We weren't having any luck catching fish on the Potomac — until the lightning storm hit and the bass started biting.

that’s not how shad were caught in rivers such as the Potomac ... estimate how many fish were in that river.” Said Jim: “It wasn’t a sport-fishing thing. It was a fill-my-larder kind ...

Stanley "Sebby" Brock III poses with an enormous catfish found in the Potomac River near the Chain Bridge (courtesy of Stan Brock) A 20-year-old Arlington man out fishing near the Chain Bridge ...