Lower James River March 2005

 


Name: Jeff Banko
Email: vafishing@comcast.net
Date: 3/26
Time: 6 - 11:30 am

Place

Lower James River

Weather

Cloudy and Breezy. Occasional light drizzle

Water

Muddy

Locations

Pye Alley on the Appomattox and Barge Pits

Fish

1 dink largemouth

Lures

jigs and spinnerbaits

Depth

1 - 10

Method

jig and trailer slow drag. Spinnerbait slow rolled

Comments

Tough day, water seemed way up was muddy with a good ammount of debris. Did not think we had that much rain the other day. Only fish I saw all day were on the spinnerbait. Had a few short strikes before I finally boated the dink. Probably could have caught more if could have used a trailer hook but so much garbage in the water made that undoable.

 


Name: gjd
Email:
Date: 3/25/05
Time: 7:00-3:00

Place

Lower James River

Weather

cool light wind 50

Water

55 stained, outgiong tide.

Locations

barge pitts

Fish

CAUGHT TWO, 1 1/2 LB AND 4 1/2 LB. many missed strikes

Lures

SPINNER BAITS AND RATTLE TRAPS

Depth

10 ft.

Method

BURNING RATTLE TRAPS OVER COVER. ROLLING SPINNER BAIT 1 FOOT BELOW THE SURFACE

Comments


Name: Rich K
Email:
Date: 03/22/05
Time: 1:30 - 5:30

Place

Lower James River (Appomatox)

Weather

Clear, w/light winds

Water

outgoing tide 52 deg avg

Locations

Pye Alley, old river channel

Fish

(2) striper, 5 - 7 Lbs

Lures

Super Fluke

Depth

1-2'

Method

Threw into where the birds were diving as a school passed by, and just light twitches of the rod tip.

Comments

Had a few pick ups while bass fishing with jig n' pig on channel points, but I haven't yet mastered the finesse style of fishing. I saw the birds diving and heading straight toward me as I was packing up, so I threw the fluke for the heck of it. The two Stripers were caught on consecutive casts. Made one more cast, and left for the day. I talked to two retired gents at the ramp while loading up, they had about 25 cats under 5 lbs.


Name: Bill
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 03/20/05
Time: 12-6pm

Place

Lower James River

Weather

mostly sunny, some showers

Water

pretty clear, outgoing tide the whole time

Locations

Osborne landing to the spray pits and all along in between

Fish

Catfished. Surprisingly, couldnt buy a bite.

Lures

Fresh shad and perch.

Depth

deep to shallow

Method

Comments

Well it was a pretty day on the river. Very nice sunset but I couldnt get a bit to save my life. Very unusual for this time of year. Even ran all the way up to the spray pits in the warm water. Lots of fish jumping up there but not catfish. It still beats sitting at home. Bill


Name: WLD Nitro
Email:
Date: 3-6-05
Time: 10:am 4:30pm

Place

Lower James River

Weather

Cool, Windy

Water

1 Ft

Locations

Barge Pits

Fish

One 3lb Bass

Lures

Crank Bait

Depth

3ft to 8ft

Method

Slow roll

Comments

We had 4 hits & my cousin findly caught one, the wind was no fun, nor was the tide, we fish mostly incoming, the first hr of outgoing he caught one. WLD Nitro

 

 

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