Mercer Sat April 19th 2025

knownfactor reply :

we will be out there at 630am to about noonish...hopefully catch something decent!!

oh yea caught this fatty in my neighborhood pond on a white/red bleeding buzz bait...fight catch there this year...anyone know what the gunk coming out of its butt is?

rondef reply :

Good luck out there tomorrow, I would like to fish there but I have to work tomorrow morning. You may want to throw some topwater baits early morning as the topwater bite has turned on. The big fish are relating to the stumps early morning and late evening.

knownfactor reply :

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Good luck out there tomorrow, I would like to fish there but I have to work tomorrow morning. You may want to throw some topwater baits early morning as the topwater bight has turned on. The big fish are relating to the stumps early morning and late evening.

ok cool thanks for the heads up

okrod reply :

Good luck out there tomorrow. Watch the snakes!

okrod reply :

Good luck out there tomorrow. Watch the snakes!

Hung up Paul reply :

I was planning on going to Royal tomorrow, but maybe I'll change my mind last minute. Can anyone point out the stumps on a map?

onthereel reply :

knownfactor, heading there tomorrow as well, maybe I'll see you out there.

pkschul, the stumps are in the finger of the lake...hth

soccplayer07 reply :

good luck tomorrow. im heading to fountain head to prefish for a tourney on sunday. let me know how u do.

knownfactor reply :

did horrible today, didnt catch a thing made our way around most of mercer then ended up deep in the woods hiking for 30minutes to get back around the lake on the bike trail...never doing that again lol...went to huntsman for an hour and didnt catch anything there either....first time ive been skunked this season....

Hung up Paul reply :

There wasn't much of anything biting at Royal either but I did see a couple MONSTERS! They were right up close to the shore at one end of the dam not far from the no carp fishing sign area. I think they might have been nesting. I spooked them when I walked by but they didn't go far. I could see shadows in the deeper water. I had a little crappie spinner rigged since I wasn't having luck with the LM. I kept running it by them, but no interest. I met an old guy who had a small keeper in a bucket, but he was fishing live minnows on the other side of the lake.

HokieDJ reply :

I was there from 10am to 12pm with my friends and we got stunked. I even loss my spinner on the last cast!

Man, when you guys said stumps, you weren't kinding! hahah

I did catch a nice 3lb 4oz at the potomac earlier though

onthereel reply :

landed two at Mercer today about ~1lb? really bad at guessing and didn't have a scale.

hooked into something big and it got loose several seconds later...as I was checking my rig a whopper jumped out in the distance. Coincidence..? I think it was her way of saying f* you!

knownfactor reply :

haha nice...yea my friend and i got there at 7 fished till 10 no luck..sucks i think they fed heavy last night or something...saw a crapton of turtles though...looks like a nice healthy population...might start turtle hunting

rondef reply :

My friend from work was there this morning and caught a 4lb lmb in the stump field. He said someone immediately came over to him and attempted to fish in same area where he caught the lmb until he said something to them.

flippin4it. reply :

I'm going to be there in the morning with a couple of buddies, I'm looking to do a little bed fishing if the ladies (the bass) are up to it. I hope to see some of you guys out there.......

Hung up Paul reply :

My wife wanted to sleep in so I couldn't make it out.

knownfactor reply :

pooring rain anyway

JCrzy4Bass reply :

I'm fishing Mercer Thursday morning from sun up around 645 til about 1145. Anyone wanna meet up with me and fish it? If so say so here and pm me. I will give you my cell and we can plan a meeting spot. I already have an idea of where I want to hit (trust me it's productive and also a spot where PLENTY of 4-5lbers have come out of.

Let me know fellas. Plan on catching some spawnin ladies with early morning topwater. Then worming and throwing a spinner later in the morning to catch the rest.

Paul Naj reply :

I'll be back from travel this week by Wednesday afternoon and have a relatively light schedule on Thursday. If that doesn't change I'll PM you on Wednesday afternoon and we'll hook up.

Paul

JCrzy4Bass reply :

Sounds good my friend. Check your pms, I sent you my contact info.

Trevor in Burke reply :

JCrzy4Bass

with all this rain I'm certain the water temp has changed and is probably a little cooler than it was after those 80 degree days, but it looks like it should be getting warmer by wednesday, I threw topwater this weekend in the morning and didn't have a single hit and this was after those 80 degree days my point is that right now topwater doesnt appear to be working until the evening bite after the water has a chance to heat up a little during the day. Give it a whirl but not too much time when you could be catching fish on something else.

JCrzy4Bass reply :

Yea I know there's a lot of factors that come in to play with topwater. I know it might not be the most efficient lure at the time but depending on what the sun is doing and the temps are and if it's hitting that part of the lake good in the morning I may try it.

If not got a bunch of other ideas. Thanks for the heads up though.

Trevor in Burke reply :

I knew you would, just sharing my two cents since it didn't work for me until 10:40 at night. 8-)

rondef reply :

Jay,

Count me in, we are going to catch some hawgs Thursday morning. The water will be stained and a little cooler, I think that works to our advantage. We may have to try a few different spots on the lake to locate them but I have a good feeeling about Thursday morning.

flippin4it. reply :

When I left Mercer on Sunday, It looked like a mud puddle. That water got real muddy in about 2 hours during the hard rain. The rain and wind kept me from sight fishing, but I located a 7+ pound LMB. It won the short game of tug-o-war, but I'll let her rest. I suspect she is on or near a bed and I will return with the same lure and stouter tackle. I almost wet myself when it broke the surface. Ron can relate to that sensation...........It sucked. Throw in some lightning that came on real quick to top it off..........

A.Do? reply :

d**n Rob, all you were missing was some theatrical music.

I guess i should give this lake another try.

rondef reply :

Rob, I feel for you since I have been in that situation, go back and catch her. Just make sure you get a good picture for us to see. I still want the trophy bass that got away the day I caught the 6lb 8oz bass, it had to be btween 8 and 9 lbs. I will catch it before the season ends. The reason I say that is I am going to put a canoe in that lake and hunt it down begining the middle of next month sfter I buy my canoe.

okrod reply :

Ron, I may be able to get out on Thursday. What time are you hitting mercer?

rondef reply :

I am hoping to be there around 6:00 to 6:30 in the morning. I want to get there right as the sun is coming up. I will be there with Jay and I am hoping that Jay lands a new PB.

JCrzy4Bass reply :

I will be IN THE PARKING LOT by 6:45am. I don't care what the wife says lol, jk. But I wanna be there for sun up and get as much time as possible before I gotta bolt at 11:30. Hope to see you out there Rich. Paul let me know if you are still gonna make it.

rondef reply :

I went to Mercer this afternoon and found all of the trails along the shore were under water. There is next to no where to stand to cast out into the lake. I had my boots on and trucked through the water and mud and caught 1 dink and lost one nice bass about 3 to 4 pounds about 15 feet from the shore when it jumped out of the water for the fourth time and through my lure. I am going to pass on this lake Thursday morning and let the water level receed and let the shore dry up some before I go back.

onthereel reply :

Thanks for the update Ron. My "long lunch" trip would have ended up a mess. I'll probably head over Saturday morning equipped with boots.

flippin4it. reply :

Ron, was the water still muddy?

rondef reply :

The visibillity was about 6-12 inches.

onehump reply :

I've never met anyone on here but would love to meet with guys tomorrow morning(thurs)at mercer. It will be my first time there. does anyone mind if i meet you all up there in the morning?

okrod reply :

OneHump.

I'm heading out tomorrow, but Rondef wrote:

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I went to Mercer this afternoon and found all of the trails along the shore were under water. There is next to no where to stand to cast out into the lake. I had my boots on and trucked through the water and mud and caught 1 dink and lost one nice bass about 3 to 4 pounds about 15 feet from the shore when it jumped out of the water for the fourth time and through my lure. I am going to pass on this lake Thursday morning and let the water level receed and let the shore dry up some before I go back.

So I think Mercer may be difficult without a boat. All the trails were tight to the water line before the rain.

I'm still researching other options for tomorrow. What do you think?

Has anyone fished Lake Accotink?

Dan: reply :

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OneHump.
I'm heading out tomorrow, but Rondef wrote:

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I went to Mercer this afternoon and found all of the trails along the shore were under water. There is next to no where to stand to cast out into the lake. I had my boots on and trucked through the water and mud and caught 1 dink and lost one nice bass about 3 to 4 pounds about 15 feet from the shore when it jumped out of the water for the fourth time and through my lure. I am going to pass on this lake Thursday morning and let the water level receed and let the shore dry up some before I go back.

So I think Mercer may be difficult without a boat. All the trails were tight to the water line before the rain.

I'm still researching other options for tomorrow. What do you think?

Has anyone fished Lake Accotink?

don't bother with Accotink.

HokieDJ reply :

When you are talking about the trails being flooded, do you guys mean the trail you walk on from the parking lot off Wagon Trail ln?

When I went there before the rain, the only spots I saw by the stumps where this small trail to the right and on the rocks off the bank after that. Do you guys go into the woods where the lake starts?

onehump reply :

went to mercer this morning and got there around 630. it was my fist time so i wasnt sure where to go. I started at the dam and was there for 2 hours and didn't ge a single bite. i walked around the lake fishing random spots until i got to the stump field. I didn't get a single bite all morning until right before i left. i was fishing the shallow part of the stumps at the end of the lake. from the bite it felt decent but didn't set the hook. i was there until noon. headed back sunday evening hopefully. anyone interested?

okrod reply :

Were the trails at mercer clear?

slomoe reply :

What were you throwing onehump?

knownfactor reply :

mercer has been beat up by everyone the past 3 weeks, gotta be another spot to go to...

flippin4it. reply :

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mercer has been beat up by everyone the past 3 weeks, gotta be another spot to go to...

Mercer is going to turn into the next Burke Lake, 2 years ago It seemed like no one talked about it. Yes I fish Mercer every 4-6 weeks. Not every 4-6 days. There are plenty of ponds, lakes and rivers. Woodglen, Barton, Royal, Huntsman, Occaquan Res, Beaver dam res, Hunting Run, Lunga, the Bull Run, upper and lower Potomac rivers and all the no-named ponds that are right under everyones noses. I fish at least 4 times a week, if not 5 or 6 and never seem to hit the same place back to back. If you need a fresh spot to fish, I can point you in the right direction. Just PM me and I'll do my best based on where you have and have not fished.

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