Hunting Run Va

[Derek84]

The storm last week put a hurting on water temps and fish behavior on the lake. Just wondering if anyone else has been fishing Hunting Run and how your day(s) on the water went. So far my best this year was 8.5lbs on the lake, how about you? Planning on getting out on Friday. 

[madweazl]

Recently moved to VA and was planning on hitting Hunting Run on Friday with a buddy of mine. I've never been and was curious about where I should head and what to expect? Looks like a cool area.

[Wayne P.]

I fished there Tursday 16th and Sat.18th. The water temp ranged from 60 to 66 degrees. Caught a total of 58 bass the two days with a 6-7 and and 6-12 on Sat.

Saw some beds Sat.

[madweazl]

Dang, I havent had 58 in my life lol. 

[flyfisher]

Dang, I havent had 58 in my life lol. 

 

Wayne is a machine!!

[Wayne P.]

Dang, I havent had 58 in my life lol. 

 

Look at the map I made of the lake in the check-in shed.

 

You can get that on your smartphone with the Navionics Mobile App or for your sonar/GPS unit with either 

Navionics Hotmaps Platinum or Navionics+ with the Sonar Charts layer.

 

This is part of it:

 

[quanjig]

Thanks Wayne! That is deffinatly something everyone should have if fishing hunting run. I was fortunate enough to fish there the second day it was open to the public and it was a day I will remember the rest of my life! Between myself and the guy I was fishing with, we probably had close to 80 fish with at least half of those fish over 4lbs with a dozen or so over 5! Lost a couple really big fish as well. Water was probably 10-12 ft lower that day than current levels but I do remember quite a few areas that had magical cover and structure! Your map will help me to reconstruct those memories!!

Nothing like hooking a good fish and have 4 bigger fish follow it to the boat!!

[Choporoz]

Wow.   I spent a lot of time there two and three years ago.  I really liked it.  Good numbers, but I don't think I ever cracked 3#.  I need to run back down.   Thanks, Wayne.

[Wayne P.]

Thanks Wayne! That is deffinatly something everyone should have if fishing hunting run. I was fortunate enough to fish there the second day it was open to the public and it was a day I will remember the rest of my life! Between myself and the guy I was fishing with, we probably had close to 80 fish with at least half of those fish over 4lbs with a dozen or so over 5! Lost a couple really big fish as well. Water was probably 10-12 ft lower that day than current levels but I do remember quite a few areas that had magical cover and structure! Your map will help me to reconstruct those memories!!

Nothing like hooking a good fish and have 4 bigger fish follow it to the boat!!

I was fishing Lake Guntersville the week it first opened. As soon as I got back, I went there.

Caught over 100 bass each day until the lake closed for the Winter.

 

The next year, I went around the lake with a handheld GPS unit and marked all the visible brushpiles, did a video of those features describing them and the location plus other good looking stuff that was going to be submerged when the lake was full.

That year I had a best 5 fish for one day almost 31#. I took pictures of them and gave them to the guy at the check-in and he had them stuck on the wall for a couple of years.

 

This is one of the brush/log piles before and after:

 

 

 

 

I have pretty much seen the whole lake bottom with Side Imaging while doing the sonar logs to get that map created. I have over 75 waypoints there for "stuff".

 

The big tree North of the island out in the middle that was visible at low water is still there:

 

[madweazl]

Very cool.