1966 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 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.