Name: Rich K.
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Date: 5/14/05
Time: 3:30 PM- 9PM
Appomatox River
Clear skies, wind gusts to 20MPH
Dingy, 74deg
Conjours Neck
Bream, small bass, and 1 catfish
Live nightcrawlers
5-7'
Sink and wait
Took my two 5 yr olds out for a while, I never even took my poles out. We caught about 50 small bream, and a few small bass as well as 1 catfish that broke off at the side of the boat (my fault, bad knot). The kids were extatic, if you were in the area you probably heard us hoopin' and hollerin'. The action was so fast near sunset that I had to cut them down to one shared pole instead of both having one. My daughter did everything herself except bait the hook, and my son wouldn't hold his fish because they were "icky", but we still had a great time. I got lots of good pics for the album.
Name: Bill
Email: BigFishAddict@aol.com
Date: 05/03/05
Time: 1230-430pm
Lower James River
Sunny,and of course, windy
outgoing tide
All my usual favorites around Dutch Gap, then tried a new spot on Jones Neck loop.
Blue catfish. 5lbs - 50+lbs.
Cut eel.
flats and cover,slackwater pools. 2-20Ft
Carolina rig,and gotta have a red bead. 5 rods,fan pattern. Has to be a Gamakatsu 8/0 circle hook, man those things work!
Caught a few 5 and 6 pounders at my usual spots. Nothing big. Then I spotted a nice big slack water pool off a point in the Jones Neck loop. Put the boat on shore and threw out 4 lines. We were actually out on the shore streching our legs when a rod went down hard.Jumped back in and pushed off.Im not gonna lie, it wasnt a pretty fight,boat was in the branches, lines and rods tangled everywhere, my girlfriend struggling to get the net free from tangles.Then the fish got wrapped in a blowdown. Long story short, I landed my biggest catfish yet. It pegged my 50lb scale and measured 46"! My girlfriend, Sandy, I couldnt have done it without her winding in the other lines, guiding the boat, and netting it like a pro. After all, it was her idea to go fishing today!
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