By Dr. Ken Neill, III Cobia fishing is nothing short of fantastic. Chumming is producing a lot of fish and when conditions allow, so is sight fishing. The big red drum are still around but most are now being caught by anglers targeting cobia. Some small to medium black drum showed in the James this week. Spanish mackerel are being caught in good numbers and size with some citation-sized macs … [Read more...]
Lake Anna Stripers
Striper fishing has turned on at Lake Anna in recent weeks. Anglers are catching them on top at first light, then trolling down to 26 feet and picking more fish up throughout the day. Shawn Blankenship, Rosalyn Rhoads and Tommy Clough combined to catch 9 nice stripers on a recent outing. On an earlier trip, Blankenship and Clough put 8 stripers up to 30-inches in the live well. Cody and Dave … [Read more...]
Trout Waters Update
Tom Reisdorf at Angler’s Lane reports: Jackson River Tailwater: Recent strong storms have brought the water levels up to ideal big fish levels. Kreelex streamers in silver, gold, copper and gold/copper fished on sink tips are the ticket right now. Period cicadas are all around the river right now and the big fish are taking them. Brook trout streams: Recent rains have brought the mountain … [Read more...]
Fish The Chick
The Chickahominy Lake near Providence Forge is one of the most productive lakes in Virginia. The 1,230-acre impoundment that serves as the water supply for Newport News has lots of cover in the form of lily pads, cypress trees and channel mouths. Anglers at the Chick never know what they will catch. The lake’s inhabitants include largemouth, crappie, shellcrackers, bluegills, yellow perch, channel … [Read more...]
Lake Orange Walleye
Darrell Kennedy of Angler's Landing (540.672.3997) at Lake Orange reports clear water with temperature in in the upper 60's and anglers are catching some nice walleye. Local angler Charlie Blankenship brought in a beautiful 24-inch 4 ½-pound walleye this week. Some saugeyes, a sauger-walleye cross, are showing up after having been stocked two summers past. Largemouth bass are hitting top water … [Read more...]
Lake Anna Report
At Lake Anna, the bass are hungry after a grueling spawn – and so are the crappie. Last Sunday at Anna Point, Preston Cox and Larry Wollersheim weighed in a bag of bass at 20.41 pounds. Their big fish went 6.52. Wayne Holder weighed in the best crappie in April at two pounds even while Kurt Hammerschmidt caught – and released – the best striper weighing 14 pounds, 9 ounces. Potomac … [Read more...]
What’s a Flier?
I was scanning through a recent Chickahominy Lake report by Capt. Art Conway and saw that his party had caught two fliers. I wasn’t exactly sure what a flier was, so I looked it up. As it turns out, I have caught a few of these interesting sunfish in the past, but I wasn’t sure at the time what they were. Here’s the scoop. The flier is a distinct and singular species of fish. It's not a … [Read more...]
May Showers, Good Fishing
Capt. Steve Chaconas doesn’t mind the rain when it comes to fishing on the Potomac. Steve says some big fish are being caught and if the weather holds up, this could be one of the best weeks of the year. While aggressive baits like Lucky Craft LVR D-7 lipless crankbaits are good to snap free from grass and slow rolling spinnerbaits and Chatterbaits will also produce, it's soft plastics in the … [Read more...]
Trout Report
Much needed rain this week has brought the mountain streams back to great fishing levels. Many flies are hatching including March Browns, Cahills and numerous caddis. Angler’s Lane in Lynchburg reports that the rainbows and browns in the lower Jackson are feasting on a good caddis hatch, which makes for more strikes. Try a Purple Haze, Green Monster or a Rubber Leg Stonefly for best results. … [Read more...]
Shad On The Run
Mark Scott of Charlottesville reports: I fished the Chickahominy River at Walker's Dam on April 18. Bob Kramer, also from Charlottesville, went with me. He had never been shad fishing, so that is now off of his bucket list. We fished with our guide, host and good friend, Jon Lamb, who did an incredible job of putting us on and keeping us on the fish. We had a consistent run of Hickory Shad, … [Read more...]
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