Mrpokey00

this may seem like the obivious answer, but the same thing happened to me and I was stumped also. Check the transducer that you installed on your boat to make sure its pointing in the correct position. It's possible you hit a stump or something and it moved.

I know everyone has small local companies in their area that produces lures and locally they are the hot bait, but nationally hardly anyone has ever heard of them. I just curious what these baits are for you guys. For me, I grew up in Hampton Raods, Virginia and there's a guy that makes homemade soft plastics, His business is called "Worminator", and I just moved back from the Atlanta area, and I caught a ton of bass on a jig made near Marietta called a Spanky jig. Which reminds me if anyone knows how I can get some Spanky Jigs ordered online, please let me know. Thanks!

I tried soft plastics, throwing a texas rigged lizard into wood, and a senko to the same. The senko was ok, it caught some fish, all small. The lizard I never had a bite on. The crankbait was a No 5 Shad Rap, the Spinnerbait was a 1/4 oz homemade spinnerbait, with a chartreuse/white skirt. Next time I'll crank the whole time, especially every bit of wood I see. As to where to go, I didn't have any spots really I just fished it all. I've heard though that a good number of big bass are by the dam.

I went there yesterday to try it out, and it was interesting to say the least. I was told the average depth of the lake is between 6 - 8 ft, with the deepest spot around 16 - 18. Heard it was stocked with bass, bluegill, shellcracker, pike, white and yellow perch, and crappie, along with catfish. Anyway the weather wasn't my friend and a cold front came through, which just shut the fish down. I did manage to get 6 bass though, 4 small, and 2 about 2 lbs. All the bass were caught on either a spinnerbait or crankbait. I thought a senko would be the ticket, but never got a bit on it. The lake looks awesome, lotsa fallen trees, rocks, points, wooden bridges, etc I'd love to get a depth finder in there. Heard from a few of the regulars that usually you can get a bass of 3 -4 lbs a trip, and every bass over that weight looks like footballs. Everyone agrees that there is way to many shad in the lake, but VDGIF are discussing the stocking of hybrid stripers, boy that would be fun.

Anything? Its located behind the Mariners Museum. I believe its like 173 acres.

Has anyone fished this lake? I'm lived in Portsmouth all my life and know a great deal about all the suffolk lakes, but I never hear much about this lake. I'm very interested in fishing it. Does anyone have any experience here? Thanks!