Name: Jeff Banko and Rich K.
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Date: 12/31/06
Time: 10:30 to 3:3
Lower James River
cloudy sligth wind
47 degrees and stained
Appomattox
34 LMB and 1 chain pickerel
Ringworms, creatures, and cranks
0 - 10
Spayed them today. Rich and I went out to run my motor some and hit the Appomattox. I caught 25 LMB up to probably 3 -3.5lbs and 1 chain pickerel. Rich caught 9 LMB. Most bass were caught on ringwoms witha few on the creatures and 1 on a crank and one on a spinner bait.
Name: Mike
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Date: 12/30/06
Time: 1 to 4 pm
Lower James River
Fair, upper 50's
surprisingly clean for this part of the James
Barge pits
2 LMB, 2 Bluegill, ~12 Crappie
white crappie jig & minnows
8-10 feet
Excellent day considering the way it started....I first went to Harrison Lake and found it closed....then decided to go to Diascund and almost ran out of gas getting there....finally got there and fog was terrible and fish weren't cooperating....so I said screw it, left at 11am and came home for lunch....gassed the boat up and went to Osbornes. I got there just as a very high tide was starting to go out. About an hour and a half into the outgoing tide the fish really started biting....I must have had 100+ strikes, all just "nibbling" at the crappie jig I had. Didn't seem to matter if it was tipped with a minnow or not. First fish of the day was a nice chunk bass followed by a bunch of crappie, couple blue gill, and another smaller bass. Great afternoon.
Name: Hookpuller
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Date: 12/28/06
Time: 10:00 -4:00
Sandy River Reservoir
sunny
stained 44deg
Bass
finesse worm, tx rig and on shakey head.
3-10
Caught 9, all on wood, mainly beaver huts. nothing bigger than 2.5lbs
Name: Mike
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Date: 12/24/06
Time: 8am - noon
Lower James River
sunny, clear, 50*
outgoing tide
Deep Bottom, Richmond Yacht Basin
LMB
crankbait, crappie jig
5-15'
Started the day out crappie fishing....as I was going from one hole to the next with my trolling motor, I picked up my new crankbait.....and unexpectedly I had a nice fish on...thought it was a striper, it flashed by the boat and was about a 3-4lbs bass...it came off somehow, no clue how since I was using dual trebles...a few casts later I had my first ever crankbait bass! Went back to crappie fishing and caught a nice 3lbs chunk on a 1/32oz crappie jig too. Pretty day, the bass were biting....someone who actually knew what they were doing woulda cleaned up!
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 12/21/06
Time: 10:45 - 4:30
Sports Lake
Cloudy, wind light & variable, light drizzle for about 90 minutes
42 degrees, visibility < 6", water down about 3'
All over the lake
12 bass & 4 crappies
wacky worm, Husky Jerk, Shad Rap
1' - 5'
I got on the water at 10:45 and fished until 4:30. I caught 12 bass, all but 1 (Husky Jerk) using the wacky worm & 4 crappies, 3 on Husky Jerk & 1 on Shad Rap. 10 of the bass were caught near the back of the lake. I was fishing the worm slow but didn't get but 1 bite. As I was reeling in the worm to make another cast I had a chain attack the worm. After this happened a couple of times I started fishing a hard jerk, jerk, jerk, pause retrieve to fished for chain and I started catching the bass and only got 1 other bite from a chain. Go figure (:
Name: Mike
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Date: 12/21/06
Time: 1pm - 3:30pm
Lower James River
55, cloudy
stained, high
deep bottom
1 LMB
crappie jig, broken back minnow, jig-n-pig
7-13 feet
SLOW
Really just wanted to get out and burn some of that E10 gas out of my boat before it condensated.....I was on the water from about 1:30 to 3:30 so only 2 hours and only about an hour of it was actual fishing....maybe less than that. I rode from Deep Bottom up to about Jimmy Dean's place and then turned around and came back because of all the debris in the water. I had enough gas to actually make it to Richmond and back but I felt like it wasn't a matter of IF I was going to hit a log but WHEN so I cut that idea short. Came back and started fishing on the up-river side of Deep Bottom, the wooded shoreline. I started out "whatever" fishing (ie whatever would bite) on a broken back minnow I just bought...I love the action but quickly switched to a white feather tail crappie jig when I came across a fallen tree in about 13 feet of water. After jigging it for a while I was going to move to the next piece of structure when I made one last cast at the tree....and immediately felt some weight. I thought it was a huge crappie when it flashed in the water but turned out to be a bass, about 1.75lbs or so...nice chunky little thing. It put up a good fight and I actually had it tangled around some trees for a while and thought I was going to lose it because I was fishing with 4lbs test and a micro ultra light rod/reel......luckily it came loose. Nice fish for that rig. Didn't catch much else on that stretch and it was about 45 minutes from dark so I decided to pack it up. Low oil sensor went off 1/2 way back to the ramp which scared the bejeebus out of me even though I was expecting it to go off this trip. I like to get it close to the sensor before mixing new oil in with it. Have it marked on the reservoir when to refill... Anyways, not a bad day for an hour's worth of fishing....had to get out before the rain sets in. Will try again Sunday, looks like decent weather.
Name: Rich K
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Date: 12/18/06
Time: 11:00-4:30
Lower James River
Clear and warm high mid 70's
48* average
Appomatox and Comstock
8 LMB
Creatures, Ringworms, spinner
2-10'
Slow
COuldn't pass a day like today up to be on the water. Had plans to go tomorrow also, but the wife put a stop to it, says I can go again Wednesday. Not much on cold front timing but oh well.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 12/18/06
Time: 10:30-4:30
Sandy River Reservoir
Sunny 65 degrees
stained, 46-48 degrees
Mid lake creek channel edges
11 bass, largest was 3# 9oz. The rest were less than 2 pounds
Jig, Silver Buddy, Kastmaster spoon, finesse worm
10'-25'
Caught at least two on each lure with the finesse worm producing the most. Again I located the fish idling around checking with my LCR unit.
14 boats on the lake today. I just had to take advantage of the warm weather since the forecast looks like some cold weather is on the way. I stopped by Briery Creek before going to Sandy to check the water temp. and it was 45 degrees and about 6" lower than the last time I was there.
Name: Jeff Banko and rob McSweeny
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Date: 12/17/06
Time: 10:30 to 3
Lower James River
Windy 70 degrees, clear skies
54 stained
Barge pits
12 LMB and 12 or so crappie
Creatures, Ringworms
0-10 feet
Fished around structure
I caught 7 LMB bigggest going around 3 to 3.5 and Rob caught 5. Most fish were small but we did have a couple of 2 pounders in addintion to the 3+.
Name: Rich K
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Date: 12/17/06
Time: 930-230
Lower James River
Clear and breezy
Clear and 52*
Barge Pits
2 LMB
Creatures/C/B
1-12
Slow
Fished the Barge pits with little success today,I know fish were there they just didn't like the way I wiggled the worm I guess. Big one was 5.04 on a c/b
Name: Hookpuller
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Date: 12/16/06
Time: 1-4pm
Lower James River
stained
Barge Pits and Meades Pit
LM Bass
baby brushhog and shakey head worm
3-10
Fished for a few hours Saturday afternoon. Caught 2 bass back by the spray nozzles and one more in Meades pit.
Tried for about 15 min to catch a striper back at the spray nozzles with sassy shads but didnt have any luck
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 12/14/06
Time: 10-4
Sandy River Reservoir
Sunny 60 degrees
Dingy 47 degrees
Mid lake creek channel drops
13 bass all under 3 pounds, 2 crappie, 1 bluegill
Silver Buddy, finesse worm
10'-22'
Weedless wacky rigged the finesse worm. Located bass and baitfish with electronics.
The panfish and two bass were caught on the Silver Buddy and the rest on the finesse worm. 8 other boats on the lake.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 12/12/06
Time: 10-4:30
Sandy River Reservoir
Sunny 60 degrees
Dingy 47 degrees
Mid lake creek channels
19 bass- all less than three pounds
Finesse worm, jig, Silver Buddy
10'-22'
Weedless wacky rigged the finesse worm
Looked for schools of baitfish with electronics along creek channel drops and presented the lures slowly. Only a couple each on the Silver Buddy and jig with the rest on the finesse worm. A view of the lake before it was half filled is available at http://local.live.com/ Just type in Farmville, Va., select the hybrid style map, and move the map to the lake area. You can zoom in and out with your mouse wheel.
Name: Jeff Banko and Rob McSweeny
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Date: 12/03/06
Time: 10 to 1:30
Upper James River
Cloudy and cold
50 to 52 degreees, stained
Bosher Dam Pool
3 Smallmouth and 3 largemouth
Crankbaits and shaky head worm
up to 10 feet
Fished along rip rap walls
First time fishing the Bosher Dam pool, I caught 3 smallmouth and 1 largemouth Rob cuaght two largemouth. All fish were on crankbaits except for two of the smallmouth. did have one largemouth around 3.5# and Rob lost a nice 3 - 4 pound smallmouth. Not a bad day for 3 hours of fishing.