Choose Your Quarry and Your Season
Fishing For Smallmouth Bass
Shenandoah or Potomac River
Cost: Half Day $475 per boat, Full Day $575 per boat
Season: March - November
We love our fishing guides! Talk about great people who you'd want to spend a day with on the river. They've all got amazing guide boats and decades of experience. Plus, they love their jobs. Give us a call and let us select the right gear and stretch of river so you can enjoy fishing for smallmouth bass, one of the coolest fish that swims. All guides can provide gear and are experienced with spinfishing and flyfishing.
Fishing For Catfish
Shenandoah or Potomac River
Cost Full Day $575 for 1-2 people.
Cost Half Day: $475 for 1-2 people
Season: March - November
Catfish (Channel and Flathead) are growing in popularity. Cool in their own right, they're also a great fishing option if you're looking for a fish to eat, want a more relaxing/less technical fishing experience, or you haven't fished very much. We are generally fishing live bait and fishing while stationary, give it a try!
Turkey Hunting
Private Property and National Forest
Cost Full Day: $575 for 1-2 people.
Cost Half Day: $475 for 1-2 people
Season: April 3 - May 15 (please inquire)
The ultimate hunting experience for the most wary of foe. Eastern Wild Turkey are extremely skittish and elusive but a skilled hunter/caller can talk with a turkey and lure them in within hunting range. It's addictive, and also extremely challenging but what could be more fun? Ashby Gap recommends guests bring their own guns and ammo but is also happy to provide them upon request.
Final Note: depending on the day, guides will often choose to add or combine fishing with the turkey hunting experience depending how they are managing the day's hunt. A bonus!
Hunting Waterfowl (Ducks and Geese)
Potomac River Near Harper's Ferry
Cost: Please Inquire as pricing varies by season and guide
Season: September through March (Exact Season is Announced Each Year)
Ashby Gap Owner and Partner own 2.5 miles of river bottom, 506 acres, which means 2.5 miles of private hunting in the Harpers Ferry area. We have private duck blinds down the center of the Potomac River through the entire section, which is situated within an eastern flyway and enjoys heavy duck and goose populations. Hunting moving water has its challenges but this has got to be the prettiest section of river hunting known to man!
Becoming available to members of the hunt club or by request. Fully guided hunts available.
Whitetail Deer Hunting
Private Property
Our bread and butter service caters to modestly experienced or inexperienced deer hunters. While the proximity of our private property to thousands of acres of un-hunted national park & 5 private islands give hunters opportunities for unpressured trophy bucks, we are more often shooting does and enjoying the experience.
If interested, our guides work with our hunters to learn the basics of deer hunting which includes; hunting site selection, weapon selection, concealment (vision and scent), shot selection, field dressing deer (aka gutting and possibly quartering) and all the other nuances that make up an enjoyable hunt.
If your hunt is successful, and upon request, we can hang/age your deer and schedule a second day to teach you how to carve/process/butcher your own deer, prepare it for cooking, and can even cook it with you over a campfire. What an experience!!! Either way, it's your deer and you get to go home with the meat.