With less than 2 weeks to go in the season, the rockfish – big rockfish – are coming to net. Most, says Dr. Ken Neill, III, are coming from the mid-bay area in the vicinity of the Cut Channel, Range Tower, Buoys 40A to 54A. Keeper-sized fish are being caught everywhere with both the York and James producing. Large schools of small rockfish can be found under working birds throughout the bay. … [Read more...]
Brrrr!!!
Kerr Reservoir Bobcats Lake Country Store reports: Even with water temperatures in the mid 40’s to 50s, bass fishing has been good. Most fishermen are using shallow running crankbaits, Ratt-l-traps, jerkbaits and jigs. Fish have been holding on red clay banks and rocky points in 1 to 8 feet of water. Reports of good numbers of fish and 5 fish bags from 14 to 19 pounds have been coming … [Read more...]
Outdoor Report
From Mossy Creek The Rivers It is hard to believe that it is December already. This is the time of year when we can sometimes have the best musky bite of the year. We say sometimes because weather can be a big factor in just being able to get the boat in the water. If the weather plays nice enough and the rivers don’t ice over completely, the fishing can be awesome. The … [Read more...]
Stripers In The Chick
Mike Johncox at Riverside Camp says that nice size stripers are tugging on lines in the Chickahominy River. "We are catching plenty of 24-inch fish," he says. In addition, the catfish bite is still going strong with quite a few 20-30 pounders coming to net. Some even larger than that were also reported. The bass are being caught by anglers drifting large minnows at the mouths of major feeder … [Read more...]
Mossy Creek Report
Mountain Streams Winter weather is here and we have very low water conditions in all of Virginia’s mountain streams. We are giving the brook trout a break for the winter from guiding. This is just our personal choice to help protect our local populations of fish. Water levels are also very low and many fish are congregated in community pools until quality flow returns. Guiding will begin again … [Read more...]
Deer Season Off To a Bang
Hunter Spinks bagged this handsome buck in Fort Valley. According to VDGIF Deer Program Coordinator Matt Knox, the opening weekend electronic data from the early muzzle-loading season listed below shows that hunters had a very successful weekend. The weather was very good, the first really cool to cold day and very little wind. The electronic running total is comparable to last year, … [Read more...]
A Louisa County Buck
Owing to a mild winter and an abundant mast crop last year, some really nice deer are being harvested this fall. Among them was this buck taken by Samantha Romano in Louisa County with her muzzleloader. “Sam” bagged her trophy last Sunday morning (yes, Virginia, you can hunt on Sundays). The inside spread measured a whopping 22 ½-inches. Potomac River Another Great Week of … [Read more...]
Get Cranking
Potomac River Fish are on the move and can be found on remaining grass, and on hard cover. Water is slowly cooling down to the mid-50s, but back to the low 60s for the weekend. Shallow diving Lucky Craft 1.5 crankbaits will cover water and snap free from grass to trigger strikes. Use 12-pound test GAMMA Edge on a medium heavy cranking rod. Reel to the grass, pause and snap free, pausing … [Read more...]
Trout Fishing Heating Up
As the water temperatures drop, the opportunities for good trout fishing increase. Most streams are low, however, so cautious approaches are vital. The Lower Jackson remains a good choice. The water levels have been stable and trout to 12-inches are hitting small nymphs. The larger fish are more likely to go for a flashy streamer. The water is low and clear in the catch and release section … [Read more...]
It’s Crappie Time at Anna
Some huge fish have been caught at Lake Anna during October. Delbert Feaster was tossing a crankbait with bass on his mind, when the lure was intercepted by a 2-8 crappie. That’s a big crappie in anybody’s book. Gabe Scott landed an 8-10 citation largemouth earlier this month, one of the better bass caught this year at Anna. The striper bite is picking up as the water cools and the bait balls … [Read more...]
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