Lower James River November 2005

 


 

Name: Jeffrey Banko
Email:
Date: 11/28/05
Time: 1:00 - 4:00

Place

Lower James River

Weather

windy and cloudy but 71 degrees out

Water

very stained

Locations

Old Appomattox River Channel

Fish

1 LMB

Lures

Kreture bait

Depth

0 - 6 feet

Method

Comments

Wanted to get a few hours in today before my boat weny into the shop for some work. Only caught one dink and lost one small one. Think the rain the night before plus all of the frontal activity going on shut my hot bite down.


Name: Jeff Banko
Email:
Date: 11/27/05
Time: 11:00 - 4:00

Place

Lower James River

Weather

50 Degrees and clear, light breeze

Water

48.5 degress, stained

Locations

Old Channel Appomattox River

Fish

20 LMB

Lures

Creature Baits, Spinner Baits, Ring Worms

Depth

0 - 6 feet

Method

Fish around laydowns and other hard structure

Comments

fished with Rich K. and one of his buds, Marcello, today. I caught 12 LMB and Rich and Marcello each caught 4. Pretty awesome to have 20 fish in the boat at the end of November.


Name: Jeff Banko
Email: vafishing@comcast.net
Date: 11/23/05
Time: 12:00 to 4:0

Place

Lower James River

Weather

Windy, Windy, Windy, and cold 45 degrees

Water

never checked

Locations

Appommattox River Old Channel

Fish

8 LMB

Lures

Creature Baits and Dead Ringer worms in June Bug

Depth

0 - 5 feet

Method

Pitched the creature baits and the dead ringers around laydowns and along chunk rock walls.

Comments

Awesome day on the Appomattox today considering it was very cold and really windy. Caught 8 bass, biggest going around 4 pounds and several in the 2 - 3 range. Actually had probably 20 - 30 bites but the wind was just so bad it made it hard to get good hook ups. Anyway glad I froze my butt off it was worth it. Oh yeah, I know they proably won;t see it but want to say thanks to the 3 guys that helped me get my boat off of the bar. Really extreme low tide today caught me in it's arms, ughhhhh...


Name: Rich K
Email: wishiniwasfishi@verizon.net
Date: 11/20/05
Time: 9:00 - 3:00P

Place

Lower James River

Weather

Clear with high clouds

Water

53 deg Muddy water

Locations

Appomatox River, old channel, pye alley

Fish

11 LMB smallest was 12.5" biggest was 18"

Lures

Spinner bait and smallie beaver

Depth

1' - 12'

Method

Slow rolling/bouncing

Comments

fished last half outgoing tide, and first half incoming, was on fish from my first spot above Hopewell. Good day for me, but they havent quite move into the areas I like best.


Name: Jeff Banko
Email:
Date: 11/19/05
Time: 1:00 - 5:00

Place

Lower James River

Weather

clear skies, around 55 degrees out

Water

Locations

Dutch Gap Area

Fish

O

Lures

Shad and Bream

Depth

Method

Comments

Took a buddy to try and catch some cats today. Could not even catch bait. Looked everywhere and could not find any good concentrations of bait to catch with my cast net. Only managed four small shad and bream and did not catch anything on them.


Name: Ray
Email: v23842@aol.com
Date: 11/08/05
Time:

Place

Lower James River

Weather

warm & sunny

Water

clear

Locations

main river from Osborne landing to just below I-295 bridge and the barge yard

Fish

LMB

Lures

Crankbaits and spinner baits

Depth

10 ft. or less

Method

Comments

Caught only three today. I used to live on the river in the Fall and the fishing was exceptional then. For the last two years its less then desirable. I was told that the fishing would be back this Fall, but you can't prove it by me.


 

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