Name: BassKat
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Date: 06/02/06
Time: 0530-1400
Sandy River Reservoir
HOTTTTTTT
cleat to slight stain vis about 2 feet
mid to upper
LMB
topwater early, then plastics
shalllow to 15
Fished shallow until sun was up then hit channel breaks and points.
Another slow day, not bad caught total of 11 with only 3 being dinks. All quality fish and at least caught fish for once over 14 inches :). Biggest was about 4, son had a big toad blow up on popr but miss hit set. Off to fish High Rock this weekend. Tightlines
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 06/30/06
Time: 5:30 -4:30
Briery Creek
Sunny 85 light breezes
mostly clear 83 degrees
mid and uplake
59 bass- no big ones
Buzzbait before sunup, Finesse and Trick worms
3'-15'
Used the buzzbait over the weeds early. Wacky rigged the worms and fished the creek channel edges uplake and weed edges in 10' depths at midlake
Had two real big ones on for a few of seconds and they got off in the stumps
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 06/28/06
Time: 9:00-6:00
Lake Orange
Mostly sunny 85 degrees light winds
stained 83 degrees
All over
23 bass 12"-16"
Finesse worm, Bandit 200, Zoom 4" curlytail worm
5'-15'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm, Tx. rigged the curlytail worm. Caught just about all of them on planted brush piles
The lake did not seem affected by all the rain we have had the past few days. Slightly higher water level, but the color was about what it was last week.
Name: BassKat
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Date: 06/23/06
Time: 0545-1430
Buggs Island (Kerr Lake)
Hot muggy overcast
clear to 5 feet water temp 80
grassey creek
LMB
jigs, blade, pop'r, shaky, and rig
shallow to about 8
u name it
Another tough day in the world of BFL. 4 t's this year and I have yet to catch a 14 inch fish. That's right zero points, should have just burned the entry fees. Boater had 1 for 2 lbs. We caught a bunch of short fish. If headed to the lake think shallow, the fish are not deep yet. Don't know why. Those that fished deep caught fish just not enough weight to win. Winning Boater had 17 and co had 15 all shallow. Tightlines
Name: Blackie Lee
Email: blackielee2003@yahoo.com
Date: 6/24/06
Time: 7am-1:30pm
Briery Creek
Mostly cloudy
Clear
Upper end and mid-lake
LMB
Fluke/14 inch worm
4 to 15 feet
Texas riged/fished on bottom
Caught 16 bass, most in the 2 to 3 pound range on fluke. Switched to 14 inch worm and caught three 5 pounders and a 9 pound 6 oz. Go to http://www.trophybasshunter.bravehost.com/fr.html to see picture.
Name: Bill Hunt
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 06/22/06
Time: 11am-3pm
Lower James River
Sunny and VERY HOT!
clear and calm
downriver from Ancarrows
Sunfish, channel cats, blue cats
Used worms to catch my bait fish, used bait fish to catch cats
deep
The bigger cats were deep in holes and the channel.
I knew it was hot but hadnt had the boat out lately. I dont usually cat fish this time of yr during the day. Took some worms and caught sunfish for bait. Cut it and fished the deeper channel areas. Ancarrows is not known for big blues but did manage some nice fat 10-15lb fish. Got a nice sunburn too.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 06/22/06
Time: 9:00- 6:30
Sandy River Reservoir
HOT mostly sunny
stained 90.5 degrees
mid to upper end
105 bass with several in the slot, largest 3 lbs 12 oz.
Finesse worm
1'-10'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm on steep drops.
I got outfished by a friend, he caught 54 bass and I caught 51. I don't know what the air temp. was, but my thermometer showed 112 on my lap. What little breeze came up from time to time was surely appreciated. Oh, did I mention it was H-O-T !!!!!
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 06/17/06
Time: 5:30-2
Sandy River Reservoir
Sunny,hot,wind 5-10
76 degrees, 6" - 2' visibility
in & around coves & points
30 bass with 12 being in the slot (including 3 that were 18")
Spinnerbait, chatterbait, # 5 & 7 Shad Rap, Rattlin Rap, Bandit 100 & 200, Big 0, Senko & Picasso worms rigged Texas & wacky style
3' to 8'
We fished the spinnerbait, chatterbait, big o, rattlin rap& worm along the edge of the the grass & weeds, and using the crankbaits in the channel & middle of the coves and on the points
By 12 noon tha action stopped. We only caught 1 fish from that time until got in around 2
Name: ,Jeff Banko
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Date: 6/17/06
Time: 6:00 to 2:00
Pamumkey River
Hot and clear 95 degrees out
stained
All over
8 LMB
Ringworms, topwater
0 - 10 feet
Fished club T on the Munkey. Caught a decent ammount of fish but only one keeper a 2-11 . All fish were caught on a ringworm fished on a jig head. Tried topwater early but no luck.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 06/19/06
Time: 6:00-4:00
Lake Orange
Mostly Sunny-Windy- 85 degrees
Stained, 82 degrees
Mid to downlake
26 Largemouth Bass 1 Smallmouth Bass
Trick Worm, Finesse Worm, Baby Brushhog, 4" Zoom Curlytail worm, Roboworm
>15'
Wacky rigged the trick and finesse worms, Carolina rig Brushhog, Tx. rig 4" worm, dropshot Roboworm.
Most were caught around 12' at the thermocline in planted brushpiles and fallen timber. Two were about 3 lbs. and the rest were +- 1 pound.
Name: Rich K
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Date: 6/18/06
Time: 11:00-1:30
Lower James River
Hot clear
Outgoing, muddy, 79-86Deg
Appomatox river and Comstock
12 LMB
Creatures, Spinnerbait
1 - 8'
Bounce through the wood
Caught a lot of fish for the limited time I had, most were real small. Had a few keepers, but still nothing to brag about.
Name: Chris Jones
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Date: 06-17-06
Time: 1:30pm-8:15p
Briery Creek
Sunny/Partly overcast
Clear 82 degrees
5 LMB
Pumpkinseed Brushawg/white moss mouse/silver rattle trap
5-15'
1st 2 fish on rattle trap in 5' 3rd on brushawg in 10' 4th and 5th on moss mouse descent size on the mouse 3lbers...
Hot day on the water, 1st trip out there. Jeff's directions were dead on drove right to the ramp. Will deffinately be going back soon.
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 06/11/06
Time: 6:30-3:15
Sandy River Reservoir
cloudy, drizzling off & on, then partly sunny; wind 5 - 10
from 6" to 2"
all over, coves, drop offs, grass
18 bass, 2 catfish, 1 walleye
spinnerbait, worm texas rig & wacky, Big O, Bandit 100 & 200, grass frog
0' to 10'
We were throwing senko's and grass frogs on and around the grass and use everything (except the frog) along the drop off, points and anlong the grass line.
Name: K-Dog
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Date: 06/11/06
Time: 5am
Diascund Reservoir
OverCast with some gusty wind
78degress
Feeder Creek;secondary points;Main lake points
Bass
Buzz Bait(green and white);Swim Bait(shad);Senko(watermellon with purple flake);Drop Shot(brown and orange ringworm)
3 to 15 feet
Fished shallow structure from 5am to 9am with Buzz Bait and Senko. Used Dropshot and Swin Bait around structure on points in 15 foot of water.
Buzz bait was hot, small bass loved it, but no big bites. Senko brought some medium size bass to the boat, but still no big bites. The drop shot produce the largest bass of 5.5lbs. No luck on the swim bait.
Name: Jeff Banko
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Date: 06/11/06
Time: 5:45 am to 2
Briery Creek
overcast and rainy, sun did break throguh for a little while
Light stain, 77 degrees
Middle of the lake
30+ LMB
Poppers, Toads, red shad worms
0 - 20 feet
Fished the poppers and toads around lilly pads and on some of the big flats in the middle of the lake. Caught the bulk of our fish on those. No real big ones most in the 1 to 2 pound range. did have one big one take the toad but did not get the hook into it.
First time to Briery in a few months, not a bad day considering the weather was not real great.
Name: K-Dog
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Date: 06/11/06
Time: 5am
Diascund Reservoir
Name: Mike
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Date: 6/10
Time: 2pm to 6:30
Private Pond - Goochland
78-80 degrees, breezy
Largemouth bass, bluegill
The almighty beetlespin, jig-n-pig, wacky rigged worm, fly rod
A great day on the pond fishing with Bill. We lost track of the # of bass we caught within the 1st hour of fishing. All were in the 1 to 2lb range but provided some "brick wall" strikes....ie it was like your lure ran into a brick wall. The fish were HUNGRY. If I had to guess I'd estimate we caught between 25 to 30 bass, I really don't remember. Around 5pm or so, the fish just out-right quit biting which was pretty weird. The only thing Bill & I could conclude is that the cloud-cover changed from clear & breezy to less wind and fairly cloudy....even though the temprature didn't change, maybe there was a change in the atmospheric pressure? From 5 til quitting time we caught less than 5 fish. I couldn't even get a hit on a fly rod, which should tell ya something. All in all it was a great day and I appreciate Bill taking me along.
Name: Ray
Email: v23842
Date: 06/06/06
Time: 6:15-12:30
Lake Chesdin
winds 10 to 15
clear
down lake grasas beds
4 LMB
1-10 ft
Caught one about a pound and a half on a worm. Caught three more all between three and four pounds on a fluke casting to open pockets in the weeds.
Name: Jeff Banko
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Date: 06/04/06
Time: 6-9 am
Lower James River
Sunny 69 degrees
Stained
Around Hopewell area
3 LMB
Buzzbait
0 - 6 feet
Name: Rich K
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Date: 6/1/06
Time: 2:30-6:00
Lower James River
Hot, ight winds
Muddy 85*
Appomatox, Old and New channels
4 Small LMB
T-rigged Plastics
0-6'
Pitch to wood and drag out.
Took my step son out for a few hours today. He had been watching either Bill or Roland tear 'em up on spinners and cranks, so he wanted to try what he had learned. Unfourtunatly, it didn't work for him. After I put the second in the boat he decided it may be best to follow my lead. I tied one on for him, and WHAM he got nailed on the second cast, but he didn't set the hook. He did the same over and over again. He had two get off at the boat. All of mine were right around 12".
Name: Kc188
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Date: 6-1-2006
Time: 1030 - 1500
Lake Chesdin
Clear and hot
Lightly stained, 85 degrees
main lake and a couple of coves
3 LMB, also missed a couple
Crankbait, spinnerbait, worm
2-9 feet
cranking is what caught them.
Tried spinnerbaiting and worming but did not produce. A Rapala crankbait was the only thing they seemed to want. Caught three nice LMB and missed a couple that came off at the boat. I saw a few swimming around that had a nice size on them, but they wouldn't even look at my bait. Two of the bigger ones I caught came off of the main lake.