Name: Rich K
Email:
Date: 4/22/05
Time: 5 PM - 7 PM
Lower James River (Appomatox)
Overcast clearing
Dingy 62'ish
Old River Channel
2 LMB 1 - 1 1/2 Lbs
Jerkbait/Senko
1-5'
Slow
Took my Neighbor kid fishing for his first time (on a boat), we didn't have a lot of time for the VAFISHING "research" that I would have liked as the tide was getting where I have a lot of succes in this area when we had to leave. He caught the bigger of the 2 on the senko T-Rigged with a light slip sinker to fight the current at about the same time I caught mine. We made a few more casts and then left.
Name: Trey Goodman
Email: hookpuller@yahoo.com
Date: 4/16/05
Time: 7:00-4:00
Lower James River
WINDY
1-2ft vis
Pits
LMB
Carolina rig, spinnerbait
1-14
fished the hooters tournament yesterday on the james. Tough day of fishing, very sunny and windy. We only had 4 bites all day. Broke one off and landed 3 that went 11.82 total.
Name: Bill
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 04/13/05
Time: mid-day
Lower James River
Was supposed to be raining, almost called it off but it cleared up, windy though.
Getting clearer up river.
Between I-95 bridge and the R/R tracks.
White Perch and lots of them.
Sabiki Rig with six hooks.
Well the weather turned out to be pretty decent after all. Went with my regular fishing partner and we caught close to 100 White Perch! On some casts we were reeling in 5 at a time. The fishing was awesome. Kept several for eating and threw the rest back for another day. Had a couple that were very close to citation size but not. Catching that many I had hoped for a citation.
Name: Rich K
Email:
Date: 4/11/05
Time: 1 - 5 PM
Lower James River / Appomatox
Clear upper 60's windy
62-64 deg heavy chop below Benjamin Harris Bridge
Mouth of Herring Creek/Old Appomatox River Channel
1 LMB in the Appomatox
Spinner through wood
1-14
Bounced spinner through laydowns
Well, I managed to sneak out and get on the water finally. I was aiming for some shad at first, but I lost any hope for it as the further down river I went the bigger the chop got. Two foot white caps, and strong winds downstream of the B.H. Bridge. I tried to fish anyway, but way too windy. I was seeing huge schools on the fishfinder. I motored back up through Hopewell, and fished the old river channel for the rest of the day. Managed (1) 13.5" LMB, and numerous short strikes before calling it a day.
Name: Trey Goodman
Email: hookpuller@yahoo.com
Date: 04/11/05
Time: 8:00-3:00
Lower James River
Sunny
stained
Pits on lower James and Appomattox rivers.
Bass and Crappie
Tx rigged plastics, spinnerbaits, 1/32oz Crappie jig
2-15
Started off the day hitting the pits. Caught a few bass on plastics and one on spinnerbait. Decided to run up in the Appomattox and try Crappie fishing. Caught 25-30 in about an hour and a half. Later in the afternoon we were fishing in the Meads pit and I happened to see a huge gar cruising just below the surface. I see lots of them in the river but this one was a monster. I couldnt resist pitching a floating worm to him......game on!!!!!! He stripped about 60ft of line off then the hook popped out.
Name: Bill
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 04/11/05
Time: 12p-430p
Lower James River
Beautiful day, Sunny and warm, no clouds
still a little muddy
Upper end of the lower James near the head of tide, between the I-95 bridge and the R/R bridge.
White Perch, Shad, Blue Herring, and one baby Crappie.
Sabiki rig on light rod and reel
everything
cast and sweep
After getting blanked at Briery yesterday, I was in need of confidence builder, so I took my son shad fishing. It was his best day fishing ever and pretty darn good for me too. We caught and released 86 good sized, hard fighting , shad and blue herring in 4 1/2 hours. Also caught about a dozen nice white perch that I gave to my neighbor for dinner. Boy we wore them out today. It made up for yesterday in my book.
Name: Kc188
Email:
Date: 4/7/2005
Time: 10 - 2 p.m.
Lower James River
Cloudy and Very windy
Muddy
Actually fished the Appomattox river.
Large mouth Bass
Spinnerbait, crankbait, soft plastic craw
5-7 feet
slow presentation is what I caught the fish on.
Wow, it was windy. I had to locate areas to get out of the wind. Started with spinnerbait and crankbait without a hit. Then switced to a soft plastic craw and caught two nice LMB. Both of these came out of the same area, off of a rocky bank. Water temps were a consistent 60 degrees and muddy
Name: Blackie Lee
Email: blackielee2003@yahoo.com
Date: 04/04/05
Time: 7:00AM4:30PM
Lower James River
Windy
Muddy
Dutch Gap area
Striper/Blue catfish
Cut shad
2ft.to 27ft.
Bottom fishing
Water was high but not as high as I thought it would be. Lots of stuff in the muddy water. Oh and a little windy too. Doug and I was able to catch one little striper about 18 inches and three catfish 18,20 and one 31 pounds. And did I mention all caught and released in the Dutch Gap area.
Name: Bill
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 04/02/05
Time: 12-130pm
Lower James River
Heavy rain
high and muddy
Ancarrows landing, same place as yesterday.
American Shad, Blueback Herring, Alewife
Sabiki rig
Sweep and reel
Caught a few more today but the rain was pounding. Couldnt take it for too long. River is still a mess. Caught all fish by snagging them, mostly in the tail. Im still waiting for some clean water for the bite.
Name: Bill
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 04/01/05
Time: 1pm -2pm
Lower James River
overcast but comfortable
high and very muddy, big debris has mostly subsided
On the stone wall above Ancarrows landing on the south side of the James in Richmond.
8 fish in 1 hour. 4 American Shad, 2 Alewife, 1 Blueback Herring and 1 confused blue catfish.
Sabiki Rig,6, #8 gold hooks with wings
all
cast as far as you can then retrieve with a sweeping motion
They're here!! I have been trying for a few days with no luck. Rivers a mess. Tried again today and caught one on the 1st cast. Only had an hour to fish before working the evening shift. It payed off. All fish were caught snagged, not mouth hooked. This tells me the river is still too muddy for the fish to see the lures but also tells me there are significant numbers of shad in the river to be able to snag that many in an hour. All fish were big for shad and they fought surprisingly very hard. The blue herring I caught was the biggest of all and the biggest one I have ever seen or caught. I was in my dress clothes and didnt have scales or tape. We luckily missed todays rain. If Saturdays downpours dont happen we will be into them big time. Im going back in the morning. I didnt see anyone else fishing for them because of the high water, but they are there. Bill
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