Lake Anna Fish are turning on at Lake Anna. In the Big Fish contest at Anna Point, Mike Harper has a 1-8 crappie; Tom Lernihan has a 7-4 striper and Jeremy Cash put an 8-1 largemouth on the scales. During a 3-19 tournament, Ken Pressley and Mike Hicks combined for an impressive limit of bass totaling 24.61. The big’un went 7.51. Crappie are making their move to shallow water and many are … [Read more...]
Crappie Time
Lake Anna Fish are turning on at Lake Anna. In the Big Fish contest at Anna Point, Mike Harper has a 1-8 crappie; Tom Lernihan has a 7-4 striper and Jeremy Cash put an 8-1 largemouth on the scales. During a 3-19 tournament, Ken Pressley and Mike Hicks combined for an impressive limit of bass totaling 24.61. The big’un went 7.51. Crappie are making their move to shallow water and many are … [Read more...]
All Puffed Up
Nags Head TW’s reports: On Wednesday, two inshore boats fished and caught puffers and shark. The water temp is 48 degrees. One offshore boat fished and returned early with a few yellowfin. Jennette’s Pier anglers caught skate and dogfish. The sound boaters caught and released stripers on Tuesday. That’s good news. In Albemarle Sound, the limit for stripers is 2 per person per day at 18” … [Read more...]
Old Golf Jokes
Bud, an avid golfer, sets off on a round-the-world trip in his new boat, but winds up veering off course and gets lost. He drifts onto a deserted island, where he is stranded, all alone. Months go by and there's no sign of rescue, and not even a soccer ball to keep him company. Then one day Bud sees a beautiful mermaid coming out of the surf, heading straight toward him. The mermaid stops … [Read more...]
What’cha Got Potato Casserole
Sometimes it’s fun to just wing it when it comes time to cook. Not everything has to go by a recipe, you know. Sometimes you can just use what’cha got. A couple nights ago we were having barbeque chicken, and by the way, I never make my Carolina barbeque sauce the same way twice. Some batches are better than others, but they’re always good. I decided I wanted some potatoes, maybe a casserole … [Read more...]
Riverfest – Saturday April 30
Mark your calendars! The 2016 Riverfest and the Year of the Osprey is coming to Waynesboro on Saturday, April 30. Programs and activities will start at 10 AM and continue throughout the day. This free annual event takes place riverside at Constitution Park South in Waynesboro, VA. Activities include canoe rides, Reptile World shows, Stream Safari, presentations by the Wildlife Center of … [Read more...]
A Trip To Mountain Lake
Sherman Shifflett If you have never been to Mountain Lake Lodge (where "Dirty Dancing" was filmed), it is worth a visit. Ava and I spent last Thursday night there. Mountain Lake is seven miles up a mountain off Rt. 460, west of Blacksburg, in Giles County. The lake sprung a leak and doesn't have much water in it now. I understand that it drains about every hundred years or so. … [Read more...]
Retail Vacancy Report
By Jay Reeves Retail space is limited in Charlottesville, reports Jay Reeves, a commercial Realtor with Bob Kahn Realty & Investment. The Barracks Road vacancies dropped from 7 available stores to 1 between July 2015 and Jan. 2016. Far below the national average of 9.10%, Charlottesville's rate of vacancies is a healthy and low 3.31%. Five of the six retail areas … [Read more...]
Easter Memories
Boomers remember Easter Sunday as one of the special days of the year, ranking right up there with Christmas, Thanksgiving and your birthday. Today, not so much. On Easters past, nearly everyone went to church, dressed to the nines in their Sunday best. The girls wore new Easter dresses with crispy crinolines, the boys sported new suits and ties (clip-on, of course) and all the moms wore … [Read more...]
Saugeye Caught at Lake Anna
On March 12, Dyllon Kincer brought what looked to be a nice walleye to the Anna Point Marina scales. But it wasn’t a walleye. It was a saugeye. A saugeye is a hatchery-produced hybrid - a cross between a female walleye and a male sauger, and they are well suited for reservoirs such as Anna. Although saugeye are a cross between walleye and sauger, they often behave differently than walleye, … [Read more...]
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