The Chickahominy Lake is among Virginia’s most scenic bodies of water. Home to a multitude of fish and a variety of wildlife, cypress trees line the shore of the Chick and extend out into the water. Boats and kayaks can explore the inlets and lagoons and never be disappointed. The lake is a 1230-acre water supply reservoir located along the New Kent-Charles City county line. This impoundment of … [Read more...]
A Visit to Mountain Greens
One good thing about being too poor to afford a golf membership at a ritzy country club is that you get to play a lot of different courses. And for those frugal golfers who invest a few bucks in a VSGA card each spring, you can often play some great courses at a fraction of the normal greens fees. Kevin and Greg, two of my regular golf amigos, wanted to play a different course last week and … [Read more...]
Southern Fried Bluegills
I am aware of a certain fish that you can’t buy in a store, yet there is no more flavorful fish found anywhere. Furthermore, they are basically free. All you have to do is catch them, or have someone catch them for you. The fish I speak of is a bluegill, which is classified as a game fish in Virginia; therefore they cannot be sold commercially. Bluegills, sometimes referred to as “bream” in … [Read more...]
Action On The James
James River/Scottsville Chris Wilkes at James River Runners Hatton Ferry reports that after a slow spring, fishing-wise, things are looking up on the James River. “I've had a few reports of great top water action on some of the smaller rivers where temps are probably a bit higher, but still they are still few and far between on the James,” Chris noted. “The big ones are starting to wake up if … [Read more...]
The Art of Putting
A golf hole is 4 1/4-inches wide. A golf ball is much smaller, a couple inches or so. So it should be a fairly easy task to knock a small ball into the much larger hole when the ball is lying at rest on a manicured, bent grass green. This is called putting, a part of the game that makes golfers wake up in cold sweats on hot summer nights. Daryl Daughtrey, a retired PGA Head Golf Professional, … [Read more...]
Miss Karen Fishing
www.misskarencharterfishing.com For 34 years, Dr. Dick Whitehill paid the rent with his scalpel. He was a noted orthopedic surgeon for the University of Virginia Hospital. But for the past three years, since retirement, the doctor changed uniforms. Instead of scrubs, he now has a Penn baseball cap, a pair of well-worn jeans, and he fishes for a living. Capt. Dick Whitehill is a … [Read more...]
Ritzy Squash
Sometimes, well many times, I like to root around in the kitchen and see what’s available, then cook that. No recipe, just instincts. Sometimes my wife wishes I hadn’t use a particular instinct, but for the most part, the food is edible and occasionally delicious. Such was the case last week when I cooked up a batch of Ritzy Squash. I had four small, yellow squash from Kroger’s - young squash, … [Read more...]
A Visit to Lake Moomaw
Lake Moomaw, in the Alleghany Highlands of western VA is an untapped treasure. Located far from any significant metropolitan area, the pristine lake is never crowded, there are no shoreline homes, the scenery is breathtaking, and wildlife and fishing opportunities abound. Moomaw’s 2,530 acres are home to an amazing variety of gamefish. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, stocked trout (brown, … [Read more...]
Squashing Squash Borers
More and more families are establishing vegetable gardens in their backyards, and some are even digging up space in the front yards where there may be more sunlight. The reasons for the implosion in the number of small gardens are numerous. For starters, home raised vegetables are far less expensive than those bought at the store. In addition, the trend towards organic foods is on the upswing. … [Read more...]
Stripers at Anna
It was a one-for-the-record-books striper trip for Jim Hemby, a striper guide at Lake Anna. Here is his report for Saturday May 9: Today Tony and I both had trips with Doug Myers and his company. We caught bait early and both started fishing at the same location. Tony put out a spread of boards and headed uplake, and I put out a bunch of down lines and headed down. My boat went through 130 … [Read more...]
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