ame: russell holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 04/25/08
Time: 3:30 - 7:30
Amelia Lake
sunny, wind light & variable, temp. 80
temp. 68 - 73, visibility 3' - 4'
lower end of lake
14 bass, largest was 27.25", 10.3 lb
wacky worm, T-Rig worm, Bandit 100 & 200 crankbait
1' - 8'
I was throwing the worm in shallow water and in the grass and the crankbait in water 4' - 8', but the monster hit the wacky worm in about 5' of water and took off.
I saw some nice 3 to 5 lbers swimming around but couldn't get them to bite. I didn't see the big one until after I hooked it. I did catch a couple of nice 2 lbers which was good for Amelia
Name: BassHound
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Date: 4/25/08
Time: 10am 7:00pm
75acre residential lake
Sunny
67-70 degrees 1'-2' visability
shoreline of entire lake
84 Bass 7" - 20" 5 were over 15"
zoom finesse worm(63), zoom trick worm(17), spinner bait(4)
1' - 6'
wacky rigged and weedless wacky rigged the worms
I ran out of finesse worms after going through 2 bags. I had to resort to trick worms.
Name: Bill
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Date: 04-25
Time: 10am-5pm
Hunting Run
sunny, warm
clear and the color of iced-tea. Very good vis towards the dam
from the rip rap to 3/4 the way to the dam. Around the blue paddle boat and in most coves.
2 blue gill, 7 lmb, 1 chain pickeral
crank bait, Zoom trick worm texas rigged in plum apple color
Weather was awesome. I had high hopes after Waynes report but I thought the fishing was kind of tough. All the bass were small although I did see a bruiser cruising but it wouldnt bite. Best fish of the day was a huge chain pickeral about 5 lbs. Would have been a citation if it had not shaken off the crank bait at the boat as I was admiring it. I should have brought a net. Got a nice farmers tan.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04/24/08
Time: 6-8pm
pond
sunny and warm
Zoom trick worm and Zoom 10" curly tail worm. Texas rigged.
Had a bunch of small bites on the 10" worm. Probably small fish. No hook sets. Switched to the trick worm. Hooked only one large bass, swirled on top then came loose. Did not land anything.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 04/24/08
Time: 8:00-6:30
Hunting Run Lake
Sunny 80 degrees
Slight stain (pollen) 5' visibility, 62-74 degrees
Most of the lake shorelines and submerged humps
122 bass and 4 large shellcrackers-largest bass 4-10 with the best 5 weighing 17#-10 ounces
Zoom finesse worm, soft swimbait, hard swimbait, Shad Rap
2'-8'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm weedless and exposed point. Targeted submerged stumps and bass beds
5 other boats on the lake today.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 4/22&23
Time: 6-8pm
Private Pond
nice, sunny, warm
LMB, Catfish
Mepps Aglia #5 rooster tail, Zoom trick worm (My favorite plastic worm) new color "plum apple" weightless texas rig
Fished the last 2 late afternoons. Tuesday caught 5 bass to 5.0lbs. Wednesday, 3 bass and a catfish. 5 lber had the head and one front leg of a huge bull frog sticking out of her gullet. Amazing how they dont even finish swallowing before they are feeding again. She hit that frog from behind by the way it was going down. Still not catching the numbers but the ones I am catching are good size. I have caught post-spawn fish but i dont think they have all gone shallow yet. Im just not getting the numbers on the banks yet.
Name: BassHound
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Date: 4/18/08
Time: 10:00- 6:00
Lake Gordonsville(Bowlers Mill)
Sunny
1'-2' visability 63-69 degrees
most of the lakes shore line
25 Bass - 8 over 15" - largest was 22"
Zoom Finesse Worm
1' - 6'
Weedless Wackey Rig
The entire lakes shoreline is covered with dollor pads. I lost several huge fish in them. There were spawning bass everywhere!
Name: BassHound
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Date: 04/17/08
Time: 10:00 - 6:00
Rivanna Rservoir
Sunny
1'-3' visability 61-69 degrees
Upper side of 743 bridge
23 Bass 7" - 14"
Zoom Finesse Worm
1' - 6'
Wacky Rig and Weedless Wacky Rig
Name: BassHound
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Date: 04/10/08
Time: 8:30 - 4:00
Chris Greene Reservoir
Partly Cloudy
3' - 5'
Shoreline of entire lake
33 Bass 7" - 13"
Zoom Finesse Worm
1' - 6'
Wacky Rig and Weedless Wackey Rig
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04-17-08
Time: 12-4pm
some pond
Beautiful day. Sunny and warm.
stained
1 LMB, 5.5lbs, 21". 2 bullhead catfish
10" culprit worm, Junebug color with a weighted hook.
I have not caught the numbers lately but all the bass I have caught have been big. I took a buddy with me today and he did not catch anything. I had a few bites that didnt get that big worm all the way down so I missed the hook set. I saw one bass hanging out and threw to it. I shakey headed that big worm in front of him and he bit but didnt get the hook. He didnt move and I tried a few more times but he wasnt having it. These things may be smarter than we think.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 04/16/08
Time: 10:00-5:00
Chris Green Lake
Sunny 70 degrees, calm
Slight stain, 58-66 degrees
The dam riprap, and mid to upper end
29 bass, largest 7-4
Finesse worm, crankbait
2'-10'
Weedless and exposed point wacky rigged the worm Used the worm on the shorelines with sun exposure and cranked the creek channel edges. Caught the largest one beside a log in 4' depth with the finesse worm
Some beds visible but not occupied
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04-14-08
Time: 6pm-8pm
golf course pond 2 and 3
pc, cool
none at all
spinner bait
I dont get it. I fished for two hours with only one fish making a glancing smack and a miss at my bait. Fish were feeding heavily and breaking water all over but they didnt want what I was throwing. I saw one very large bass explode on something and come all the way out of the water with a huge splash. Scared me lol. I wont guess on what it weighed but looked like a trophy to me. A co-worker of mine fished Hunting Run yesterday in the cold. They caught 15 dinks and a catfish and bluegill or two.
Name: Russell Holmes
Email: rholmes910@aol.com
Date: 4/12/08
Time: 8 - 6
Hunting Run Reservoir
cloudy to raining to cloudy to partly cloudy; wind 15 - 25 & gusting
temp.56 to 64 degrees, visibil. 2' to 4'
most of the lake
50 bass (5.4lb & 2.4 lb and the rest were 12" and smaller. Lost a lot of fish (mostly small ones).
wacky worm, Bandit 100 & 200, Big O, T-Rig worm
2' to 10'
I fished both windward side and the coves out of the wind. The 5lber came on the side out of the wind and the 2lber came on the side with the wind. Both were on the wacky worm. Half of the fish came off of worm and half off of crankbait.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04/11/08
Time: 3pm-630pm
Golf Course Pond
sunny, windy
stained
wacky worm, crank bait, spinner bait
Ok I thought after 2 days of 80* weather the bass would be on fire. Nope. I didnt even get a bite. Not one.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 04/10/08
Time: 9:30-7:00
Hunting Run Lake
Mostly sunny, 70 degrees, slight breeze
Slight stain 55-70 degrees
Most of the lake
90 bass-largest 4-2, 6 bluegills
Zoom finesse worm, spinnerbait, crankbait, Zoom 4" curlytail worm
2'-10'
Wacky rigged the finesse worm weedless and exposed point, Tx. rigged the curlytail worm. Fished the down wind shorelines in the warmest water.
10 boats on the lake today. Saw a few beds in coves towards the dam where the warmest water was, it's just getting started. I stuck around 25 more bass that got off, they were real small ones.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04-07-08
Time: 615pm-715pm
Golf Course ponds 2 and 3
cold, cloudy
stained from rains
3 LMB. 1#, 4.5#, 2.5#
Craw jig, Black spinner bait.
I fished a jig for about 1 minute. Just not comfortable with a jig. Switched back to my Spring "go to" bait and caught a 1 lber on the first cast with it. Fished with it another 30 minutes and caught a 4.5 lber that I think was the same fish I caught the other day. Same spot. About 10' from the bank in a cove. First two were in pond 2. Saw a fish bust in pond 3 and ran over to cast to it. After 3 casts I caught the 2.5 lber. By then my hands were freezing so I gave up.
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04-04-08
Time: 6pm-8pm
pond 2
p/c, sunset, VERY WINDY!
wind blown
coves, fairly shallow
5 LMB
WHITE spin bait
I decided to try a white spin bait just for the heck of it. I caught a fish on the first cast. Caught 4 more in the first hour then nothing. No size to the fish. See? I was right. The big fish like the black spin bait and the little ones like the white ;)
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 04/02/08
Time: 10:00-6:00
Hunting Run Lake
Partly cloudy high 62, breezy
3' visibility, 52-59 degrees
Mostly mid lake
24 bass, largest 4 pounds 12 ounces
Finesse worm, Trap, spinnerbait, suspending jerkbait, jig, lizzard, Chatterbait
1'-20'
Weedless wacky rigged the worm, Carolina rigged the lizzard Fished down wind coves and shorelines Caught the biggest one with the jerkbait on a steep drop and caught the most with the finesse worm
I was the only one there until mid afternoon. 5 boats on the lake when I left. When I arrived, it was cloudy and the air temp was in the 40's and breezy
Name: Bill
Email:
Date: 04/02/08
Time: 6pm-730pm
The ponds 1 and 2
clear, cool
Tried ponds 1 and 2
2 LMB from pond the second pond. 4.5lbs and 4.5lbs. They could have been twins.
black spinner bait
2 nice bass. One was in a shallow cove, the other was deeper in another cove.