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Name: Joefroggy
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Date: 07/17/08
Time: 7am-12noon
Chickahominy River
sunny hot, light breeze
seemed stained, low visibility
from Rockahock down stream to a marina near island and sunken barge
4 lmb
spinnerbait, senko, buzzbait, frog
2-5 foot
tried the buzzbait in the shad with only one bass, could not find much shade. Water was low tide when I got there and high when I left. Got 2 on spinnerbait on laydowns. Got 1 on senko around a dock
Only my 2nd time here. Last time was in the fall , same tide and I got one 5.5 lber. This time first 3 bass was 12 inchers or so. Last bass 2 was 2.3lbs . Have not figured out how to fish tidal water yet, need to do more research. Could only muster 2 frog bites in the pads, missed both. Can't figure out why few hits on frog. Might need to fish the edge of the weeds instead of in the weeds and pads next time, not sure.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 07/17/08
Time: 6AM-6PM
Briery Creek
Sunny 92
Stained, 88 degrees
Mid lake and upper end
62 bass all under 5#. I had around 40 bass between 2 1/2# and 4 1/2# The largest was 4-12.
Zoom Trick and finesse worms, Yum 10" worm, Super Fluke, Magnum Super Fluke, 6" Fathead swimbait, Snag Proof Frog
Surface to 20'
Weedless wacky rigged the Zoom worms, Tx rigged the 10" worm, used a weighted hook for the Flukes and swimbait. Caught most of the bass on the edge or just off the edge of the hydrilla. The hydrilla is strong enough to work a 1/4 oz weighted worm through it without breaking off the stems. Used the frog on top of the dollar pads in shady areas.
Only saw 5 other boats all day.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 07/15/08
Time: 7AM--6:30PM
Hunting Run Lake
Sunny, 90 degrees, calm winds
Clear 88, water level about 1' higher than last week
Lower end of the lake on points and humps
94 bass-all under 3#, 2 catfish, 1 bluegill
Zoom finesse worm, Rat-L-Trap, Slider worm on a 1/16 oz Spider Slider head
5'-13'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm weedless and exposed point. Fished the same pattern as the last two times there concentrating on the outside edge of the submerged weeds on points and above the weeds on humps.
Only three other boats today. It took 7 hours and 51 minutes to catch 75 bass today as opposed to last week when it took just over 12 hours for 75.
Name: Varinabassin
Email: Jason23231@yahoo.com
Date: 7/13/08
Time: 6 am-4pm
Lower James River
sunny and hot
83-87
Not many to locat but the ones we found were scattered.
Bass 7 keepers
All baits
3-9 feet
plastics, crankbaits and topwater.
Fished the Region 8 tournament this past weekend. Instead of running to the lower creeks and burning alot of gas money we decided to fish between osborne and hopewell Caught 7 keeper, proably 10 dinks(only 2 fish out of the appoxmatics).fish came off of windy points on pretty much anything you wanted to throw. overall a very tough day. I think we weighed in like over 8lbs. Some guys caught them pretty good, but everyone i talk to that did well ran way down river so considering everything i was pleased with what we had.
Name: Mike
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Date: 7/12/08
Time: 6-noon
Lower James River
Deep Bottom loop
white perch, catfish
The James just doesn't produce bass for me....in fact I wouldn't even fish there if it weren't so close to the house. Co-worker of mine caught 2 small white perch on a small crankbait...I caught a catfish on a spinnerbait.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 07/11/08
Time: 1PM-4:30PM
Rivanna Reservoir
Sunny 85
Stained 84 degrees
Lower end of lake
16 bass, all under 2#
Finesse worm
3'-10'
Weedless wacky rig on the willow grass edges and fallen timber
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 07/10/08
Time: 6:30AM-6:35P
Hunting Run Lake
Mostly cloudy low 80's
clear 80-84 degrees, occasional light breeze
Lower end of the lake on the outside edge of the underwater vegetation
75 bass, several in the 3# class where the biggest
Zoom finesse worm, Zoom 4" curlytail worm, Rat-L-Trap, Bandit 200
5'-20'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm weedless and exposed point, Tx rigged the curlytail worm The same pattern that worked last week did today also as most were caught in the 8'-12' range on the weed edges. The water level is about 1' higher than last week, still not at the bottom of the concrete ramp.
I was the first one there today and I only saw 5 other boats all day. I took 12 hours and 5 minutes to get the 75th bass, then I quit.
Name: BassKAt
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Date: 07/7/08
Time: 0530-1400
Chickahominy river
cloudy am sunny hot by 10
upper river 2 feet, lower river 1 foor
pads and grass, nothing on wood
20 plus bass, 2 bowfin and a perch
blade,cranks, couple on trick worm
1 to 6 feet
fished the pads on outgoing tide. Tide was just finishing coming in when we started.
Today was a blast. Have not had a day on the Chick like today in a few years. The river is back and in full swing. The bowfins blasted the blades on the edge of the grass. 1 was about 8 pounds and the other was well over 10 and about 30 inches. Wanted to weigh just to make sure but did not want that thing in the boat.
Name: BassKAt
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Date: 07/04/08
Time: 0500-1100
Sandy River Reservoir
cloudy in the am the sun and hot
81 degrees clear
midlake
lmb
topwater early, cranks, and c-rig
swallow then 10-16 feet
topwater was slow but caught fish, pull the rig and cranks on the points
Sandy was as busy as I have ever seen it. About 50 boats on the water. lot was full. Was fishing a point and a boat pulled up dropped anchor and started fishing. Some people. We caught a total of 14 fish all in the slot nothing big. Had trolling motor issues and headed to the ramp
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 7/3/08
Time: 7:45 - 8:00
Appomattox River above Chesdin
sunny, 94 degrees, wind 10 - 20
slight stain, visibility about 2'
We put in at River Rd @ the Chesterfield Co., Amelia Co. line and motored & walked up river and then came back down
Together we caught over 75 Kentucky Spotted Bass to just over 1 lb., 8 Largemouth to 2.5 lb, over 200 Bream, 3 Ring Perch, 2Chain, over 20(White Perch or White Bass or Young Stipers), over 12 Sucker Fish (that's what my buddy calls them, I don't know the name of them)
#3, 5 & 7 Rapala minnow, spinner bait, wacky worm, Bettle Spin, Little Big O, 2" curly tail jig, t-rig worm, small rattle trap, shallow running Shad Rap
1' - 4'
We threw everything at any log jams, laydowns, and deep holes that we came across. Most of the Spotted bass were small and were caught on everything, the bream would hit everything also but most of them came off of the battle spin.
All but 1 largemouth were over 12". We didn't catch any smallmouth on this trip. We saw some stripers up to 14 lbs but they wouldn't hit anything. There are also some monster Carp in there to.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 7/3/08
Time: 7:30-2:30
Rivanna Reservior
Mostly sunny 90
Dingy, 85 degrees
Lower end
23 bass, all under 3#
Zoom finesse worm, Zoom 4" curlytail worm, Norman Crappie crankbait, Bandit 200
3'-25'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm, Tx rigged the curlytail worm Fished the edges of the willow grass on both sides if the lake plus beaver huts and fallen timber
Couldn't fish any off shore spots due to the UVA girls rowing traffic.
Name: Bill
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Date: 07/02/08
Time: 730pm-830pm
Private Pond
dusk
2 LMB, one 2lb and one 5lb
Black buzz bait with clicker
Popped the buzz bait like a popper.
Went down to the pond after happy hour. tried casting the buzz bait along the shore line. No takers. Finally started casting out towards the middle of the pond and found fish in deeper water. Had two misses and two hook ups. I love the top water bite but it usually causes me to try and set the hook too fast and miss fish. I cant help it.
Name: Joefroggy
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Date: 07/01/08
Time: 2-6pm
Pocahontas State Park/Swift Creek Lake
sun and clouds
kinda murky, maybe upper 70s
from ramp out to right and headed toward dam, never made it to the far end
3 lmb
spinnerbaits, zara spook, buzzers,frogs
2-5 feet
hit a lot of laydowns and got 2 lmb on those. Lost one on spinnerbait taking drag that felt good. got one on a zara spook near pads in shade. had a huge blowup when a decent bass followed frog to boat from pad and completely missed frog.
Could not get frog bite in pads, kinda surprised. Laydowns were ok, should've worked them better with spinner and maybe a soft plastic. Lake was little bigger than I thought. Ran into older guy who was heading back in and he said he did real well in back by channel. He said he got nothing under 5 lbs. If true, nice!!!!! Like the looks of this place, wanna spend more time in the back section with more lures and have enough battery juice....
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 07/01/08
Time: 6:30AM-7PM
Hunting Run Lake
Partly cloudy 82
Dingy 82-85 degrees
Lower half of lake
64 bass-all less than 2#
Zoom finesse worm, 1/2 oz. Rat-L-Trap, Zoom 4" curlytail worm
5'-15'
Wacky rigged weedless and exposed point plus drop shot the finesse worm. Tx rigged the 4" worm. Fished the outside edge of the grass with the finesse worm and over the top of the grass on long points and humps with the Trap. Used the Tx rig in trees and stump/log piles.
7 boats on the lake most of the day.
Name: russell holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 6/29/08
Time: 6:00 - 4:00
Little Creek Reservoir
partly cloudy, wind 5 - 15, temp 89
temp 84 - 86, visibility about 6'
coves out and to the left of the launch, and windy points
bass & chain
wacky worm (weighted & unweighted), t-rig worm, jig, crankbaits, spinnerbait, shaky head worm, soft plastic jerk, swimbait
2' - 25'
We fished the windy points & coves to the left of the launch. All of my fish came off of the shaky head worm and the jig, and my partner caught his off of the swimbait, crankbait, and shaky head. I lost 2 good ones off of the shaky head.
I didn't get a bite off of a crankbait, I threw the DT-10, Bandit 200 & 300 and deep diving Shad Rap.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 06/25/08
Time: 6AM-3PM
Briery Creek
Sunny 88 degrees
Dingy 85 degrees
Mid and uplake
43 bass, largest 5-1
Zoom Trick and finesse worms, 10" worm, Super Fluke, Snag Proof Frog
Surface to 25'
Same rigging and pattern as yesterday. I started in the cove were the Rt. 701 ramp is and used the hollow frog on top of the dollar pads in the shade until the sun got too high-followed the missed frog hits with the wacky worm and caught every one-24 of the bass were caught in that area.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 06/24/08
Time: 7AM-7PM
Briery Creek
Mostly sunny 85 degrees light wind
Dingy 85 degrees
Mid and uplake weed edges
47 bass
Zoom Trick worm and finesse worm, Super Fluke, Rat-L-Trap, 10" worm
5'-25'
Wacky rigged the Trick and finesse worms weedless and exposed point, used a weighted hook with the Fluke, Tx rigged the 10" worm Fished the outside weed edges on the creek channels and mid lake areas
The water level is just above the weeds in less than 10' depths at the upper end
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 6/22/08
Time: 7 :00 - 3:00
Little Creek Reservoir
mostly sunny, wind 5 - 15, temp 84
temp 80, visibility about 6'
coves to the right of the launch
bass and chain
wacky worm, DT-10 & 16, Bandit 100 & 200, t-rig worm, spinnerbait
4' - 24'
We worked the coves throwing wacky worm, spinnerbait and Bandit in water to 10', and the DT and t-rig worm and slow rolling the spinnerbait in deeper water. We ended up with 15 bass ( 2 @ 3lb) and 3 chain.
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 6/21/08
Time: 7:30 - 3:00
Upper Chickahominy River @ Washington Hwy/Western Henrico
partly cloudy,
temp 73 to 81, visibility less than 6"
from dam & Washington Hwy up river to lilly pads
bass, chain, crappie, bream
wacky worm, t-rig worm, chatterbait, rapala minnow, grass frog, spinnerbait, 2" curly tail jig, bandit 100 & 200, johnson silver minnow. We caught fish on all of these lures.
1' - 10'
We put in and went up river to the thick lilly pads and started throwing chatterbait, grass frog, johnson silver minnow & rapala minnow against the edge of the pads and in the pads. we worked down to the railroad tressel and caught crappie in the deep hole (18') around there and then worked our way to the dam, where the bass were coming off of wood & lilly pads. We caught over 30 bass, 15 chain, 20 + crappies and about 10 bream
We had 6 bass over 3 lbs and 2 chain at 22". I only been here about 6 times but this was the best day I had bass fishing there
Name: Jeff
Email:
Date: 06/22/08
Time: 05:00AM to 03:30PM
Briery Creek
partly cloudy 88degrees
4foot visibility
rt 701 ramp far back cove
Bass
senkos, spinnerbait
4-12 feet
weightless senkos, burning spinnerbait
No morning bait, no bite on senko early tied on 1/2oz spinnerbait (white, chartreuse) absolutely crushed them rolling spinnerbait above all the milfoil. Did get frustrating due to weeds fouling action every other cast but when it ran clean everycast would get slammed. Best was 19" solid 4lb many 2-3lber's.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 06/2008
Time: 11AM-6:30PM
Private residential lake
Sunny 75, light wind
Dingy less than 2' visibility, 75-80 degrees
Entire lake
38 bass, all less than 2#
Zoom Finesse worm, Zoom 4" curlytail worm, Norman Crappie Crankbait
2'-15'
Wacky rigged weedless and exposed point the finesse worm and also used it for dropshotting. Tx rigged the curlytail worm. Caught the most on wood.
Name: Joefroggy
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Date: 06/.20/0
Time: 6am-noon
Chickahominy
sunny 85 degrees, light wind
warm, maybe 80 degrees, kind of stained or muddy
launched at Ed Allens and worked towards Eagles landing in the lake
12 bass
Buzzbait, senkos, frog, spinnerbait
2-5 foot
Hit the pads with all 4 lures and got no action, switched to a boring looking side and got 6 bass in an hour on the buzzbait (730-830am). All of those fish were in the shade in shallow water. Got the other 6 from 9am-noon. Got 3 on a senko and 3 on a buzzer again either on laydowns and/or in the shade. First bass was 3.7 lbs, next was 3.0 lbs and then a bunch of 2lbers. Would of had about a 13 lb 5 fish bag. Was a good day overall. Took no pictures, wanted to get fish back in water right away, water was real warm and did not want to stress fish.
Looking forward to doing some camping with the family there sometime this summer. Like this lake, little far of a drive but it has been good to me last year and this year.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 06/19/08
Time: 6pm-8pm
local pond
mostly sunny,81
green stain on surface
8 LMB to 2.5lbs and 1 Warmouth
Summertime favorites. Black beetlespin and a Zoom 4" double ringer in watermelon candy color wacky rigged.
Have not fished much lately due to being busy. The fish were biting pretty good today. Lots of dead shad on the banks from that heat wave we had. Turtles were eating good.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 06/18/08
Time: 8AM-6PM
Hunting Run Lake
Mostly sunny 60-80 degrees light wind
Clear, 80.3-83.5 degrees
Mosty lower end of the lake on points, humps, and shoreline weeds
67 bass-largest 3-8
Finesse worm, Trick worm, Rat-L-Trap, crankbait
less than 15'
Weedless and exposed point wacky rigged the worms. Caught most by working the deeper edge of submerged grass that ended at about 7'-8' depths. Used the Trap over grass in 3'-5' depths
It was cool this morning with air temps in the upper 50's when I left home before sun-up. It took about two hours to develope a pattern that was consistant. It looked like a thermocline was developing at 13'.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 06/17/08
Time: 11AM-6PM
Rivanna Reservoir
Mostly sunny 82 light breeze
Stained 83-85 degrees
Lower lake end shorelines
36 bass-largest 4-4
Finesse worm, spinnerbait, crankbait, spoon
3'-30'
Weedless and exposed point wacky rigged the finesse worm Parallel cast the weed edges with the spinnerbait and crankbait. Jigged the spoon in deep schools found with electronics
Wood in the willow grass was the main pattern.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 06/17/08
Time: 11AM
Rivanna Reservoir
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 06/11/08
Time: 7:30-5:30
Hunting Run Lake
Partly cloudy 89 degrees light wind
Clear 84.3-91.4 degrees
The lower 1/2 of the lake.
102 bass-none over 2#, 2 bluegill
Zoom finesse worm, lipless crankbait, 1/4 oz. spinnerbait, small deep diving crankbait, Carolina rigged 3X lizzard
2'-40'
Wacky rigged and drop shot the finesse worm. Fished the weed edges where the steep drops were close to shore and some submerged log jams where I had gotten GPS waypoints when the water level was a lot lower. Also fished the deepest end of some points.
I had some skin samples taken last week to test of skin cancer (negative results), the places finally healed enough to stop bleeding so I could go fishing again. Only two boats on the lake when arrived and 6 when I left.
Name: Joefroggy
Email:
Date: 06/09/08
Time: 6am-10am
Amelia Lake
sunny hot 92 degrees
fairly clear and warm
whole lake
3 lmb
dropshot rig, senko, buzzbait, zara spook, frog
varied
Hit some shallows early with topwater but no action. Got one fairly shallow on senko, then later switched to dropshot rig and got 1 in the standing timber. It wrapped around a tree but was small like all the bass I get in there and I got it unwrapped. I also got another small one on the dropshot on some underwater structure I found.
Overall, the dropshot has been my most consistent lure there, sometimes the senko. Can't get a frog bite there. Get them occassionally on a spinnerbait. Can't seem to catch any size at this lake though.
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 6/4/08
Time: 10:30 - 4:30
Nottoway Lake
sunny, wind 10 -20, 90 + degrees
visibility 3 - 4 inches, temp 78 whrn I put in, 76 all the way in the back and 86 when I took out
most of the lake
19 bass to 3 lbs and 2 chain
Bandit 100, Big O, wacky worm, t-rig worm, DT-4
1 - 8 feet
With the water being muddy I started with the crankbait against cover then followed it up with the worm.
Name: Joefroggy
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Date: 06/05/08
Time: 7am-noon
Amelia Lake
sunny 93 degrees
mostly clear
most of lake
4 largemouth bass
Zara Spook, senko, drop shot worm
shallow shade and rest about 3-5 foot depth
Worked some topwater early. No bites on frog in weeds. Got one small bass on small zara spook under a shaded tree. Got 2 small bass on senko in basically open boring water. Saw a nice bass next to boat but no luck with that one. Got my last and best one on a drop shot worm in about 3-4 foot of water. Was about 15 inches. Nothing at the deep water timber.
Thought they would be in shallow weeds or deeper channel trees but nothing. Most fish were in relatively open water just cruising around and feeding on bugs on the surface. The water in spots was the clearest I've seen it. I found some underwater XMas trees and a ladder/picnic table/possible old roadbed? in another spot. Something to try out next time I guess. Left around noon when it started to get ugly. Decent day I guess.
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 6/1/08
Time: 6:45 - 4:45
Diascund Reservoir
sunny to cloudy to sunny, hot, wind 5 - 15
temp 76 - 81, visibility about 2 inches
From Rip Rap to the 2nd bridge
caught 16 bass, largest was 5.4 lbs, 2 chain and about a 6 lb plus grindle
wacky worm, t-rig worm, jig, Chatterbait, spinnerbait, Bandit 100 & 200, DT- 6 & 10
2' to 12'
Most fish came off of the wacky worm and the Bandit 200. The 5 lb bass came off of the wacky worm and the grindle came off of the DT-10. He hit like a ton of bricks and I thought I had a monster bass (instead of a monster)until it came up to the surface. It was a good fight though.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 05/30/08
Time: 11 AM- 7 PM
Hunting Run Lake
Sunny, 84 degrees, light wind
6' visibility, 77-84 degrees
Most of the lake shoreline on the lower end of the lake and a few deep points
94 bass-largest 4-6, 1 bluegill
Finesse worm, 4" curlytail worm, crappie crankbait, 1/8 oz spinnerbait, Bandit 200
2'-30'
Concentrated on the weed edges at the steepest drops, submerged bushes and stumps Wacky rigged the finesse worm weedless and exposed point, Tx. rigged the 4" worm
Caught bass on every presentation with the wacky rig being the most productive.
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Email: tbre@risw.com
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Name: BonRoess
Email: bonroess@hotmail.com
Date: 5/25&26
Time: all day
Briery Creek
sunny and calm sunday and sunny and windy on monday
clear to light stain
flats and weed edges near creek channels
42 bass on Sun with biggest 3.3 42 bass on Mon with biggest 4.5
senkos, flukes, swimbaits, plastic lizards
0 to 6 feet
weightless rigged all baits and fished slowly around channel drops and weed edges. Sunday with calm conditions the bite was very slow. found no areas of schooling fish. Monday the wind started blowing good around lunchtime and the bite picked up. All bigger fish were caught on the fluke or the swimbait
water temps were approaching 80 at the surface and the weeds have grown even since last weekend. Also the water was much clearer. Spooked a lot of fish moving through the shallows.
Name: puddlejumper
Email: bp070202@juno.com
Date: 05/19/20
Time: 10:00 am/5:00 pm
Briery Creek
very windy, sunny bright, few clouds. Did I say windy?
dark when calm; stained where waves were hitting. Almost couldn't move up-lake with only electric.
Put in at dam, fished cove to right of dock, dropping shore further to right. Tried to make it across to the first left-hand arm, but electric ran out and got beaten into the shore! Fished deep stickups and channels when graphed.
1 LM, 15 in.
Threw the box, caught only one black spinnerbait with chartreuse trailer (yeah, I'm most comfortable with the old stuff.) Tried wacky, etc., though, even new X-Rap.
All depths. Graphed lots of schools stacked on top of each other in 30-10 feet, but not moving or biting.
Never a nibble on plastics, jig, cranks, whatever, through the schools. Only hit was on the shore drop-off on the right, past the fishing dock, about 3 pm when clouds covered, wind died for about 10 mins. Fish was about 6 feet out from the pads, about 6 feet down.
Only three other boats out there. Didn't talk to one, but no bass at all from the other two, with guys who at least looked and talked like they knew a little bit--so I guess I don't feel too bad! Did break my transducer mount on a stick-up in the whitecaps. Real fun there. But, I'll be back to catch a good day!
Name: BonRoess
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Date: 5/17/08
Time: all day
Briery Creek
windy and sunny
68 to 70 and stained (for briery)
shallow shelves near channels and spawning flat edges
bass biggest was 5.14
swimbaits, flukes, and chatterbaits, buzzbaits
0 to 6 feet
long casts with the swimbait and a slow steady retrieve. fished the flukes slowly near schooling fish.
caught a 4.14 that bent my buzzbait into a pretzel. The bass were schooling and running shad up onto the flats to feed. The swimbait worked best for bigger fish. The fluke caught the most numbers. 60 total fish caught with 8 being over 4 pounds. The wind seemed to help bring the fish shallow
Name: Doug
Email: d_0069@juno.com
Date: 05/17/08
Time: 5:30AM to 1:00PM
Briery Creek
sunny and windy
ranged from 65 to 76
pads, coves, and brush
bass and pike
weedless wacky, frog, bream swimbait, spinnerbait, and worm
0-15ft
we caught 7 bass and 2 pike....biggest bass was 3# on bream swimbait....pads were very hard to fish....very tough to get frog or other method threw pads since they are still small....just wondering if anyone else had any luck on briery....
Name: Joefroggy
Email:
Date: 05/14/08
Time: 9am-3pm
Lake Chesdin
sun/clouds breezy
muddy, very muddy
from dam to Whippahock Creek
none
spinnerbaits, senkos, frog
mostly shallow
hit the pads with spinnerbait, senkos and frogs. Tried some laydowns and structure in slightly deeper water. Did see one batch of bass fry in one cove near dam. I believe other fish were still on beds, I thought I had a hit on my spinnerbait in the pads but may have been bass chasing away the lure. Saw few other commotions in the pads.
Water was very muddy which caused my skunking or I just suck
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 05/13/08
Time: 9:00-7:00
Hunting Run Lake
Sunny 48-72 degrees, breezy, post cold front conditions
Heavy to slight stain 61.4 at the ramp in the AM and 66 at closing time-71.2 degrees in downlake coves
Mid lake to dam in the back if coves
55 bass-all under 3#, 2 catfish, 3 bluegills
Chatterbait, finesse worm, crankbait, 4" curlytail worm, spinnerbait
2'-15'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm weedless and exposed point, Tx rigged the curlytail worm Since the water temp was about 10 degrees cooler than last week due to the rain and cool weather, I looked for the warmest water and found it in the back of coves down lake that were somewhat clearer and out of the dirty water current. Most of the fish were at the outside edge of the weeds that were formerly at the water's edge.
The water level was about 2' higher than last week and had been higher by about another foot to foot and 1/2. I saw several schools of bass fry along the shoreline. The projected full pool lake level is sometime in June or July.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 05/06/08
Time: 8:00-7:00
Hunting Run Lake
Mostly sunny 80 degrees light breeze
Clear-5'-7' visibility 68-73 temp.
Most of the lake
84 bass-largest 4-11, 7 large bluegills
Crankbait, Zoom finesse worm, V&M finesse worm
2'-8'
Wacky rigged the finesse worms weedless and exposed point Fished the same pattern as last week
Not as many bass on beds as last week, the bluegills are bedding
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 5/3/08
Time: 7:30 - 4:30
Sandy River Reservoir
Sunny, wind 15 - 25 & gusting,
temp 73, visibility 3' down lake @ dam area, to temp 68, visibility 1' up lake
windy side of 1/2 lake
bass
Shad Rap, Bandit 100 & 200, weighted & weightless t-rig worm, wacky worm, spinnerbait, swimbait, shaky head worm
1' - 8'
We fished mostly the windy side (The fact that most of the boats were in the protective coves helped that decision). The wind beat us to death but my boy caught 4 bass from 4.1 to 4.9 lbs and 2 @ 3.1 lbs. I caught the most, 25, and he caught the biggest. I did catch one at 3.3. Most of mines came off of the wacky worm (13) and the shaky head (7). His fished came off of wacky worm, shad rap, weighted t-rig worm and spinnerbait.
Fishing most of the day in the wind can really tired you out.
Name: BonRoess
Email:
Date: 5/3 to 4
Time: all day both days
Briery Creek
sunny and windy on Sat and sunny with little to no wind on Sun
stained to clear 65 to 77 degrees
The fish on sat were roaming the shallow flats along the edges of the lily pads. Bigger fish were usually within casting distance of a creek channel or ditch. Sunday with no wind the fish went into the pads or into the nearby deeper water, but still hit agressivly
caught 120 bass and 2 pickerel with a 5.6 the biggest fish boated 60+ on sat and 55+ on sun
senkos and weightless various soft plastics with a 12 inch worm and the senko being the most effective`
all fish were caught in less than 3 feet of water
on sat the fish were roaming in front of the pads in packs with a lot of double hook ups with the other guy i was fishing with. caught 30+ fish tied off to one log. the most effective presentation was casting and not doing anything for sometimes minutes at a time. used 4lb test for a while and had 9 breakoffs (but boated a 4.4) until i got to frustrated to keep using it on sun the fish moved into the pads or to the nearest deep water but still bit well. occasionally would catch them roaming the edge of the pads but were real skittish. the guy i was fishing with caught the big one at the edge of the pads near dusk
fish seem to be mostly done spawning in the upper end of the lake. A lot of beds with no fish on them. Some of the fish caught were still prespawn though. Another great day on a great fishery
Name: Wayne P.
Email: prudum43@aol.com
Date: 5/2/08
Time: 9:00-7:00
Hunting Run Lake
Clear, 80 degrees, windy
Clear 5'-7' visibility 62-70 degree water
Most of the lake, but caught the most in the lower part of the lake within sight of the dam
118 bass, largest 3-3
finesse worm, Slider, 1/8 oz. spinnerbait
1'-8'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm weedless and exposed point Cast to stumps, bass beds and shoreline weeds
7 other boats on the lake. I saw some citation size bass moving about in the back of some coves but could not get them to hit. Pollen on the surface made sight fishing impossible in some locations.
Name: Bill & Mike N.
Email:
Date: 05-02-08
Time: 6pm-830pm
Ponds 2&3
sunny, windy, warm
3 LMB
Zoom trick worm, spinner bait, pond magic spinner, 10.5" Zoom Ol'Monster worm
All 3 caught on the 10.5" Ol' Monster worm.
Name: Varinabassin
Email: Jason23231@yahoo.com
Date: 4/26/08
Time: all day
Chickahominy
partly cloudy
70
Chick
10 or 12 bassBass
Soft plastics (curly worm and lizards) and crankbaits
4-8 ft
Fished isolated wood and rocks
Fished the hooters tournament this past weekend. didn't do too bad finished 12th. didn't catch alot of fish but most of the fish we caught were nice healthy fish. best five went 13.81. Fish were in transition of moving up to spawn and caught most of a job adjacent to spawning grounds.
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 04/26/08
Time: 7:30 - 3:00
Nottoway Lake
cloudy, wind 5 - 15, temp about 70 when it was cloudy, but got to the 80's when the sun came out after 12
visibility about 2', temp 72 at the ramp to 65 all the way in the back
entire lake
25 bass to 4.2 lb
wacky worm, T-Rig worm, Bandit 100
1' - 8'
I fished the worm from 1' to 5' and followed that up with the Bandit. The 4 lber came off of the worm as well as 2 other 2+ lbers. I did catch 9 off of the Bandit with the biggest being 2.8 lb.
I only saw 2 fish roaming, unlike yesterday at Amelia where I saw a lot of fish. There were only 4 boats on the water when I got there, but then the boats started showing up. within an hour there were boats everywhere.
Name: russell holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 04/25/08
Time: 3:30 - 7:30
Amelia Lake
sunny, wind light & variable, temp. 80
temp. 68 - 73, visibility 3' - 4'
lower end of lake
14 bass, largest was 27.25", 10.3 lb
wacky worm, T-Rig worm, Bandit 100 & 200 crankbait
1' - 8'
I was throwing the worm in shallow water and in the grass and the crankbait in water 4' - 8', but the monster hit the wacky worm in about 5' of water and took off.
I saw some nice 3 to 5 lbers swimming around but couldn't get them to bite. I didn't see the big one until after I hooked it. I did catch a couple of nice 2 lbers which was good for Amelia
Name: BassHound
Email:
Date: 4/25/08
Time: 10am 7:00pm
75acre residential lake
Sunny
67-70 degrees 1'-2' visability
shoreline of entire lake
84 Bass 7" - 20" 5 were over 15"
zoom finesse worm(63), zoom trick worm(17), spinner bait(4)
1' - 6'
wacky rigged and weedless wacky rigged the worms
I ran out of finesse worms after going through 2 bags. I had to resort to trick worms.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04-25
Time: 10am-5pm
Hunting Run
sunny, warm
clear and the color of iced-tea. Very good vis towards the dam
from the rip rap to 3/4 the way to the dam. Around the blue paddle boat and in most coves.
2 blue gill, 7 lmb, 1 chain pickeral
crank bait, Zoom trick worm texas rigged in plum apple color
Weather was awesome. I had high hopes after Waynes report but I thought the fishing was kind of tough. All the bass were small although I did see a bruiser cruising but it wouldnt bite. Best fish of the day was a huge chain pickeral about 5 lbs. Would have been a citation if it had not shaken off the crank bait at the boat as I was admiring it. I should have brought a net. Got a nice farmers tan.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04/24/08
Time: 6-8pm
pond
sunny and warm
Zoom trick worm and Zoom 10" curly tail worm. Texas rigged.
Had a bunch of small bites on the 10" worm. Probably small fish. No hook sets. Switched to the trick worm. Hooked only one large bass, swirled on top then came loose. Did not land anything.
Name: Christian_90fxstf
Email:
Date: 4/24/08
Time: 11:00-6:00
Sandy River Reservoir
80 degree sunny day no wind for a change
68-72 degree and slight stain
Lower end of lake shorlines
bass
different soft plastic baits / jig/ jerkbait/ topwater lure
10 ft to the surface
sight fishing mainly throwing numerous lures to the beds to try to entice a bite
Caught 7 small bass today Fish are spawning and very hard to get to hit a lure. was nice to have a day with no wind and no rain. Supprised to see that the majority of the parking lot full of trucks and trailers.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 04/24/08
Time: 8:00-6:30
Hunting Run Lake
Sunny 80 degrees
Slight stain (pollen) 5' visibility, 62-74 degrees
Most of the lake shorelines and submerged humps
122 bass and 4 large shellcrackers-largest bass 4-10 with the best 5 weighing 17#-10 ounces
Zoom finesse worm, soft swimbait, hard swimbait, Shad Rap
2'-8'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm weedless and exposed point. Targeted submerged stumps and bass beds
5 other boats on the lake today.
Name: Christian_90fxstf
Email:
Date: 4/22/08
Time: 10:00 untill 5:00
Briery Creek lake
Rain wind and heavy cloud cover
64 degree and kind of clear considering the amount of rain that has fallen
Mid lake
Bass and Pike
Jig/lizzard/trickworm/deep crankbait
0-20ft
pitching jigs into the timber and throwing the trickworm and senko into the dollar pads
Between the three people on the boat only 5 bass and 3 pike rained almost the whole time but had to go while off from work couldn't see fish on beds biggest bass was 4.5oz
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 4/22&23
Time: 6-8pm
Private Pond
nice, sunny, warm
LMB, Catfish
Mepps Aglia #5 rooster tail, Zoom trick worm (My favorite plastic worm) new color "plum apple" weightless texas rig
Fished the last 2 late afternoons. Tuesday caught 5 bass to 5.0lbs. Wednesday, 3 bass and a catfish. 5 lber had the head and one front leg of a huge bull frog sticking out of her gullet. Amazing how they dont even finish swallowing before they are feeding again. She hit that frog from behind by the way it was going down. Still not catching the numbers but the ones I am catching are good size. I have caught post-spawn fish but i dont think they have all gone shallow yet. Im just not getting the numbers on the banks yet.
Name: buzzmaster
Email:
Date: 4-19
Time: 11-5
Briery Creek
moist
normal briery clear
midlake shallaw grass
bass
senko, shallow crank,finese worm and brushhog t-rigged
1-15
Caught all fish in less than 5 feet on all above mentioned lures. Most bites were on t rigged worm and senko.
Had some poor weather but have to go when you can. Started slow cause I was trying to fish a little deeper than the fish seemed to be. Once I got a few shallow bites it was alot easier. Ended up catching 28 all in less than 5 feet but the size wasnt what I would have liked to have seen.
Name: M Miller
Email:
Date: 04/19/08
Time: 1pm-5pm
Briery Creek
Windy!!!! but beautiful!
60 degrees...clear and choppy
launched at 701 and fished up lake
Largemouth
live shiners and a 4" Neon Husky jerk....
3-6 ft
shiners fished at about 3 feet....on small floats.
Was only my third time on Briery ever...went twice last year and caught a few fish....but had always heard about Briery in the spring! Wife and I took the dog...and had to anchor since the wind was blowing so hard. Turns out..it was probably the best thing that could happen! I stayed in one area and caught 18 largemouth....13 of which were over 15" long. I also caught my #1 and #2 largest bass ever....one was a 24 1/4" fish that showed on the scale at just over 7 pounds. Then the next cast caught one that was 21.5"! We took some pictures of the big fella, as he will qualify for a citation by length....should have been a much heavier fish, but seemed like a lot of fish were post spawn...and long and skinny. Was an amazing day....and yes, there were lots of boats out there battling the wind! All fish released unharmed...and even was able to do some good and remove a big weedless hook from one 4 pound fish.
Name: M Miller
Email:
Date: 04/12/08
Time: 2-5pm
Chickahominy Lake
cold....windy
Slightly stained....
Launched at Ed Allen's and fished up lake
Blue catfish & largemouth bass
live shiners & Rat-L-Trap
2-5 ft
slow...fishing over emerging weedbeds
Was my first time out this season....and threw a shiner and within 10 minutes had a huge catfish on the line. Pegged out my 20 pound scale, so we figured he was in the 25-30 class. Also caught a small largemouth and one other 2.5lb catfish. All released back to fight again another day. Was cold and windy....but the boat ran and we caught the one huge fish...so it was a good day!
Name: Mike
Email:
Date: 4/19
Time:
Chickahominy
Caught 2 bass (biggest maybe 1.5 lbs), a bowfin, and a 14" crappie.....I started out throwing a white trick worm, followed that with a spinnerbait, followed by a white rooster tail. Caught all fish on the rooster tail....LOTS of boats out on the water today. I marked water ranging from 65 in the morning to 70 degrees in the afternoon. Saw a bass tournament weigh in, all boats had fish....I think someone had 17lbs of fish.
Name: Gary Thompson
Email: gary.thompson11@att.net
Date: 04/19/08
Time: 6:00am to 12:00pm
Briery Creek
clear and windy by mid-morning
fish were caught in 2 to 6 ft of water in the dollar pads and out in front of pads near lay down logs
7 or 8 bass one 7# LMB caught by brother-inlaw
fluke swiming a pig and jig weightless trick worms weightless was the ticket
Name: Chris Jones
Email: Chris.jones@caraustar.com
Date: 04/19/08
Time: 10am-3pm
Briery Creek
Clear and WINDY
Clear 57-62 degrees
701 ramp area and across lake
Largemouth
3 dozen minnows
Shallow out to 8-10 feet
Took a guy from work to go Crappie fishin'.....Caught more bass than when I normally go bass fishin....The wind was strong and fairly steady. Made small line and floats difficult to fish. NO Crappie, saw lot's of bass on beds. The 701 ramp was full. Talked to a lot of disappointed fellas today....I would guess next week or so for panfish. Water needs to be in 60's for me....Oh well maybe next time. Like they say a bad day of fishin is better than a good day at work.....
Name: BassHound
Email:
Date: 4/18/08
Time: 10:00- 6:00
Lake Gordonsville(Bowlers Mill)
Sunny
1'-2' visability 63-69 degrees
most of the lakes shore line
25 Bass - 8 over 15" - largest was 22"
Zoom Finesse Worm
1' - 6'
Weedless Wackey Rig
The entire lakes shoreline is covered with dollor pads. I lost several huge fish in them. There were spawning bass everywhere!
Name: BassHound
Email:
Date: 04/17/08
Time: 10:00 - 6:00
Rivanna Rservoir
Sunny
1'-3' visability 61-69 degrees
Upper side of 743 bridge
23 Bass 7" - 14"
Zoom Finesse Worm
1' - 6'
Wacky Rig and Weedless Wacky Rig
Name: BassHound
Email:
Date: 04/10/08
Time: 8:30 - 4:00
Chris Greene Reservoir
Partly Cloudy
3' - 5'
Shoreline of entire lake
33 Bass 7" - 13"
Zoom Finesse Worm
1' - 6'
Wacky Rig and Weedless Wackey Rig
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 04/18/08
Time: 8:00-4:00
Briery Creek
Sunny 43-86 degrees, slight breeze in the afternoon
Stained 62-70 degrees
Upper end shallows
35 bass (largest 4-6) and 7 pickerel
Zoom Trick and finesse worms, Horny Toad
2'-6'
Weedless wacky rigged both worms and also weightless Tx rigged the Trick worm Fished the same areas as yesterday-several boats were covering the same area.
Met a father and son from Va. Beach and assisted them with locating the fish and lure presentations. Numerous bass beds and more occupied than yesterday. The lower 701 parking lot was full and most of the upper one was too.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 04/17/08
Time: 8:30-6:15
Briery Creek
Sunny 38-75 degrees slight breeze
Stained 60-68 degrees
Upper end shallows
65 bass and 12 pickerel no big ones
Zoom Trick and finesse worms, Rat-L-Trap, swimbait, Horny Toad
2'-8'
Weedless wacky rigged the worms, and weightless Tx rigged the Trick worm for working through the dollar pads. Fish the Horny Toad and swimbait on top of the dollar pads also. The fish were shallow around stumps and under dollar pads
The 701 parking lot was about 3/4 full Spent the night in Farmville to fish the next day.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04-17-08
Time: 12-4pm
some pond
Beautiful day. Sunny and warm.
stained
1 LMB, 5.5lbs, 21". 2 bullhead catfish
10" culprit worm, Junebug color with a weighted hook.
I have not caught the numbers lately but all the bass I have caught have been big. I took a buddy with me today and he did not catch anything. I had a few bites that didnt get that big worm all the way down so I missed the hook set. I saw one bass hanging out and threw to it. I shakey headed that big worm in front of him and he bit but didnt get the hook. He didnt move and I tried a few more times but he wasnt having it. These things may be smarter than we think.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 04/16/08
Time: 10:00-5:00
Chris Green Lake
Sunny 70 degrees, calm
Slight stain, 58-66 degrees
The dam riprap, and mid to upper end
29 bass, largest 7-4
Finesse worm, crankbait
2'-10'
Weedless and exposed point wacky rigged the worm Used the worm on the shorelines with sun exposure and cranked the creek channel edges. Caught the largest one beside a log in 4' depth with the finesse worm
Some beds visible but not occupied
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04-14-08
Time: 6pm-8pm
golf course pond 2 and 3
pc, cool
none at all
spinner bait
I dont get it. I fished for two hours with only one fish making a glancing smack and a miss at my bait. Fish were feeding heavily and breaking water all over but they didnt want what I was throwing. I saw one very large bass explode on something and come all the way out of the water with a huge splash. Scared me lol. I wont guess on what it weighed but looked like a trophy to me. A co-worker of mine fished Hunting Run yesterday in the cold. They caught 15 dinks and a catfish and bluegill or two.
Name: Josh-West Virginia
Email: bballin514@yahoo.com
Date: 05/04/08
Time:
Briery Creek
I am heading to Briery Creek the first weekend in May 08....looking for some help....1st timer....
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 4/12/08
Time: 8 - 6
Hunting Run Reservoir
cloudy to raining to cloudy to partly cloudy; wind 15 - 25 & gusting
temp.56 to 64 degrees, visibil. 2' to 4'
most of the lake
50 bass (5.4lb & 2.4 lb and the rest were 12" and smaller. Lost a lot of fish (mostly small ones).
wacky worm, Bandit 100 & 200, Big O, T-Rig worm
2' to 10'
I fished both windward side and the coves out of the wind. The 5lber came on the side out of the wind and the 2lber came on the side with the wind. Both were on the wacky worm. Half of the fish came off of worm and half off of crankbait.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04/11/08
Time: 3pm-630pm
Golf Course Pond
sunny, windy
stained
wacky worm, crank bait, spinner bait
Ok I thought after 2 days of 80* weather the bass would be on fire. Nope. I didnt even get a bite. Not one.
Name: Christian_90fxstf
Email:
Date: 4-11-08
Time: 7:00 till 4:00
Briery Creek
Mostly sunny 56 deg morning 80 afternoon with very gusty south winds around 20 mph
Stained temps from 58 to 63 degrees / seemed a bit higher than normal
Upper lake and mid-lake
largemouth bass
spinnerbait/fluke/crankbait/rubber worm/ senko/ tube/ lizzard
15 ft and up
soft plastics worked best for me today caught most using the lizzard and tube caught 5 up to 3 and a half
wind was terrible wanted to fish another area but fried my trolling batteries Bass have fanned off spots to spawn but were not locked on the bed today
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 04/10/08
Time: 9:30-7:00
Hunting Run Lake
Mostly sunny, 70 degrees, slight breeze
Slight stain 55-70 degrees
Most of the lake
90 bass-largest 4-2, 6 bluegills
Zoom finesse worm, spinnerbait, crankbait, Zoom 4" curlytail worm
2'-10'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm weedless and exposed point, Tx. rigged the curlytail worm. Fished the down wind shorelines in the warmest water.
10 boats on the lake today. Saw a few beds in coves towards the dam where the warmest water was, it's just getting started. I stuck around 25 more bass that got off, they were real small ones.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 04/09/08
Time: 9:30-6:30
Briery Creek
Mostly cloudy 70 degrees
Slight stain at mid-lake dingy uplake- water temp 55-66 degrees, the level is up some since last week.
Up lake shallows
29 bass-no big ones, and 1 pickerel
Zoom Trick and finesse worm, swimbait, chatterbait, spinnerbait
1'-6'
Weedless wacky rigged the worms around shallow stumps
16 trailers in the parking lot when I got there. The water temp was 55 at the 701 ramp in the morning. Up-lake it was 54 but got up to 66 degrees in the late afternoon and the water temp at the ramp was 61.5 when I left. After about 4:00 there were dozens of large bass in real shallow water almost on the surface and in or near dollar pads. They would splash and make large swirls when a lure was going overhead. The water was too dingy to see them before I got too close. I couldn't get any of them to take a lure. I think they had just moved out of the creeks channels and were warming up in the 65-66 water temp. Lots of splashing fish chasing shad in less than 3' depths in the dollar pads on the West side of the Briery Creek channel, not much action near Little Briery Creek. With air temps in the 70's for the next few days it's going to be exceptional catching by the weekend. I'll probably go back Friday. I am going to pick on those Hunting Run bass tomorrow.
Name: Kevin T.
Email:
Date: 4/6-4/7
Time: Sun up to sun down
Briery Creek
Cold windy rain sunday low 50s - less wind monday overcast mid 50s.
Up from rain - 52-55 degrees
Mid upper - lower lake
20 bass mostly bucks 1 pickerel.
Trap, spinnerbait, jig n craw, deep diving fat free shad
1-35 ft
Saturday caught numbers of bucks on traps and spinnerbaits and jigs. Caught fish shallow, and also saw fish suspended in tops. Two best fish came on Fat free shad on a deep point, and big fish of the day was a 5 plus on a jig at the base of a tree in 30ft just off creekchannel in a deep bay.
After frying my trolling motor sunday afternoon, I was forced to switch tactics and decided to try fishing some live bait monday even though it is not my forte. My buddy and I fished hard all day saturating what we thought were good prespawn holes with jumbo minnows only to miss the three good strikes we had. Left back to Blacksburg monday evening after a long day of slow fishing and NO FISH! All in all good trip -the big fish on saturday and my buddys face when he saw the lake for first time made it worth it. Im thinking we were just about a week early - next week its gonna be on.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04-07-08
Time: 615pm-715pm
Golf Course ponds 2 and 3
cold, cloudy
stained from rains
3 LMB. 1#, 4.5#, 2.5#
Craw jig, Black spinner bait.
I fished a jig for about 1 minute. Just not comfortable with a jig. Switched back to my Spring "go to" bait and caught a 1 lber on the first cast with it. Fished with it another 30 minutes and caught a 4.5 lber that I think was the same fish I caught the other day. Same spot. About 10' from the bank in a cove. First two were in pond 2. Saw a fish bust in pond 3 and ran over to cast to it. After 3 casts I caught the 2.5 lber. By then my hands were freezing so I gave up.
Name: Robert Wayne Walker
Email: bassindickie@verizon.net
Date: 03/29/08
Time: 7am-3pm
Lake Gaston
cloudy,windy,drizzle,post frontal
clear to light stain
main lake coves,rip rap,docks and points in PeaHill creek
LMB
jigncraw,jerkbait,senko,t-rigged tube
1'-15'
Pitched to visible shoreline cover,skipped up under docks,jigged around rip rap.
Couldnt find the fish or didnt give fish what they really wanted.I think I was around fish but didnt have bait/presentation they wanted.Heard small plastics got the few bass that came in.Was fishing region 6 tourny out of Poplar creek.Jeff B. was there,for awhile anyways.A little over 7 lbs.won the event,so it was a very tough day.The few that did catch fish found the biters were small bucks.No "Gaston" sized bass were caught.The winner with the 7 and change had 4 bass.Very tough day for the majority of us.Dont know too much about the lake but learned a bit and that is important.Post frontal day with clouds,wind and rain at Gaston is tough on a fella that dont fish Gaston much at all.Truck broke down at landing that morning and seems the rest of the day followed suit,was glad to finally get home.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04-04-08
Time: 6pm-8pm
pond 2
p/c, sunset, VERY WINDY!
wind blown
coves, fairly shallow
5 LMB
WHITE spin bait
I decided to try a white spin bait just for the heck of it. I caught a fish on the first cast. Caught 4 more in the first hour then nothing. No size to the fish. See? I was right. The big fish like the black spin bait and the little ones like the white ;)
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 04/02/08
Time: 10:00-6:00
Hunting Run Lake
Partly cloudy high 62, breezy
3' visibility, 52-59 degrees
Mostly mid lake
24 bass, largest 4 pounds 12 ounces
Finesse worm, Trap, spinnerbait, suspending jerkbait, jig, lizzard, Chatterbait
1'-20'
Weedless wacky rigged the worm, Carolina rigged the lizzard Fished down wind coves and shorelines Caught the biggest one with the jerkbait on a steep drop and caught the most with the finesse worm
I was the only one there until mid afternoon. 5 boats on the lake when I left. When I arrived, it was cloudy and the air temp was in the 40's and breezy
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04/02/08
Time: 6pm-730pm
The ponds 1 and 2
clear, cool
Tried ponds 1 and 2
2 LMB from pond the second pond. 4.5lbs and 4.5lbs. They could have been twins.
black spinner bait
2 nice bass. One was in a shallow cove, the other was deeper in another cove.
Name: Chris P
Email: chillbilly9@yahoo.com
Date: 03/29/08
Time: 10:00 AM
Hunt Run Res
cloudy, windy 15MPH winds, freezing cold in morning sunny and cold in afternoon
54-55
Upper lake towards damn
Bass and Pickerel
Rapala Husky jerk, Jig/Pig, spinnerbait, finesse worm
3'-15'
The cold front that came in the night before was brutal! 30 temperature drop on Friday evening. Saturday morning was freezing. Upon arriving at hunting run for the first time we found 30 boats already on the water. That's alot for a 420 acre lake. To make matters worse, a steady 15 mph wind was blowing from the North w/41 degree temp at 11:00am. Definitely shut down the bass.
After reading Wayne's comments about the lake I figured it was worth evaluting the lake. My buddy caught a 5.1 citation pickerel on a husky jerk and I caught two bass, 3.10 and 6.2 both on jig/pig. Both bass were caught within 10 min of each other around 3:30PM. Both fish came off of wood. Big fish came off of large submerged tree sticking up out of water. Wind relented somewhat in afternoon and the sun came out to warm things up.
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 3/28/08
Time: 10:00 - 6:00
Nottoway Lake
sunny to partly cloudy to cloudy to partly cloudy, wind 15 - 25 & gusting, 75 degrees
temp 60, visibility less than 1'
entire lake
28 bass and 1 chain
wacky worm,spinnerbait, crankbaits, t-rig worm, husky jerk bait, rapala minnow
2' - 8'
I started out throwing spinnerbait and crankbait 'cause of the wind, but nothing was happenning and the people I talked to were throwing these things and weren't catching anything so I switch to my wacky worm. 6 of the fish were in the 12 - 15 slot, one was 2.4 lb and the rest were small.
Name: Christian_90fxstf
Email:
Date: 3/28/08
Time: 10:00-6:40
Lake Chesdin
Very windy 74 deg mixed sun early and clouds after 4:30 south wind about 20mph
slightly stained 60 deg
upper lake
Bass/Pike/Crappie
shallow Crankbait/spinner bait/ plastic grub/ crappie spinner
8 ft and up
Had to go into the cover to get a bite. Pitching the soft plastic into wood was the only success I had. Got one nice pike ( about 3 lbs) only 1 small bass another pike and one crappie on a spinner
It was very windy. I did see where some fish were beginning to fan off spots to spawn. Finally saw some baitfish flipping.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 03/28/08
Time: 6pm-730pm
Golf course ponds 1 and 2
partly cloudy, warm
Ponds 1 and 2 of 3
4 LMB, all keeper size
black colorado spinner bait
About that time of year that I hit the ponds after work every day. If its as good as last year I will be happy. Im finding bass still scattered. They are fattening up and some are moving up towards shallow water at times. Noticed a lot of fresh crawdad mud huts. I would love to catch a few of those for bait.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/28/08
Time: 9;30-6:00
Briery Creek
Partly cloudy 73 degrees
Slight stain 54-60 degrees WINDY
Uplake feeder creek areas
37 bass--biggest 5-4 and 5-3, 3 pickerel
Chatterbait, spinnerbait, Trap, finesse worm, Trick worm, Senko
2'-8'
Weedless wacky rigged the Trick and finesse worms, used the Senko weightless and Txposed with a Skip Gap Hook. Concentrated on stumps and trees close to the creek channels
The lower part of the 701 parking lot was almost full. 5 other boats were fishing in the same areas as I did. The weedless wacky rig accounted for most of the catch.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 03/27/08
Time: 9am-4pm
Hunting Run Res.
cloudy, windy, rain showers. Opposite of Richmond today.
clear, 2'vis, kind of has that Chick lake water color to it.
ramp to the rip rap then half way down to the dam. Fished back in the coves to get out of the wind. Wind and electric motors dont mix.
7 LMB, all small.
Wacky, texas and carolina rigged worms. Chatterbait, DT-6 crankbaits.
Only 1 or 2 were shallow. Found most fish around 5-6' in the middle of coves.
Went today with my buddy Chris. The guy with the electric Triton was out there along with a half dozen other boats. I tried a wacky worm but quickly switched back to a crank cause thats what worked for me before there. I was just careful to use my pliers this time around. When I was up 4 fish to none to Chris, I convinced him to use a crankbait to. He caught one on the second cast w it. Caught a couple more and we had 7. After I got home I went down to the pond at sunset. I caught 1 catfish and 1 bass that was just over 5 lbs on a 6" Yum Dinger. The pond is warmer than the reservoir and you can really see the difference in the fishes pre-spawn staging patterns and behavior. The pond bass was fat and shallow.
Name: Chris Jones
Email:
Date: 03/26/08
Time: 9am/2pm
Lake Gaston
Clear and WINDY
Somewhat clear low 50's
Main Lake
Largemouth
Dropshot Robo-Worm....Spinnerbait
15' up to shallow
Only caught a few fish. Missed several with really light bites. Found fish on the docks with deepest water...At least 15' Bites were slow. First time fishing Gaston so I was not sure where to go. Just tried to stay out of the whitecaps on the main part. Really windy. Warmest water I found was 58 coolest was 48.....Will surely be back there soon....
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/26/08
Time: 9:30-6:15
Hunting Run Lake
Mostly sunny 65 degrees-WINDY
Slight stain 51-57 degrees
Most of the lake
31 bass, all small except one which was 6 pounds 7 ounces
Chatterbait, finesse worm, lizzard, Trap, spinnerbait.
2'-15'
Weedless wacky rigged the finesse worm. Tx. rigged and Carolina rigged the lizzard. The big fish hit the Chatterbait, one about 2 pounds hit the spinnerbait and the rest were caught using the finesse worm. All fish were caught on wind blown shorelines/coves where the warmest water was.
I caught the 6-7 near the blue paddle boat this afternoon where the water was 57 degrees. Most of the lake was 51-52 but warmer on downwind banks in the afternoon. The wind was blowing towards the dam. The temp at the ramp was 51 this morning and this afternoon was still 51 degrees. Only three other boats on the lake today. There are 25 jon boats available for rent.
Name: Christian_90fxstf
Email:
Date: 3/22/08
Time: 9:00*-5:45
Sandy River Reservoir
Mostly sunny till 4 then cloudy windy***
Mostly clear 54 deg in most areas up to 57 deg
most of the way up the left arm roadbed areas dam area and around bridge
1 pike partner got 3 wee small bass
all but topwater!
1-20 ft
I only had 2 hits all day using a shaky head. One was a pike and the other one let go when I set down on him.
Weather man wrong as usual. tough day . Talked to several anglers who didn't do much better than I did. I think the cold front must have shut down the bite in combination with last nights full moon. The parking lot was full. Lots of people pre fishing for a tournament next weekend. I think I heard it is on Sunday
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 03/21/08
Time: afternoon
Golf Course pond
clear cool
stained
several keeper LMB
started with a texas rigged lizard, then a Bomber model A 4-6' baby bass color.
Started fishing a tx rigged lizard on the recommendation of the resident "bass pro".(My neighbor) He claims to have caught a 6 and an 8 on that lately. I had no luck so in an effort to overcome my newfound fear of treble hooks I tied on a Bomber model A crank. I caught a fish on the first, second and several other casts. All fish actually hit up close to shore.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/21/08
Time: 9:30-6:30
Briery Creek
Sunny, 60 degrees, breezy
Stained 52-60 degrees
Uplake creek channels
51 bass, largest 5-7 and 5 pickerel
Chatterbait, Rat-L-Trap, finesse and Trick worms
3'-8'
Weedless wacky rigged the worms. Fished in or near the creek channels-the fish were holding on stumps close to the channels. Didn't find any concentrations of fish like I did the last time I was there.
The Rt. 701 parking lot was about 1/2 full this morning. Less than a 1/2 dozen boats fished the areas where I was catching them. Most must have stayed at the mid lake area.
Name: Varinabassin
Email:
Date: 3/13/200
Time: 7-3
Chickahominy Lake
windy and sunny
49-50 degrees
everywhere
1bass /3 pike
Everything Jig , jerkbait , spinnerbait
Fished a club tournament and it was tough. only managed one fish that weight a little over 3lbs. Caught he on a jig. The winning weight was around 13lbs on a 4 fish limit. Second place was 5lbs. So for everyone it was a tough day.
Name: BassHound
Email:
Date: 3/17/08
Time: 11:30-5:30
Private 70 acre lake
Mostly Sunny
0-1'vis 51-58 degrees
entire lake
37 bass 7"-13"
Zoom Finesse Worm(33 Bass), 1/8 and 1/4oz Rapala Husky Jerk(3 Bass), 1/8oz Jig(1 Bass)
1' to 10'
wacky rigged the finesse worm, paused jerk baits for 3-5 seconds, worked jig in deeper cover
Name: Christian_90fxstf
Email: Christian_24@verizon.net
Date: 3/14/08
Time: 9:ooam/5:00p
Lake Chesdin
sunny and breezy at times
muddy to stained 56 deg
5 Largemouths/ 1 pike
crankbait/lizzard carolina rigged/spinnerbait/stickbait/grub-texas rigged
no more than 12 ft
slow rolling crankbaits thru stumpbeds.
Fish started hitting after 12. caught one 6_03 on the crankbait caught 2 of the bass on a grub. other people said they hadn't done much so I felt really good about the ones I caught.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 03/15/08
Time: 3pm-6pm
Golf course ponds
partly cloudy
Around the ponds
Zero, none
Texas rigged trick worm, red
I had to man up with the sore thumb and all and try the ponds. It was surprisingly slow. I could not get a bite. Warm and sunny but no fish. Surprised me.
Name: BassHound
Email: troycoleman@embarqmail.com
Date: 03/14/08
Time: 12:00-5:00
Private Residential Lake Private Residential Lake
Mostly Sunny 60-65 degrees
6"-12"vis 50-58 degrees
Entire Lake
19 Bass 9"-12"
1/4oz Rapala Husky Jerk, Strike King Bitsy Tube
1'-8'
16 fish were caught with the Husky Jerk, 3 with the Bitsy Tube.
Tried a jig and spinnerbait, with no luck.
Name: Brandon
Email: bmercproductions@hotmail.com
Date: 3-13-08
Time: 2pm - dark
Sandy River Reservoir
high 60's breezy
choppy and murkey
Standing timber and beaver huts and points
Bass and Crappie
Live minnows and spinnerbaits
5-15
Slow rolling
Day was slow until about 1 hour before dark started casting a white spinner in the standing timbers and caught a few bass. a couple were 1-2 pounders and then I caught 2 within 10 minutes one was 8lbs and the other 6. fish seemed to be staying around in about 8-10 feet of water. caught some crappie around some beaver huts with live minnows.
Name: Wayne P,
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/13/08
Time: 9:00-5:30
Briery Creek
Sunny 70, breezy
slight stain, 50-55 degrees
Upper end creek channels and shallow flats
59 bass, no big ones-largest 3-7
Rat-L Trap, finesse worm, Trick worm, Chatterbait, spinnerbait
3'-8'
Weedless wacky rigged the worms. About mid day the bass moved up shallow and I caught most of them with the Trap by fan casting the weed edge drop offs in 4'-6'. I caught 20-25 bass while tied up to one stump.
11 trailers in the lot when I arrived
Name: Hookpuller
Email:
Date: 3/12/08
Time: 10:00-5:00
Waller Mill Res
Partly cloudy
Clear 52-55 deg
Every sqare inch
LMB
Jigs, Tubes, Finess worm, Jerkbait, Crankbait, etc........
5-15ft
Went to Waller Mill for the first time Tuesday. Nice place, and the water was really clear there. We tried fishing all over and only managed 6 fish, biggest was 2-12. We just couldnt figure them out. We caught all 6 between 12 and 2pm.
Boat ramp there is a little tricky getting a bass boat on and off the trailer. If the water was a foot higher it would be no problem, but as it is you gotta almost put the truck in the water up to the bumper to get the boat off/on.
Name: Wayne P,
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/12/08
Time: 9:30-6:30
Hunting Run Lake
Sunny WINDY 60 degrees
Stained 47-51 degrees
upper 1/2 of the lake due to the high winds
29 bass with the best 5 weighing 22 pounds 7 oz. Largest 5-4
1/4 oz spinnerbait, 1/4 oz Rat-L-Trap, finesse worm, Tx rigged lizzard, Tx rigged craw, Chatterbait, crankbait, jig, Silver Buddy
3'-25'
I took a while to develop a pattern as the water temp was 6 degrees cooler than last week. The sunshine pattern wasn't working so I tried the downwind pattern and that worked as the water was warmer in downwind coves and cuts. I slow rolled the spinnerbait on a long cast to the back of the coves and followed that up with the Trap and wacky rigged finesse worm. The most productive period was between 4PM and 6:30PM.
Several bass boats on the lake today, most left early-too much wind, I guess The last two bass I caught came on back to back casts. I had caught the 5-4 and was moving the boat away from shore to set the camera, weigh the fish and take a picture. I saw a swirl near where that bass came from so I put it on a stringer for the set-up, made a cast and caught a 3-10. Got a pictue of both of them together.
Name: Joefroggy
Email:
Date: 03/11/07
Time: noon-3pm
Lake Chesdin
sunny/light breeze
muddy and maybe 52 degrees
from public boat ramp to maybe middle of lake
2 large mouth bass
spinnerbait and chatterbait
3-5 foot range
Tried some crankbaits/rattles/jerkbaits for an hour or two without any action. Switched to a chatterbait in an area that had little steepness of bank and a few weeds. Got that 4lber which woke me up. After that tried chatterbait a little more and switched to a spinnerbait on a small laydown and got a 3.5 lber off of that spot.
Was only my 2nd trip out this year, first was a skunking on the James. Glad to get some decent fish to start the year off. Water seemed very muddy there. Fished Chesdin maybe 3 times last year and never did that well but promised myself I would try it in the spring of 2008
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/11/08
Time: 10:00-6:00
Private Residential Lake
Mostly cloudy 55-60 degrees, breezy
Dingy 49-51 degrees
Entire lake
10 bass, all small
Chatterbait, spinnerbait, Silver Buddy, Rat-L Trap, crankbait, jig, finesse worm
3'-15'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm
Didn't catch any on the usual Silver Buddy spots-didn't see any on the electronics at those areas either. After a couple of hours being fishless, I started using the wacky rigged finesse worm and all I caught were with it.
Name: Doug M.
Email:
Date: 03/08/08
Time: 9:00am-1:00p
Nottoway Lake
Very cool with rain showers
water was clear and ranging from 50 to 53degrees
Points and Guts
Bass
Chatterbait, Carolina Rig, Shad rap, Deep Diving Crankbaits, Everything in the tackle box....
5-25ft
Slow rolling
All fish were caught on the chatterbait in 5-8ft of water.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 030908
Time: after work
golf course pond
sunny and windy, cool
A few keeper LMB
crawdad jig and pig
Its getting to be that time of year so with day light savings time I had to hit the pond after work. I caught a few keeper size bass. Probably missed more than I landed. Fish would tick the bait but not commit to it. That and the fact that I am not used to the "Banko" force hookset needed for jig fishing.
Name: buzzmaster
Email:
Date: 3-6-08
Time: 9-5:30
Sandy River Reservoir
beautiful
very light stain
just about anywhere with grass and water 5 feet or more
bass
small worms c-rig crankbait
5-15 feet
covered flat nothing areas with crankbait and picked off fish every now and again and threw worms and rig on points and laydowns
caught 15 bass covering water with crankbait biggest was about 3 pounds, and caught the rest mostly on points that had some grass on them. fished alot of points but only a couple had fish that I was able to catch. When I found those areas they were stacked up. On the first one I fished I caught 6 fish in 6 cast that were all under 2 pounds with the small worm, and then picked up the rig and caught a 5 and a 7.5 on 2 consecutive cast. Ended up with about 30 or so, kinda lost track, but overall a very good day.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/06/08
Time: 9-5
Hunting Run Res.
Sunny 40-70 degrees
Dingy to stained, 47-54 degrees
Most of the lake
32 bass with a best 5 being 30 pounds-11 ounces
Chatterbait and finesse worm
2'-10'
Weedless wacky rigged the finesse worm. Used a Zoom split tail trailer on the Chatterbait. After looking for fish on the bottom for a Silver Buddy presentation and not seeing any, I tried shallow near steep drops and found some NICE ones. The productive areas were banks with direct sunshine.
I didn't catch the numbers I was anticipating but the quality made up for it. I bought 100 finesse worms yesterday just in case. The first bass I caught weighed 6-8 and about 5 minutes later I caught a 6-10 on the same pattern that held up all day. The largest caught was 7-1 with one over 5# and three over 4#. All the large ones except one hit the Chatterbait and that one of 4-11 was with the weedless wacky rigged finesse worm. The water level is about 4' higher than it was a couple of weeks ago so launching was not a problem, just the absense of a dock makes recovery when fishing alone a challenge-take some at least knee high rubber boots if you go. There are jon boats and electic motors for rent.
Name: Rich D.
Email:
Date: 3-02-08
Time: 8:00-3:00
Lake Chesdin
sunny,wind-Lt.south hi-60degrees
Lt. stain,45-49 degrees
upper end.
7 Lmb.
6 bass on a finesse jig&craw,1 bass on a cr.bait.
2-5 ft.
Fish caught on jigs came off of stumps.One fish caught on c.b. was roaming out in the open.
first 4 fish were 10-12in. males.last 3 were 2 1/2lb. females.wish i could have stayed longer,bites were getting better as the water warmed up.
Name: Rich D.
Email:
Date: 3/02/08
Time: 8
Lake Chesdin
Name: Rich D.
Email:
Date: 03/02/08
Time: 8:00am-3
Lake Chesdin
Name: buzzmaster
Email:
Date: 2-28
Time: 11:00-5:30
Swift Creek
Very cold...high 39 maybe, strong winds most of the afternoon
heavy stain
woolridge road area
ring perch,crappie,bass,pike
jerkbait's,finesse worms, shad wrap, and small hair jigs for crappie
3 to 12 feet
Caught around 10 pike on pointers working bait very fast and shallow to catch spawning pike. Caught 6 bass on suspending shad wrap. Biggest being around 3 pounds but all were fat, and smallest was maybe just under 2 pounds. Kept seeing crappie jumping out of the water so I tied on some small hair jigs ang played with them for a while. Like always at swift creek they were all very small. Ended up catching around 30 or 40 with a few fat ring's mixed in.
Name: cntryboy
Email:
Date: 2/24/08
Time: 8 to 12:30
Upper James River
cold overcast
39 deg
below the islands
bass
bandit med diving cranks
cranking 6 ft over 12 ft of water
S-L-O-W
Had a good morning once we figured out were they were. They were stacked up on the lower side of the islands and were more than happy to take a crank presented the right way. Amazing how fat the fish were.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 2/25/08
Time: 11:00-5:00
Private residential lake
Mostly sunny, 50 degrees
Stained 41-44 degrees
mid-lake area
33 bass and 3 crappie
1/4 oz. Silver Buddy
8'-15'
Found the fish with my electronics, dropped a marker bouy, and then cast past them and hopped the lure along the bottom with about 2' pulls.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 2/15/08
Time: 9:30-4:00
Briery Creek
Mostly sunny, breezy, 63 degrees
Slight stain 41-46 degrees
Upper end and mid-lake
9 bass, 2 pickerel
Finesse worm, suspending jerkbait
4'-25'
Weedless wacky rigged the finesse worm Worked the jerkbait very slowly
I caught the first one with the finesse worm and the rest with the jerkbait. The water was warmer at mid-lake, but all I caught were about 1/2 way between the powerline and the upper end where the water temp was 44 degrees. The fish were suspended just about in the middle of the creek channel where it is 17'. Only one other boat on the lake.
Name: Andy Lavin
Email: motoxrider22@aol.com
Date: 2/9/08
Time: 10:30a-4:00p
Lake Anna
sunny, wind 10mph(ish)
clear
From 208 bridge downlake
1 LMB 5.5lbs, one missed
Lucky craft pointer78dd, jig, C-rig
bank out to 25'
Slow, worked jerkbait and would let it sit on pause from 5-15 sec., fish would hit after longest pauses. caught the fish right around 12:30, missed others not long after that.
If I did it over I probably should have went through and reworked those areas where I had bites slower w/ another bait, but I have a tendancy to keep moving when I get a jerkbait or crankbait in my hand.
Name: Chris J.
Email:
Date: 02/09/08
Time: 9am-2pm
Briery Creek
Clear, Breezy, Warm
37-40 degrees, 4-5foot visibility
Around ramp at lower end and across the lake from the ramp
Bass, Pike
Jig, Senko, Rapala X-Rap
3-15 feet
Started fishing deeper water first with drop shot. Not much luck. Started moving shallower as the sun warmed the surface up. Did not catch anything until I switched to the X-Rap suspending jerkbait. Had to let the bait sit for about 15-20 seconds. (which is excruciating for me to fish this slow).... Caught several Pike this way as well. I don't know how many chased the bait to the boat. Actually caught one Bass I watched follow it and I twitched the bait and it just inhaled the bait. Was a lot of fun and a beautiful day... Ended up with 8 Bass and I think 4 Pike....
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 02/05/08
Time: 9:30-4:30
Briery Creek
Mostly sunny 70 degrees
stained 45-52 degrees
Upper end
49 bass, largest 3# 3oz. and 2 pickerel
Trick worm, finesse worm, Chatterbait, spinnerbait
2'-6'
Weedless wacky rigged the worms. Fished the wood on the edges of the creek channels and in the middle in the creek channels also.
The upper end of the lake was 5-7 degrees warmer than the mid lake area. The main Briery Creek had the dirtiest water from the recent rains and warmed up the lake in that area. There were about a dozen boats on the lake but nobody came near where I was and missed out getting into the shallow feeding bass. It was like it is in early spring. I caught the most using the wacky worms and the Chatterbait was second best. The water level was close to normal.
Name: buzzmaster
Email:
Date: 2-5-08
Time: 10-3
Chickahominy river
very windy,warm
light stain
near damn
bass crappie ring perch catfish
silver buddy and crappie tubes
5-18
pretty slow day caught 4 ok crappie maybe a pound or so, 5 little ring perch, 4 little bass and 2 catfish on crappie tubes. Looked around for some new areas to fish but never really figured to much out. Had to fight the wind all day. Dont usually let it bother me to much but sometimes it just wont be kind and it got to me a lot today. Made me mad got frustrated and made my fishing suffer.
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 2/2/08
Time: 11:45 - 4:15
private pond in King Wm. County
sunny, wind light & variable, temp 52
visibility 6" upper end feeder creek to 4' + at dam
entire pond ( about 40 acres)
bass, chain & ring perch
worm (wacky style & t-rig), suspending jerk baits, curly tail jig, little big O, shallow running shad rap
1' - 6'
All of my fish came off of the wacky worm, including an 8.4 lb (23") bass and a 1.1 lb (12") ring. My buddy caught fish on everything. All fish were caught after 2:30. The deepest part of the pond is 6'. I caught 9 bass & 1 ring, and my buddy caught 6 bass and 6 pike and we both got bitten off a couple of times by pike.
Name: pondboy
Email:
Date: 1/31/08
Time: all day
Swift Creek
45degrees, high winds
cold, 40degrees, heavy chop
main lake
8 ring perch, 5 crappie, 2 bass, 3 pike
crappie tubes on 4lb test 1/16oz heads. black/whit; black grey; white
2'!
slow, just above grass. fished bit very light but fought hard. live bait wouldn't work.
Name: Varinabassin
Email:
Date: 1/26/08
Time:
Chickahominy
cloudy /partly sunny
temp 37
bass
silver buddies , rattletraps, jerkbaits, finesse worm
8-13 feet
Slow
Fished on Saturday from 8-3 with only a little success ended up catching 5 bass and 4 keepers. Nothing over 2 lbs, most of them were barely 12 inches. and Caught most of the fish in last couple hours of the day. Never found a pattern, caught a fish on pretty much everything except a rattletrap.
Name: Chris Jones
Email: chris.jones@caraustar.com
Date: 01/27/08
Time: 11am/3pm
Chickahominy
Mix of clouds/sun--windy!!
32-41 degrees, stained
Started up lake but temp was around 32-33. Moved down to the dam, water was 40+. Dragged a blue jig all over as slow as I could stand. No takers
0
Black/Blue jig with a craw trailer
7-15 feet
Finally had a chance to go and jumped on it. Water was cold as to be expected. The guy down at Eagles nest said the lake was covered in ice three days ago. I found a couple of spots completly covered. Wanted to stay longer just could not get away from the wind. Was actually nice when the sun was shining and the wind layed down. Looks like a lot of work going on at the dam. They were working on it today. I did not see anything that looked different to me.....
Name: buzzmaster
Email:
Date: 1-25-08
Time: 12:30-4:00
Chickahominy river
cold,cold,cold...did I mention cold?
stained
Damn area
50 ring perch,1 pickerel
grubs,silver buddy,small minnows
10-20 ft
slow
Went to chick today did pretty good with the ring perch but nothing else seemed to be biting. Didnt care to much because it was to cold to work to hard to find fish. Caught 3 right at 12 inches and maybe 10 between 11 and 12 and some smaller ones. Not bad for 35 degrees most of the day in january. Will try to figure out how to post picks on here if anyone wants to see them?
Name: jigman
Email: bobo smith87.at yahoo.com
Date: 1.16.o8
Time: 10am 3pm
Lake Gaston
clear suney
clear surface tem 47,9
below dam rt 1 steel bridge
carppie
1/8 jig minow
12/18 foot
slow off the bottom 4lb test line 1/8 jig head hook minnows.s hook for slip knot tale hook minnows use small floater,s
dont go earley wait for sun to come up 10/am to 2/pm 4/hr 2 fish after 2pm fish will dive for 19/23 ft water because of tem change in water after sun has gone over 2/3 clock angal also do not make noise looking with fish finder trool motor or cut off gas motor drift over your spot luck has nothing 2 do with fishing how 2 dose
Name: Hookpuller
Email:
Date: 01/10/08
Time: 9:00 - 12:30
Lower James River
Overcast/Some rain
52-56 degrees
Barge Pits
Bass
Finesse worm
3-8 ft
Fished the last couple hours of outgoing tide today. Caught a 12 or 13 bass today all in the barge pits. I had one that was 5-01, and the rest were less than 2 lbs.
Name: Joefroggy
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Date: 01/07/08
Time: noon-3pm
Lower James River
70 degrees mostly sunny
main river said 39, cove said 42 at noon. At barge pits 46 in 7 foot water, 52 in the shallows
Left out of Osbornes fished a cove on the left for a while and then hit the barge pit area near the end of the day
none
spinnerbait, drop shot worm, rattle trap, kreature bait
tried to focus on 4-6 foot of water. did hit some shallower and deeper water too
Tried the rattle trap and drop shot around some deeper water spots. Tried the spinnerbait and kreature bait around some laydowns.
Only fished 3 hours total, mostly drove around and checked things out. Never been there before. I met one guy with orange shirt and white hat that said he got one small one in the morning in the barge pits but quiet after that. Saw a lot of boats out there, huge engines, it appeared that I could have used something larger than my 9.9 engine out there. Joefroggy
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 01/07/07
Time: 10 AM-4 PM
Briery Creek
Mostly sunny 70 degrees, breezy
clear to stained 40-45 degrees
Upper end, mid-lake, and within sight of the dam
2 bass, both were 3# 2oz.
Weedless wacky rigged trick worm. jig, Rat-L-Trap, hula grub, Chatterbait, spinnerbait
10'-30.
After a lot of searching for the warmest water, the bass I caught were suspended in trees at about 10' and I caught them with the Trick worm working it slowly thru the limbs. The trees that produced the fish were about 25' from each other.
5 other boats on the lake today. I'm going to try the private lake tomorrow.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 01/07/07
Time: 10 AM-4 PM
Briery Creek
Mostly sunny 70 degrees, breezy
clear to stained 40-45 degrees
Upper end, mid-lake, and within sight of the dam
2 bass, both were 3# 2oz.
Weedless wacky rigged trick worm. jig, Rat-L-Trap, hula grub, Chatterbait, spinnerbait
10'-30.
After a lot of searching for the warmest water, the bass I caught were suspended in trees at about 10' and I caught them with the Trick worm working it slowly thru the limbs. The trees that produced the fish were about 25' from each other.
5 other boats on the lake today. I'm going to try the private lake tomorrow.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 01/07/07
Time: 10 AM-4 PM
Briery Creek
Mostly sunny 70 degrees, breezy
clear to stained 40-45 degrees
Upper end, mid-lake, and within sight of the dam
2 bass, both were 3# 2oz.
Weedless wacky rigged trick worm. jig, Rat-L-Trap, hula grub, Chatterbait, spinnerbait
10'-30.
After a lot of searching for the warmest water, the bass I caught were suspended in trees at about 10' and I caught them with the Trick worm working it slowly thru the limbs. The trees that produced the fish were about 25' from each other.
5 other boats on the lake today. I'm going to try the private lake tomorrow.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 01/07/07
Time: 10 AM-4 PM
Briery Creek
Mostly sunny 70 degrees, breezy
clear to stained 40-45 degrees
Upper end, mid-lake, and within sight of the dam
2 bass, both were 3# 2oz.
Weedless wacky rigged trick worm. jig, Rat-L-Trap, hula grub, Chatterbait, spinnerbait
10'-30.
After a lot of searching for the warmest water, the bass I caught were suspended in trees at about 10' and I caught them with the Trick worm working it slowly thru the limbs. The trees that produced the fish were about 25' from each other.
5 other boats on the lake today. I'm going to try the private lake tomorrow.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 01/07/07
Time: 10 AM-4 PM
Briery Creek
Mostly sunny 70 degrees, breezy
clear to stained 40-45 degrees
Upper end, mid-lake, and within sight of the dam
2 bass, both were 3# 2oz.
Weedless wacky rigged trick worm. jig, Rat-L-Trap, hula grub, Chatterbait, spinnerbait
10'-30.
After a lot of searching for the warmest water, the bass I caught were suspended in trees at about 10' and I caught them with the Trick worm working it slowly thru the limbs. The trees that produced the fish were about 25' from each other.
5 other boats on the lake today. I'm going to try the private lake tomorrow.
Name: Toby
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Date: Sat Sun
Time: All day Sat
Upper James River
Clear and Calm
Slight Stain
Floated from Hardware to Bremo Bluff
No Fish
Used crankbaits, grubs, spinnerbaits, and everything else we had
All depths
Fished all dat Saturday and Sunday am. Good float and nice area. First time we have made this float. Looks like a real nice area of the river. Floated all day Sat, camped Sat night, and floated and fished Sunday am to the take out. Area around Bremo Bluff (takeout) looked good with some deeper water and some nice rapids.
Name: Mike
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Date: 1/6/08
Time: 9am to 1pm
Lower James River
bluebird skies, little windy
295 to Jimmy Dean's
Zip. Zilch. Zero
Embarrassing....my 2nd outing on the river in the past month with nothing to show for it. Not even a hit..... Fished cranks, 4" worm, jig n pig, and even got desperate and tried a crappie jig in certain places. Naaathin...Not looking good for next weekends get together lol.