big poppa Posted July 30, 2014 Author Posted July 30, 2014 Next time if it's not a tournament or if you see me by myself, roll on over and I'll show you a little more on what I'm doing and throwing! I'm more than willing to help anyone out on the res! Â ^And that is why Quan is the best!^ 1 Quote
quanjig Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Thanks! It's really all about time on the water, I've been fishing the res now since the early 80's and things are really starting to click! There are an bunch of very, very talented anglers that fish out there that I pale in comparison to when it comes to success on the res!! I want everyone to catch fish and have fun out there, a lot of the guys want to keep all the res secrets to themselves, I will show anyone things to try and places to try, but you're on your own after that!!! 1 Quote
Super User Choporoz Posted July 30, 2014 Super User Posted July 30, 2014 Next time if it's not a tournament or if you see me by myself, roll on over and I'll show you a little more on what I'm doing and throwing! I'm more than willing to help anyone out on the res! Â Much appreciated!!! 1 Quote
big poppa Posted July 30, 2014 Author Posted July 30, 2014 Is anyone heading out tomorrow? Ill be heading out of Lake Ridge around 8. Quote
The Bream Reaper Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 I'm heading out saturday morning for sure. interested to see if this cold front has changed anything at all... Quote
big poppa Posted August 1, 2014 Author Posted August 1, 2014 Caught two decent fish and a biggin today near Jacob's Rock. Got a picture that I cant figure how to upload without cutting off the tail 3 Quote
DelfiBoyz_One_and_Only Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 Confirmed and official there are snakeheads on the rez now. One was caught during today's tournament. Although it is legal to catch and release now please kill and eat them or give them away dead!!! transporting them alive is still illegal. J- 3 Quote
The Bream Reaper Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 how was the tourney yesterday?  i was out sat and sun morning till about noon both days.  saturday found 3 decent fish deep but lost them all (one on crank and 2 on football jig)..only got a look at one who i lost at the boat but the other 2 i'm assuming were solid since i got bit sitting in what i would guess was about 20-25 foot of water...caught some up shallow on hard cover all morning both days though on square bills and soft plastics...biggest shallow fish was around 2 lbs...everything else was short or in the 1 lb range.  I was working hard sunday to find good fish deep but just couldn't find them or couldn't get them to bite...probably combination of both.  i was around some tourney guys yesterday up by old dam...didn't look like they could find any holding deeper either.  I had to resort to flipping senkos (green pumpkin) to shallow hard cover and dead sticking them the rest of the morning since my hand was cramped up from throwing 3/4 oz football heads and deep diving crank baits for 3 hours.  One really good take-away/lesson I learned though was I'm pretty sure i found 3 or 4 good spots that hold quality fish deep...so without depth finder, i'm fairly confident i can go back and catch some fish offshore.  so if you're like me and want to fish the rez more but don't have electronics, PM me and I'll share what i know. Quote
Super User Choporoz Posted August 4, 2014 Super User Posted August 4, 2014 Thanks for the report, Bream! Congrats on recent successes, Poppa and Delfi!  I went out of Fountainhead late Saturday for a few hours. Fishfinder immediately died. One thing I've learned as I spend more time on this water is that I really need that piece of gear. So, I was basically blind --tried to get near spots I thought I knew and tossed jigs and DD22's for about 3 hours and had three 1.5lb bass to show for it. All three fish came when the wind died completely so I could see and chase baitballs -- then drag a crank underneath. If the bait started to boil, I ran over and worked it. Not the most efficient way to fish, lol.  Bream, I'd be more than happy to discuss what little I know about O anytime. Should take about 2 minutes... 1 Quote
big poppa Posted August 4, 2014 Author Posted August 4, 2014 Confirmed and official there are snakeheads on the rez now. One was caught during today's tournament. Although it is legal to catch and release now please kill and eat them or give them away dead!!! transporting them alive is still illegal. J- Where was it caught at? Quote
DelfiBoyz_One_and_Only Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 In the shore grass on topwater bait. J- Quote
Eddie-NoVA Posted August 8, 2014 Posted August 8, 2014 heading out tomorrow morning to explore some new spots. Think im gonna head south. Ill be in my light blue john boat with a suzuki outboard. feel free to say hi if you see me. Quote
The Bream Reaper Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 hit us up with a report when if get a chance. Â may try to get out there tomorrow morning. Quote
Eddie-NoVA Posted August 10, 2014 Posted August 10, 2014 water is down 1-2ft. Caught a couple in the morning in flats. pods of bait everywhere. One of them was choking on a gizzard shad and belly was so full it looked like it was about to pop. Caught a couple more and went home. dink fest for me today. Quote
DelfiBoyz_One_and_Only Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 Anyone been out lately? I hear it's iced coffee out there. J Quote
Super User Choporoz Posted August 16, 2014 Super User Posted August 16, 2014 We plan to give it a shot tomorrow Quote
DelfiBoyz_One_and_Only Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 I heard it was milky but tough. Let us know how you do choporoz. J- Quote
big poppa Posted August 18, 2014 Author Posted August 18, 2014 Went out Thursday with a friend and we caught 13 or so combined including the chunk in the my picture. The water was really clear. Went out today with my dad and we caught two a piece. Fishing was tougher today but the and the water clouded up a little. The biggins look like they are coming out to play as the water cools a bit Quote
big poppa Posted August 18, 2014 Author Posted August 18, 2014 It didnt seem to update so here it is anyway. 2 Quote
FinesseFishing Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 Nice fish. I'm new here so I don't many good spots there yet. Quote
big poppa Posted August 18, 2014 Author Posted August 18, 2014 As I believe it was mentioned earlier fish the spots that are named on the map first (jacobs rock, nates point, sandy run etc.) However, the rez is a huge place and has many different spots that fit almost any style of fishing. At some point I would like to get a group together and fish together. Possibly have a little bass resource tourney. 2 Quote
Super User Choporoz Posted August 18, 2014 Super User Posted August 18, 2014 Nice fish, BP! Wife and I spent a lot of hours out there yesterday and just a few dinks to show for it. Nice day, though. As we trolled past Fountainhead, we did see a couple tourny fishermen releasing some hawgs. No clue what they were doing different. Except for range, of course. We are limited by trolling motors, so never get very far up. Worked flats, ledges, banks, Ryans Dam, points....etc. What little we did catch was on cranks and swim jigs.  Biggest fish of the day, by far, was one of the stranger catches of the year. Pulled in a four pound cat. He hit a DD22. Don't think that's ever happened to me before...lol. Quote
quanjig Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 Another snakehead was caught during the tournament yesterday!! Quote
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