Respondent Name: = Wayne P.
Respondent Email Address: = purdum43@aol.com
Place Fished: = Smith Mountain Lake
Date Fished: = 9/25/04
Time Fished: = 7:00-3:00
Weather Conditions: = Sunny/Calm/78 degrees
Water Conditions: = 3' visibility
Water Temp.: = 74
Locations Fished: = Roanoke arm between R30 and R50. Boat docks in coves with
lots of shad.
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 16 bass, all under 14 inches
Types of lures/bait: = Zoom finesse worm
Custom hand pour finesse worm
Method/Presentation: = Wacky rigged Zoom
Split shot rigged custom
Depths fished: = 5-20 feet
Additional Comments: = Club tournament. Couldn't get any over 14 inches landed
though did hook 3 good sized ones that jumped and threw the hook. Culled up to
the two just under 14" for my only two tournament keepers. Many hits by
warmouth in shallow depths and landed 9 of those.
Respondent Name: = Andy Puckett
Respondent Email Address: = puckett90@yahoo.com
Place Fished: = Smith Mountain Lake
Date Fished: = 08/29/04
Time Fished: = 8:00 - 11:00
Weather Conditions: = Sunny and hot
Water Conditions: = clear
Water Temp.: = n/a
Locations Fished: = Upper Blackwater
Types of fish caught and sizes: = Large Mouth(2)
Crappie (1)
Flathead Catfish (1)
Types of lures/bait: = Bandit baby bass crankbait
Method/Presentation: = Stop and Go along rocks banks next to deep water
Depths fished: = 5 - 10 ft
Additional Comments: = All in all a rahte slow morning. The catfish was quite a
supprise. It was caught in about 3 ft of water. The bad thing was that he
completely swallowed the bait and when I tried to grab him, he thrached and
broke the line. Not too bad for a fish that I quess would go 25 - 30 lbs.
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