Name: Mike
Email:
Date: 3/31
Time: 3pm to 6pm
Harrison Lake
Very calm & warm
dark
bass, pickerel, bowfin
white trick worm
Went fishing with the old man again today. Been having a string of good luck the last 3 times I've been to Harrison, so I think I've FINALLY figured that place out....after years of getting skunked there. I probably could have caught upwards of 20 fish had I not jerked the worm out of their mouths. The fish were pretty aggressive and biting well, but they were short striking. I have a feeling they were mostly pickerel but I did land one bass that was really close to being black rather than green. My father threw the kitchen sink at them (spinners, worms, top water, etc) but all they seemed to want was a white trick worm fished shallow and fast. (like a fluke) I ended up landing probably 5-6 fish. Big fish of the day was a fat 4-5lbs bowfin that gave me one hell of a fight. Water temp was almost 68 degrees. NO wind, the lake was smooth as glass. Until that is, around 5:30 a sudden gust of wind came out of nowhere and settled in at a steady 15 mph or so. We came off the water then. Saw several boats and several fish landed. I can't tell you how happy I am to have "figured this place out"...it's kicked my butt many times and I consider it my "home waters" so to speak.
Name: Bill
Email: Bigfishaddict@aol.com
Date: 03/29
Time: 2-5pm
Upper James River
sunny 62#
Upper James river at the james river park system
None
Beetle spin
I went to the upper James park hoping for some smallmouth. I had no luck.
Name: Jay T
Email:
Date: 3-29-07
Time: 830am-700pm
Lower James River
Overcast-Sunny
clearin 64
main river
7 LMB up to 2-8, and 1 crappie
lipless crankbait
0-10 feet
I fished out in the main river around riprap and current breaks. the fish hit pretty agressively on both the up current and down current sides. I probably had just as many fish slam the thing and miss the hook. I also weighed a 67-8 blue for some guys, the stripers were destroying shad when i left, but they wanted no part of anything threw at them.
Name: Bill
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 03/27/07
Time: 5pm-6pm
another private pond. First time.
several crappie and a few sunfish. No bass.
Mikes proven favorite pond lure, the Beetle Spin!
Caught the crap out of crappie today but no bass. Thats weird. Must be the beetle spin!
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/27/07
Time: 8:30-6:30
Briery Creek
partly cloudy 83 in the afternoon
stained 59-66 degrees
Uplake in less than 3' depths
44 bass, 3 pickerel
Chatterbait, finesse worm, Trick worm, Horny Toad, Fluke
<3'
weedless wacky rigged the worms, used the Horny Toad hook with the toad Found active bass real shallow around stumps and laydowns
In the afternoon, the bass really crushed the Horny Toad as I buzzed it on the surface with a stop and go retrieve. I saw a lot of small beds but no fish were on them. I caught some so shallow that my boat was sitting on the bottom and they were even shallower. Most were 1-2 pounds with three in the 4 pound class. Most of the shallow areas have dollar pad stems almost to the surface with algae clinging to it, so the Horny Toad and Fluke were the best lures for me to use. Only caught a couple in shallow grass (<2')and they were beside laydowns.
Name: crankbaiter
Email:
Date: 03/27/07
Time: 7am-1pm
Sandy River Reservoir
partly cloudy-air warmed to 80
slightly stained uplake
channel bends uplake
14 largemouth and 1 pickerel
crankbait, spinnerbait, jig, jerkbait, wooly-hawg tail
1ft-10ft
stop-n-go on crankbait...10lb fluorocarbon line on spinning rod with the hawg-tail
caught all but one bass in less than three feet of water on hawg-tail. other bass came on crankbait in 8ft of water. all fish were under 14 inches except crankbait fish which was probably 2 1/2 lbs and 21 inch pickerel that nearly ate me when i tried to remove hook. just couldn't find any big females. all bass caught on hawg tail hit it nearly as soon as it hit the water. did see some beds, but no big sows on them. i would trade 20 small bass for one five pounder any day but it just didn't happen. several boats out today...hope they did better
Name: Jay T
Email:
Date: 3-26-07
Time: 830am-1230pm
Lower James River
overcast, light wind
clearing, 58-64 degrees
barge pits, meade pit, creeks
bass
spinnerbaits, worm
0-10 feet
pitched the spinnerbait near overhanging brush, and wood
I fished all day yesterday and couldn't find fish at all, and fished all over the river. Today i couldn't get bit on soft plastics, but managed to land two small keepers and lose three fish on the spinnerbait all around wood or overhanging brush. The three I los were all a result of being in extremly thick cover, and tryign to set the hook through vines and trees. It was nice to find some active fish, the creeks are heating up, and I saw some boats fishing the main river this weekend.
Name: Bill
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 03-26-07
Time: 5pm-7pm
The Golf Course
nice, a little windy
All around the pond. Weed edges out to deeper water
19 LMB to mid/upper 3lbs. 2 crappie and a sunfish.
Chartruese and black C.B. slider worm
dont really know
Medium retrieve the slider worm
I went back again to the golf course pond where I live for the second time today. I had been thinking about it all day at work and couldnt wait to go fish. Again there were no golfers to get in my way :) The pond is pretty small. Only about 2 acres. I tried fishing what worked for me yesterday and the fish tore it up. I dont think they are used to seeing anything so it doesnt really matter. My first cast caught a bluegill so their is a food chain. I also noted tons of crawfish mounds around the pond. My next 2 fish were crappies. I started working around the bank catching bass and they just seemed to get bigger and bigger :)The biggest fish were in a cove on the downwind side on the weed edges. My biggest today was in the high 3's. At one time i did see a HUGE fish turn towards my worm and pass on it. I cant say it was a bass and I have no idea what people have put in this pond. Almost looked like a huge carp. If it was a bass I want to catch it! Again, no one said anything to me about fishing there. One jogger asked if I was catching anything and I said no. My biggest fear was that someone would see me catching fish from their house and get the idea. If anyone says anything my answer is hey I live on the golf course and I pay my home owners association fees, give me a break.
Name: Varinabassin
Email:
Date: 3/25/07
Time: 6:30-3:00 pm
Lake Gaston
Cloudy and sunny
55
from popular to holly grove
Bass
Finesse worm , rattle trap, crankbiat, carolina rigg
2ft to 14 ft
Fished a club tournament out popular public landing. Ended up going out of popular and to a small creek not far from it. Ended up catching two off a rattle trap in there by 8 o clock. That went about 1lb and half each. Then went pitching docks the rest of the day in main river end in the back of creeks. Ended up catching two more keepers off those. one was about 2 and half pounds the other was about one lb and half. Caught a bunch of fish that were right around 12 inches but just know big fish. Ended up with a little over 6lbs on a four fish limit. Tough day, but one of those things.
Name: Bill
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 03-24-07
Time: 430pm-730pm
Lower James River
mostly clear and warm
stained and muddy but not high
I-95 bridge area just below the fall line.
Alewife herring? Definately not shad, but we were snagging them with sabikis. We did see shad caught on spoons and on fly rods
Sabiki, cut bait, swim shad, rat-l-traps
4-10'
We caught and released plenty on the sabiki. Heard of some stripers caught. We took that bait and went to the rock. We did not catch any stripers but I really wanted to. We also fished some cut bait with no luck. Nice afternoon. Wish we had more time but you take it when you can get it. Oh yeah, shorted out my trailer lights again and blew the fuses in my Jeep. Ran out of fuses and had to drive home in the dark with no trailer lights or brake lights on the Jeep. Luckily I didnt get pulled.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/24/07
Time: 9:00-6:00
Blowlers Mill Lake
Mostly cloudy 72 degrees
dingy to stained 62-67 degrees
entire lake
19 bass, largest 3 lbs. 9 0z.
Trick and finesse worm, Chatterbait, spinnerbait, Rat-L-Trap
2'-10'
Wacky rigged the worms. Fished the shoreline and shallow end creek channel edges.
Sure was crowded with 17 boats on the lake today. I think I'll stick with weekday fishing. Most fish were caught against the shore.
Name: Mike
Email:
Date: 3/23
Time: 2 to 6pm
Harrison Lake (Fish Hatchery)
Warm, breezy, 81
Slight chop on the lake
whole lake
Pickerel, bass
White Spinnerbaits, stick-o worms
Got off around lunch time from work and invited my old man to meet me at the lake. Dropped the boat in and started off casting worms. No hits. I switched to a white spinnerbait and started catching some pickerel. My second fish was the biggest pickerel I've ever caught. I didn't have an accurate scale but I'd guess it was around 3-3.5 lbs. I went on a streak where I was catching quite a few. Gave my Dad a white spinner and he started catching fish too. In fact for the past few years he's rambled on and on about how he doesn't know if he's ever caught a bass on that lure in his life....next thing he gets a nice chunky 2 pounder on it. He picked up another pickerel too and I caught a chunky 2lbs bass too. Both bass had scars on them, looking like they were getting ready to spawn. All in all we landed about 10 fish total. I lost what felt like a REALLY nice one when it got me tangled up in some wood. Wish I coulda seen that fish. I had him on for about 30 seconds and was motoring over to see if I could pull him out of the brush when he came off. Lastly, we had a really funny surprise after my dad caught his bass. My labrador retriever was so interested in what my dad was doing, she lost her footing and fell off the side of the boat. Shoulda seen the look on her face. Atleast she found out that she could still swim. She was seriously freaked out :)
Name: Bill Hunt
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 03-22-07
Time: 5pm - 730pm
back to the pond
warm, slight wind
all over the pond
10 LMB to 1.5lbs
flukes, baby bass color
0-6 feet
Tried fishing weightless flukes today. I never had much confidence fishing a fluke so I never really used them but I felt more confident after today. I think these were the first fish I ever caught on flukes.
The weather was so nice today that I decided to stop by the pond on the way home from work. Once the sun set and the wind died it got real nice. Around 7 the fish seemed to get really active and the water got calm. The best fishing was from 7pm-730pm.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/22/07
Time: 9:30-6:00
Briery Creek
partly cloudy, low 70's in the afternoon
stained 50-58 degrees
Midlake and upper end
22 bass, largest 5# 8oz.
Trick and finesse worm, 1/4 oz. spinnerbait, Super Fluke, Rat-L-Trap, Chatterbait.
2'-20'
Weedless wacky rigged the worms. Fished close to creek channels and steep drops. I bought an 1/8 oz. Chatterbait at Dick's Sporting Goods yesterday, gave it a try for about 15 minutes and caught one on it-works better than I thought it would.
I met Hookpuller and the gang. Sure was windy. The water temp was 5-6 degrees colder than last week and then warmed up late in the afternoon. Had to roam around quite a bit to find some fish that would bite. With the wind blowing so hard, I had to hold my rod tip at the water surface to work the wacky rig and use a lead nail for weight-caught the most doing that.
Name: Bill Hunt
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 03-22-07
Time: 5pm-730pm
back to the pond
wind calmed down after sun set
10 LMB to 1.5lbs
weightless fluke, baby bass color
all around
Weather today was so nice that I stopped by the pond after work. Started a little windy and slow. When the sun set the fished turned on. Best fishing was 7-730pm.
Name: Bill
Email: bigfishaddict@aol.com
Date: 03/21/07
Time: 230pm-430pm
private pond
cloudy and cold
wet
from a canoe
5 of the smallest LMB you ever saw
slider worm
I tried slow slider fishing but just like Mikes experience the other day the fish wanted it faster. I caught 3 of the 5 when I was fast reeling back a bad cast and the slider worm was skimming the top water. Go figure.
Name: Bill
Email: bigfishaddict@aol.com
Date: 03/20/07
Time: 4pm-630pm
Upper James River
James river just above the fall line.
big Alewife herring, I think.
Sabiki rig
cast and sweep to snag them
You may or may not remember my bluegill fishing references to the "overlook". It lies along the flood wall above the fall line near 8th st in downtown Richmond. There is a concrete overlook above the rapids. Directly below is a pool about 60' in diameter. Fish of all species are naturaly washed from the rapids into this pool where the get stuck. The fishing here is quite good and access is easy. You can even park right above it when you find it. Long story short, I went there this afternoon to try and catch smallmouth on a slider worm. I immediately noticed big (16") herring schooling and rolling in the pool where they were getting stacked up by the rapids. I went back to the Jeep and got the sabiki rigs. It was like shooting fish in a barrel. I had one or two on every cast. Man these fish fight fight harder than anything. They fight, they pull, they jump and swerve. All this after swimming all the way from the ocean. Amazing fun.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/20/07
Time: 12:00 - 6:00
Bowlers Mill Lake
Partly Cloudy 65 degrees
dingy 52-56 degrees
Entire Lake
14 bass
Chatterbait, finesse and Trick worms, jerk bait.
2'-10'
wacky rigged the worms
I hooked and lost two bass that were 7+ pounds. My largest catch was 6 lbs 4 oz. I also caught a 5-1 and a 5-2. Two of them were less than a pound and the others were between 2 and 3 pounds. One of the 2 1/2 pounders hit the Chatterbait twice and got off, I switched to the jerkbait and caught it.
Name: Rick F
Email:
Date: 03/15/07
Time: 9 AM - 3 PM
Chickahominy
Warm, partly cloudy and gusty
56-60 F
Fished the lake, Up-, mid- and downlake
LMB and Chain Pickerel
Jerkbait, jig and pig, shaky-head worm, texas rigged senko, rattletrap
1 ft - 15 ft
Started off fishing deeper points mid-lake with a deep diving jerbait and shaky-head with no result. Moved shallower among the cyprus trees with jig n pig and floating jerbait. Ultimately caught most fish by the dam on the jerkbait. At the end of the trip tried uplake with a T-rigged Senko and had a couple of nice hits, but no hook ups.
Ended up the day with 5 Chain Pickerel (largest 20 in.) and one 2-lb LMB. Couldn't find the bass, but it was a great day to be on the lake.
Name: Chris Jones
Email:
Date: 03/18/07
Time: 7am/4pm
Lake Anna
Clear/Windy/COLD
Clear/60-66 degrees
Warm side up near power plant
Largemouth
Zoom finese worms on a shakey head jig
1-8 foot
Fished first club tournament today. Started at 6:45 am......Brrr cold and windy most of morning. Had to beat the ice out of the guides on the rods. Caught 10 fish mostly short. Lost a ton of fish. Lots of break offs for some reason. Me and my son weighed 6 fish. 4 for me and 2 for him. Took 9lbs for money. I had 4 lbs and change... Winner weighed in a 5+ lber with over 10 lbs weight.... Off to Buggs next month....
Name: Bassin' Dickie
Email: bassndickie@comcast.net
Date: 03/14/07
Time: 10:30-2:30pm
Lake Chesdin
83 and nice
stained to very stained
Main Lake points and coves
3 LMB
Suspending Jerkbait and Shakyhead
5 to 15 ft
The bass wanted a fast acting jerkbait,just a one second pause,if that.The fish didnt seem to be feeding, so reaction baits were key,take it or leave it,but it wont be here long.That was my presentation and what I set out to do after they wouldnt touch our Brushhogs,jigs,and finesse worms.The smallest bass,1 and1/2 lbs,even hit my shakyhead as I was reeling it in fast for another cast.That told me what they wanted.
Practicing for the Shadytree tourny next week.Found a nice area where fish were holding in about 8 foot of water,near a point and a spawning bay.I caught all three bass there and left it alone.The other 2 bass came on a jerkbait.The largest was just over 6 lbs and was 21 inches long with a belly full of eggs.The last bass was a solid 2 lber who fell for the jerkbait as well.No telling what they'll be doing by T-Time though,conditions change daily and March is so unpredictable,just like the bass in Chesdin!
Name: Hookpuller
Email:
Date: 03/14/07
Time: 09:00-3:00
Lower James River
Sunny and warm
50-54 deg
Pits and Main river
LMB
Finesse worm, Brush Hog, and Crankbait
2-10 ft
I fished the river with my dad today. Started out in Meades then went to Shirley Pit, the Ski pit, posted pit, then Back to Meades pit. Didnt do anything in Meades pit today but we caught fish in the other 3 pits. We ended up with 17lbs 9oz for our best 5. I had a 4-11, 3-10 and one just under 3 in shirley pit, one 3-15 in the posted pit, and one right at 3 in the ski pit. We caught lots of smaller fish also but those were the biggest.
I was fun to get out today and catch some fish that had some weight to them after the beating I took tuesday at Sandy River. I dont know what I am doing wrong up there. I caught a ton of fish at sandy on the shakey head but my best 5 might have been 3 pounds. I had the 8 to 10 inch fish dialed in up there, and I think it was more 8's than 10's.
Name: Jay T
Email:
Date: 3/14/07
Time: 3pm-7pm
Lower James River
sunny 80 degrees
clearing
barge pit, meade pit
1 carp, 1 catfish
jerkbait
0-10ft
Threw the jerkbait in the meade pit where the water was clearing up nicely. Got slammed twice,once by the carp and once by the cat. No bass today. Can't wait until the creeks heat up.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/14/07
Time: 9:00-5:00
Briery Creek
partly cloudy 75-80 degrees, breezy in the afternoon
stained 52-56 degrees
uplake
47 bass, 1 pickerel
Chatterbait, spinnerbait, finesse worm, Trick worm
2'-8'
Wacky rigged the finesse and Trick worms. Fished the same areas as yesterday and covered a little more water. Just about every horizonal log either floating or submerged had at least one bass on it this afternoon.
Forgot to mention that 14 of the bass caught yesterday were between 4# and 5# with the largest being 4# 11oz. Only one 4# today.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 03/13/07
Time: 9:30-7:00
Briery Creek
mostly sunny 70-75 degrees
stained 52-54 degrees
uplake
41 bass and 7 pickerel
Chatterbait, finesse worm, Trick worm, spinnerbait
2'-8'
Wacky rigged the finesse and Trick worms. Found most of the fish shallow near creek channels and suspended over the grass near standing timber and stumps.
Nice weather for March. I checked the upper end for activity and didn't go any place else.
Name: BassKat
Email:
Date: 03/13/07
Time: 0800-1500
Briery Creek
overcast most of the day/ breeze at times
water temp 50 at the start found 52. water is slightly stained vis about 2 feet
midlake
LMB
traps, jerks/ cranks/ flipped some
5-9 feet
cranking man. slow on jig/pig
What a day. caught total of 21, best five about 18 pounds. only 2 dinks Under 12 all day. Lost a 5 and 4+ at the boat trying to swing them in. held the boat in about 8 feet and cast towards the dying lilly pads. Fish holding on the edge in about 5 to 6 feet of water. The bigger fish of the day came on wood if grass was near by. Still early yet I think for beeding fish with water temp in low 50's. Couple more weeks. Tightlines
Name: Bill
Email: BigFishaddict@aol.com
Date: 02/11/07
Time: 7am-11am
Lake Meade Nevada
clear, light wind, 60'sam to 85* at 11am
super clear to 12'
near the trout hatchery
Striped Bass
6"-9" swim trout and hand made wooden swim baits in trout color
shallow to 60'
throw those big heavy swim baits and real em back in. Got a little tired from throwing heavy weight.
We started out fishing around 7am. I hooked a 5lb striper on about the third cast. I have never fished big swim baits before but it is apparently the big thing out here on the west coast. I caught one more about 4 lbs. The GF caught her personal best, a 4.5lber too. Then we tried trolling deeper and got a double. Around 9am the fish stopped biting. They was a striper T going on in the area we were fishing so the competition for fish was tough. All in all it was a great trip and the scenery was awesome. I will send pics to Mike cause i dont know how to post them.
Name: Varinabassin
Email: Jason23231@yahoo.com
Date: 3/10/07
Time: 6:30-3:00pm
Chickhomany Lake
Sunny and a bit windy
48-49 degrees
All over the lake from the dam to the river lol.
bass
everything in the boat
0-6 feet
Fished a club tournament on saturday. Was hoping with the warm weather, the fish might move up on some flats. so we fished pretty shallow the whole day. Fished the whole lake pretty much. Caught one fish around 8 am before the wind picked up that went 4lbs 2 oz on a worm. and that was the only bass that I caught. Caught one nice pike also that was proably 5 or 6 lbs. Not alot much to say. The winning weight of our club tourney was 7lbs on a 4 fish limit. Most fish were caught on worms, however did watch someone catch a nice two or three pounder on a jerkbait. Tough day or atleast for our club.
Name: Rich K
Email:
Date: 3/11/07
Time: 11:00-4:00
Lower James River
Warm/Windy, gusting to about 15
Clearing niceley 50-56 deg
Comstock
3 Small LMB, only one would have gone 12"
Everything in the boat - 1 on a crank, 1 on a spinner, and one on t-rig worm
1-10'
Slow and tight to cover
Water is warming quick, and clearing up pretty good. 3'visability in Comstock. Not many folks out there today surprisingly. Talked to Randy for about half hour, he said it was packed on Saturday back there. Low tide was pretty extreme too.
Name: Rich K
Email:
Date: 3/9/07
Time: 10:00-3:30
Lower James River
Clear warm, Light breeze
Stained-Muddy 48-53*
Shirley Pit and down river creeks, Comstock
2 LMB dinks, both came from Comstock
Shakey rig
1-12'
Slow
Took the day off and went for a ride. Hit Shirley mostly to see about the changes I had heard about. It definatley looks a bit different in there. I half heartedly fished in there for about an hour, then took off down river to see what it looked like. Then ran up to Comstock and was able to manage two small fish on the shakey head.
Name: Jay
Email:
Date: 3/11/07
Time: 8AM-5PM
Lower James River
SUNNY
STAINED
Barge Pits/Meade Pit
Largemouth
spinnerbaits,jigs,otters,tubes,paca craws, lipless, shallow cranks,
0-8 feet
I fished pretty hard all day. I couldn't find any fish that wanted plastics or jigs. Had a 1-12 on the spinnerbait and picked up a 3-7 about 50 yards down on the same bank on the spinnerbait. Those were the only two of the day. Hopefully this warmer weather will turn them on a little.
Name: Pondboy
Email:
Date: 3/11/07
Time: all day
Buggs Island (Kerr Lake)
sunny, front early afternoon 66 degree air
muddy @ Okaneechee and stained in Eastlands
Eastlands
Largemouth x 4 1.4-2.8lbs
Shad Rap/ Bandit 200 Big White Spinnerbait
3-10'
slow rolling and very slow cranking
Name: Chris Jones
Email:
Date: 03-10-07
Time: 7:30am-2:30p
Lake Anna
sunny-windy
clear and warm
Warm side
Largemouth
Shakey head jigs with small Zoom worms
shallow to 15 foot
Just looked around for a while and fished mostly boat docks. Caught 5 keepers and lost at least that many. My son Brandon outfished me again...He landed three of the bass he lost a nice one close to the power plant. This was my first time at Anna and cannot wait to get back...Not much cover but still nice anyways....
Name: Mike
Email:
Date: 3/10/07
Time: 9am to 1pm
Lower James River
Warm! Breezy!
47-48 degrees
From Richmond/Ancarrows down to the Barge pits
gizzard shad
everything
2-20 feet
Went out today without any real intentions of what I wanted to do. On a whim I decided that I had a full tank of gas in the boat so I was going to make the run all the way up to Richmond. It was such a nice day, why not? I stopped at the wastewater discharge and tied on a sabiki rig....FIRST cast and I felt that familiar tug...followed by a tarpon-like mad dash. The gizzard shad are there! They weren't as big as the ones Bill & I caught last year, I guess it's still a bit early for the big ones to be there yet. No American or Hickory's but I couldn't care any less, these suckers fight well enough! I HAD to call Bill (figuring he was on a plane or something). He didn't answer so I left a voicemail while I was reeling another fish in. He calls me back 2 minutes later and I'm struggling to hold the phone and talk to him because I had another fish on lol. After about 4 more I snapped off my only sabiki rig so that was it for those fish for the day. I cut up one of the shad and catfished for about an hour....got bored with that and changed into crappie mode....no takers. Went back down river to Meade's pit to bass fish for a bit. On the way back just before the 895 bridge, the wind was howling directly against me and one of my ultra-light rods went flying over the side and to the bottom of the channel. @#%)*(%# No luck in Meade's and I even went into the barge pits for about an hour to crappie fish some more...no luck. Came back in around 1pm or so. Osbornes was very busy.
Name: Varinabassin
Email: Jason23231@yahoo.com
Date: 3/4/07
Time: 8pm-1pm
Lower James River
Chilly and windy
55 degrees in barge pit
Pits
Bass
Spinnerbait, crankbait, jig
2-12 feet
slow
Fished the Pamunkey's tournament today on the james. Seemed like a pretty good turn out for the tournament. Anyways fishing conditions where tough. Fished in the barge pit the whole tournament. That i think was my first mistake. The wind made many banks hard to fish. The main river was flooded and flowing out. Ended up catching two fished that went about 3lbs and then i also caught a 7lb catfish. All on the jig and pig. They wanted the bait pretty slow and it was just hard to feel the bait because of the wind blowing. After dealing with the wind, should have ran to a couple other pitts. but just decided to stay in there and try to gut it out. I think it took six pounds to get a check and 12lbs to winn. Talked to alot of guys in the barge pit and not many people where catching much. I think one guy did catch them in the barge pit. but that was it, everyone else i talked to had one or two fish from the barge pit. Missed one nice fish in the morning that proably cost me but other then that i caught every bite i had.