, not too windy, bad tide
1/3/67	Seneca Creek	Nothing	Minnows	Improper bobbers, fair, calm, ice breaking up, Dad alone
1/8/67	Seneca Creek	Yellow perch(1)	Minnows	Fog and rain, wind came up, floating ice, low tide, cold
1/16/67	Seneca Creek	Chain Pickerel(10 including a 4lb. 2oz.Award)	Minnows, Mepps	Early fog, early start,calm, cloudy, not too cold, row or drift along slowly w/ baits shallow under bobbers.
1/17/98	Gas and Electric Bulkhead	nothing	Minnows	Windy, sunny, cold
1/20/67	Broad Creek	Crappie(11, Dad only 2)	Shad Darts	Ice fishing,sunny, mild, no wind,15 ft. of water, pump dart slowly.
1/21/67	Broad Creek	Crappie(2, one tiny & one medium)	Shad Darts	Ice Fishing,partly cloudy , cold, large crowd.
1/26/67	Eastern Shore Ponds	Catfish and crappie	Minnows	Fair, calm, some small pickerel below spillway
1/27/67	Seneca Creek	Dad got nothing, Others got 4 pickerel and perch	Minnows	Rainy, windy, poles broke
1/29/67	Seneca Creek	nothing	Minnows	Very windy(10-20), cold
1/30/67	Gas and Electric Bulkhead	nothing	Minnows	Lee, George and Dad, stayed only about 20 minutes
1/31/67	Gas and Electric Bulkhead	nothing	Minnows	Fished off point, Seneca frozen over
2/2/67	Seneca	Pickerel(2), Perch(2) for dad, His friend got some pickerel( one was 3 3/4 lb) and perch	Minnows	Not to windy, not too cold, tried drifting
2/12/67	Gas and Electric Bulkhead	nothing	Johnson Spoon	Cold, very windy, only 5 casts, Seneca frozen up
2/13/67	Broad Creek	Few crappies(Dad got none)	Shad Darts	Cold, thin ice, cracking, saw some nice crappie caught
2/14/67	Potomac near Pepco	1 bluegill for Wally, Dad nothing	Minnows	Too much current, fair, broken shear pin, used Jon Boat
2/19/67	Seneca Creek	nothing	Minnows, Mepps, Johnson Spoon	1/4 " ice on water, got out 11 am,Finaly got to cove by 1:30, cold, wind picked up, tried drift
2/20/67	Seneca Creek	19" Pickerel and 10" perch for Dad, 14" pickerel and 9" perch for Wally	Minnows	Windy, cold, cloudy water,cloudy sky, high tide in evening, ice along shore, rain in evening
2/26/67	Gas and Electric Bulkhead	nothing	Johnson Spoon	Windy, cold, very low tide
3/4/67	Seneca Creek	Chain Pickerel(4, up to 19"), Yellow Perch(3, up to 11 1/2")	Minnows	Early snow and rain, afternoon cloudy, cold, calm, perch in morning, pickerel drifiting slowly
3/5/67	Seneca Creek	Pickerel(1 of 17")	Minnows, Mepps	Intermittent drizzle, breezy, cold
3/8/67	Seneca Creek	yellow perch(2, one large and one small)	Minnows	Not too windy, not too cold, used spreaders, muddy water
3/9/67	Seneca Creek	Pickerel(1 nice one),Yellow Perch(6)	Minnows	Sunny, little windy, used spreaders, most fish sitting still
3/10/67	Seneca Creek	Yellow Perch(2, one large and one small)	Minnows	Cold, sunny, windy
3/12/67	Seneca Creek	Yellow Perch(1), White Perch(1)	Minnows	Windy, not too cold, calm evening, 6am-5pm, tried all methods and places, Rick alone
3/13/67	Magothy River	Dad caught 2- 12" Rock, Wally got 3 white perch and 2 rock(biggest 3 1/4lb)	Minnows, Shad Darts	Blackhole Creek, Misty, shad rigs
3/14/67	Corsica River	Dad got 15 yellow perch, the group got 54 Yellow perch total	Minnows	Minnows under bobbers,sunny not too cold, 4 people
3/14/67	Bear Creek	Bullheads(4 small ones), Sunfish(1)	worms	Evening fishing, right side of point
3/15/67	Bear Creek	1 small bullhead	worms	Evening fishing, drizzle, cold, no luck trapping minnows.
3/16/67	Smithville Pond	Crappies(16), Dad and Walley fished	Minnows	Below spillway, sunny,very windy, cold, bobbers
3/16/67	Bear Creek	Bullheads(2)	worms	Low tide, sunny, windy, cold, evening fishing
3/23/67	Magothy River	Yellow Perch(8 up to13 3/4"), Chain Pickerel(15)	Minnows on Shad Darts	Cold, rain, not too windy, Mills Creek
3/24/67	Magothy River	Pickerel(3)	Minnows on Shad Darts	Windy, cold, Mills Creek
3/26/67	Bear Creek	Bluegill(7)	worms	Breezy, not too cold,trapped some minnows on low tide.
3/27/67	Corsica River	Yellow Perch(25 for Dad and Rick), Total of 80 perch caught by the group	Minnows	Tidewater canals, not too cold, high tide best,fished with and without bobbers, but without was best.
3/28/67	Corsica River	Yellow Perch(Rick got 30, Dad Got 20, others got 60, 110 total)	Minnows	Fresh water canals,fair, high tide most of day,w/o bobber is best, tired smithville 11 am, but got nothing.
3/29/67	Bear Creek	Bluegill(1)	Bloodworms	Evening fishing, fished deep, flyrod w/spincast reel.
3/30/67	Bear Creek	Bluegill(7), Bullhead(1)	worms	Evening fishing, fished deep w/ fly rod
3/31/67	Bear Creek	Bluegills(2), one large minnow	worms	Evening fishing,little windy, not too cold,fly rod, deep drift in.
4/1/67	Bear Creek	Bluegills(4), one large minnow	bloodworms	evening fishing, warm, little windy,high tide, fly rod deep
4/2/67	Millers Island	Rock(one 14"), one small white perch, threw small rock back	bloodworms	10am-3:45pm,windy, not too cold, got fish between Millers and Hart Islands
4/3/67	Dundee Creek	Catfish(Dad got 3), 1 small bass and a few white perch got by Wally	Bloodworms, Mepps	Windy, rough water,fished in Saltpeter in vicinity of power plant
4/4/67	Bear Creek	1 sunny, 5 large minnows	worms	Little windy, hands cold, flyrod deep
4/6/67	Bear Creek	1 carp(10"), 1 sunny	worms	Calm, warm, high tide,surface film washed in with tide,fly rod deep
4/8/67	Millers Island	Catfish(15),White Perch(2),yellow Perch(2), 2 small rock	Bloodworms and bloodworms w/spinners	Cool, windy,clear,few cats and whites out past light, most fish caught on inshore side of bayshore island
4/9/67	Dundee Creek	Yellow Perch(18 small),Eels(3 large)	minnows	cloudy, windy, cold,very high tide,7am-1pm, crabs in
4/14/67	Bear Creek	2 sunny (rick)	worms	clear, warm, no too windy, dad and Rick
4/16/67	Bear Creek	Catfish(5),White Perch(1),Sunfish(1)	worms	warm, partley cloudy, high tide, fly rod deep,wind picked up, spinning rod on bottom 8:30am-11am
4/21/67	Dundee Creek	Catfish(2), Yellow Perch(8 kept, 20 caught),Eels(8),Crappie(Dad got a 12 1/2",1 1/4 lb)	Minnows and Mepps	Partly Cloudy, windy at times,calm evening,crappie close to duck blind, high tide, 6am -5:30pm
4/23/67	Bear Creek	Catfish(3)	worms	windy, low incoming tide, fly rod w/ bobber
4/25/67	Bear Creek	2 sunny, 3 minnows, lost 1 cat and one eel	worms	low incoming tide,windy evening, spinning deep, fly rod w/bobber
4/26/67	Susquehanna River	nothing	Liz tailers	windy, fast water,clear water, from Rock Run Pier
4/27/67	Susquehanna River	nothing	Darts	Rain, under RR bridge
4/30/67	Gas and Electric Bulkhead	nothing	Spinners	Not too windy, warm,Rick alone,walked, saw carp caught.
5/1/67	Bear Creek	White Perch(2), 1 sunny	worms	fly rod deep, sand bar
Mid - November to the 1st Week of December	No records kept during this time either. Made about 6 trips to Seneca and got some perch and 1 or 2 small pike, but fishing is not up to par yet. Wally got 2 bass on two consecutive days in Seneca by the weedbed up in the creek by the boathouse off the point. Tired Eastern Shore ponds one or two times but nothing doing. Fishing still slow in the Magothy. Had first ice up in Magothy and Seneca during this time.