Lower James River February 2005

 

 

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Name: Jeff Banko
Email: vafishing@comcast.net
Date: 02/05/05
Time: 11 to 3

Place

Lower James River

Weather

50 degrees, clear skies but really windy

Water

Muddy

Locations

Dutch Gap to Jorden Point

Fish

1 catfish 10 lbs

Lures

Cut shad

Depth

25 feet

Method

fish finder rig

Comments

Wanted to bass fish but wind was so bad decided to just cruise the boat to get through some more break in hours on my motor. Did stop for a little while and throw some cut bait underneath the 295 bridge. Caught the one cat right on the channel edge where it dropped from about 8 feet to around 20 feet.


Name: Rich K
Email:
Date: 02/06/05
Time: 12:00 - 4:45

Place

Lower James River

Weather

Clear

Water

Vis 2-3' 52 deg

Locations

Barge pit

Fish

1 LMB, 1 Catfish

Lures

Spinner Bait

Depth

1-5'

Method

Slow roll, Stop and go

Comments

No size to the bass, 12.5", Cat was about 8 lbs. The cat broke the wire on my spinner bait, pretty much ended the day.


Name: Jeff Banko
Email: vafishing@comcast.net
Date: 2/13/04
Time: 10:30 to 5

Place

Lower James River

Weather

light clouds and windy, 55 degrees air.

Water

Stained, Temp was 42 to 54.5 degrees

Locations

Fished most of the day up in the Appomattox River and it's cuts. The ended in the barge pits.

Fish

None, Zippo, big fat zilch

Lures

Spinnerbaits, Jig N Pig, Rat L Trap.

Depth

0 - 10 feety

Method

Tried to fish laydowns running lures along them and bumping them,

Comments

Thought would be a decent day. Fished the outgoing tide most of the day, then some slack and a little bit of the incoming. Had a few pick ups on the jig and a few light strikes at the Spinnerbait but no solid hook ups. Fished with Rick K. (followed each other around in our own boats) and he had no luck as well.


Name: Jeff Banko
Email: vafishing@comcast.net
Date: 02/19/05
Time: 12:00 to 6

Place

Lower James River

Weather

Clear sky but windy and cold. Maybe hit 40 today.

Water

Muddy, 42 - 44 degrees on main river and appomattox, 56.5 in the barge pits.

Locations

Appomattox and Barge Pits

Fish

2 largemouth one 4 one 3.5

Lures

Both fish caught on a chartreuse spinnerbait, also lost one on a rat l trap.

Depth

varied

Method

Pretty much used the spinner bait and rat l trap all day. Slow rolling both of them.

Comments

Not a bad day for February. Started out from 12 to 4 in the appomattox. Fished Pye Alley, and Conjurors neck with no success. Ran up to the barge pits to end the day and had a few hits and caught the two nice fish. Had the tide going out all day.


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