Name: Kc188
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Date: 12/31/05
Time: 1100-1600
Lower James River
Cloudy then clear
Murky
Barge Pits
None, but did hook one that wrapped around a lay down and broke my line.
Soft Plastic/Rattle Trap/Spinner Bait
2-7 feet
Caught one on a silver 1/4 oz rattle trap, but it wrapped around a lay down and broke my line. LOST MY BAIT!!!
Nice day, nice to get out for a while. BTW water temps in the pits were anywhere from 48-53 degrees.
Name: Randy
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Date: 12/31/05
Time: 3-4pm
My dock/Appomattox
Clear/Wind 10knts@SW/
Super High tide/murky/ 40deg +/-
Left and right, lol
12 LMB in 40 minutes (no kidding!) Smallest being 1/2lb, Biggest being 2 1/2lb.
Secret until after the tourney!
2-4 feet
Cast and reel...sorry! :)
Name: Bill
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 12/31/05
Time: 730am-12Noon
Lower James River
Started cloudy then clearing
cold, some debris on main channel
Spray Pit, Barge Pit
We didnt catch any fish.
Tried for some stripers in the warm waters around the power plant. Not a bite. Went to the Barge Pit just to lose some tackle. That was it, tide was coming in, gave up around noon since my partner could only do a half day.
Name: Corey Woody
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Date: 12/28/05
Time: 4:00- 6:30
Lower James River
Cool, windy
40.5
White Bank and Comstock
NONE
Live Bait- sliders and lizards
2-7 foot
Kids wanted to try their new Christamas poles and Baits. Got off early and took the boat down to Whitebank ramp. Minnows fished with bobbers. One bite Either a small bass or cat, kids couldn't decide when to swing. I took the rod and swang hard; but to little to late. We Bankoed that one; we did get the minnow back although he had seen better days. Got dark, ran back close to the ramp and slipped on the c-rig and minnow for 30-40 mins. Oh well. Tryed my favorite plastics in between showing the kids how and what to do- NOT A BITE!
Name: MIke
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Date: 12/28/05
Time: 12:00pm
Lower James River
Mild, breezy
muddy
Barge pits
Banko - 4 Mike - 1 THAT's right I caught a f'n fish
Blue worms, not red worms, blue worms...definitely not red worms
6-10 feet
slooooww...
A big thanks to Jeff for taking me out today and showing me the ropes of the barge pit. I figured I was in for a looong day when Jeff caught one within his first 4-5 casts. We caught pretty much everything within the first hour. All in all we had 5 fish. Jeff had a couple that looked like they were in the 2lb range, a pounder, and a dink. I had one that mighta gone over 12", I really didn't get that good of a look at it since I was in shock of catching a fish. All in all, it turned out to be a pretty afternoon and I learned a few things. Thanks again Jeff.
Name: Mike
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Date: 12/27/05
Time: 10:00am
Lower James River
Mild, slight breeze
Muddy - 50 degrees
Barge pit
Skunk fish
red and blue plastic worms, silver crankbait, yellow/char spinnerbait, black/brown jig & pig
3-10 feet
Tried the slowest presentation I could possibly give.
No dice. No strikes, nothin. Musta bumped every bit of structure in the daggone pits, CRAWLED IT over everything I could find. No strikes :( I did have a fish follow the lure up to the boat and spook when I reeled it out of the water. I think we scared each other.
Name: Jeff Banko
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Date: 12/26/05
Time: 12:00 to 4:0
Lower James River
clear skies probably around 55 out but really, really windy with wind seemingly coming from all directions
stained, 49 degress
Barge Pits
2 LMB
Ring worm, jerk baits, wacky rigged worms, spinnerbait
0 - 14 feet
Fished anywhere the wind would allow us.
Fished with Russell Holmes today. He is a super nice guy. I caught 2 LMB no real size and Russell got shut out unfortunately. Wind was really, really bad, I had around 10 - 12 pick ups and I think Russell had 6 or 7 but with the wind by them time you knew you had a hit and swung on them they were already dropping the bait. Oh well beats shopping right Russell ;)
Name: Randy
Email:
Date: 12/25/05
Time: 2pm
Appomattox
rain/fog/no wind
dirty/ vis <1ft/41 deg
Comstock Pond, Pye
LMB, 2ea 1#, 3ea 1.5-2#, 1ea 4.35#
Creature
4ft+
Slow retrieve in cover.
Lots of ice in the river. Fish were hugging the bottom. Air temp was 60 degrees. Lots of fog...awesome Christmas afternoon in the canoe.
Name: Bill
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 12/23/05
Time: 9am-1130am
Lower James River
Nice day
Some debris, stained
Cant catch fish without bait.
none.
Well I went out today to cast net some shad and catfish since last week the shad were thick. Not to be today. Yeah that was me on the Skiff throwing a cast net for two hours with zero luck. No bait, no fishing. Packed it in after a couple of hours and headed home.
Name: Jeff Banko
Email:
Date: 12/23/05
Time: 1:00 - 3:00
Lower James River
50 degrees and clear but very windy
Very stained 49 - 50 degree surface temps
Barge Pits
3 LMB and 2 crappie
Ringworms and creature baits in blue colors
0-7 feet
Fished all the baits in and around laydowns
Not a bad day for December, caught 3 LMB biggest right around 3#. Also had several pick ups that I missed because it was hard to tell they were there with the wind and by the time you felt them it was too late. Also lost one total hog that had to be in the 6 to 7 range.
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