Thomas Klem

Thanks Long, I will definitely check it out!

Hey everyone, thanks for reading. Long story short I stepped on my BPS Extreme6'6" MHF and damaged the first guide and had to send it to get repaired. In the interim I put the reel on my back up, a Field And Stream Tech Spec 6'6" which I promptly snapped swingin a bass up on a bridge I was fishin off of. So now I'm down two rods and I want to replace/ upgrade the broken one while I wait for my repair. I need some suggestions on what to pair the reel with. Its a 6.3:1 ratio . I've been using it as kind of an all purpose most of the year, lately for jigs. I think I want to go with a 7' of some sort. I'm trying to stay under $100.00 and I've read good things about the St. Croix Triumph and Mojo rods. Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Also, any thoughts an inexspensive backup would be great. I have an old Silvermax reel (my first baitcaster) to go on it. Thanks everyone in advance for your help.

Thanks Senile

If you get out let me know how it goes. I'm thinking about making a trip down there and it'd be nice to have a heads up.

Thanks for the tip and the link. I tried to search for the instructions last night and couldn't find them. I also couldn't get the photos off Facebook. For some reason I didn't get the option to copy location when I right clicked a photo. I did the same thing with my gallery on here in a separate window and it worked so I guess thats good. Have you fished A.P. Hill recently? I wondered how it would be in the late fall and winter. Bullocks Pond July 09 This one came out of the Occoquan Res near my house.

Thanks bassfshr

Glenn, thanks for the welcome.... Endless we got out late after switching the wheel bearings out on my buddy's boat trailer. I got two on a 1/4 pumpkin/black jig with a twin tail grub trailer. I fought oe out of a downed tree that might have been my best this year but I didn't have the drag setting right and just as I got him to the boat he rolled and got loose. Gonna hit it up again next Friday if the weather. How do you get multiple photos loaded without going over the size limit?

I haven't fished Laser Range, Smoots or Whites. I've heard Beaver Dam is supposed to have some big fish but I've never had any luck. The one and only bowfin I've ever caught was at Bowies, probably 2#. I found a pic of my biggest bas out of the base at Bullocks. Caught it on a wacky rigged Senko in Pumkin orange if I remember correctly. I really wanna try to fish lower Travis from a boat and I have to imagine Lunker Hole might be good cause it's pretty seclued so I don't think it's probably seen a lot of pressure. My dad trained out there when he was in the army and he claims he still has other maps somewhere that show all the dirt roads and even more ponds that aren't on the normal map. I'm gto pick up gonna try to pick up a small trailer for my boat this winter so I can get it back down there again. We're going after LMB tomorrow at Belmont Bay and the Occoquan part of the river. I've heard there are also stripers to to be caught this time of year so that would be a bonus.

Hey Sam and Endless thanks for the welcome. I am hitting the Potomac tomorrow. Ill add some pics and a note if we have any success. I'm still figuring out the cold weather fishing but I think I hae a few ideas that might work... Endless I grew up fishing A.P Hill. I have a 12" jon that I used to throw in the back of my truck(before I sold the truck) and take down there. Travis is great from the boat and I've had a lot of luck at Bowies and Bullocka ponds. I havent fished Whites as I thought there were regulations on it being open due to training. I will definitely check it out. The kayak thing sounds like a great idea. Let me know if you come across any good deals.

endless.. thanks for the welcome. I noticed your from bowling green. Being an army brat I cut my bass fishing teeth at the base down there when I was about the same age as the little one in your pic. Awful lot of pond hopping to do there.

Lets see... I've lived in northern VA almost all my life. I just got back in to fishing with in the last two years, for the most part from shore. I am currently engaged in heavy negotiations with the wife on the subject of getting a boat and hopefully soon I will have her convinced. I do the majority of fishing either in the Potomac River between Prince William County and Washington D.C. my two most used rods are a Bass Pro Pro Qualifier on a Bass Pro 6'6" Crankin Stick medium (yeah I know they talked me in to it in the store) and I Quantam 1100 CXE on a Bass Pro Extreme 6'6" medium action. I hope to learn a lot from the folks on here and share the little bit of wisdom I have.

Hello all, I'm gonna be fishing out of Belle Haven next Sunday and I'm looking for some ideas on locations and patterns for this time of year. Last year I had some success around this time with crank baits and wacky rigged senkos on the submerged concrete and at the dock at Blue Plains, but I want to get some ideas on other baits or locations that will produce this time of year. Any help would be great. Thanks.

alex... I don't know much about Fountain Head but I try to stop at Lakeridge once a week on my way home from work and I can tell you it is tough. There is a lot of pressure. The last couple weeks I've been skunked more than I would like and if I catch two in two hours I consider the day a success. It's still nice to put a line in for an hour or two.

I've had luck lately with small jigs with craw trailers in 6 to 8 feet of water. In the Potamac it depends a lot on the tides. in non tidal waters I've had more luck late morning to early afternoon. Hope this helps.