Briery Creek Lake, Va

[keyds]

Hello all,

 

Richmond native here - I'm back from school in SC for a week to spend time with the family. I do most of my fishing on the Mattaponi, but I recently purchased a kick boat for trout/smallmouth/striper fishing in SC. I was thinking about taking that down to Briery Creek for a late afternoon/evening trip for topwaters at sunset type deal. Would this be doable? Also, I have read on the forums that finding the thermocline is crucial (I mean duh it's August), but I dont have a depth finder on the tube. Also, not asking for anyone's honey holes, but where would yall recommend one to put in to best maximize time on the water, especially for topwater action? Thanks in advance.

[Sam]

Wayne is the Briary Creek expert so look for his reply.

 

Great having you with us, especially in the greater Richmond area.

 

I don't fish Briary Creek as often as Wayne does and he can fill you in about all aspects of the lake.

 

Welcome to the Forum.

[Wayne P.]

Wayne is the Briary Creek expert so look for his reply.

 

Great having you with us, especially in the greater Richmond area.

 

I don't fish Briary Creek as often as Wayne does and he can fill you in about all aspects of the lake.

 

Welcome to the Forum.

Use the Rt. 701 ramp and ignore the trees. You don't have to go far. Lots of catch opportunities in the cove the ramp is in and out in front of the parking lot to the tree line.

The thermocline is at about 17', use that as a gauge to where most of the fish will be.

Your rod length and a jig will show you that depth. 12'-17' would be the target depth.

Due to the cooler weather this year, the thermocline is not as dense as typical for this time of year.

 

Look at the HD map of the lake in the Navionics website's Web App. There are two map layers that you can change between them by clicking on the circle at the lower left of the panel

You can get those maps on your smartphone by purchasing the Mobile App (Boating) from ether the Apple Store or Google Play. Turn on Fishing Mode and set the FIshing Range on the app to those depth numbers. A lot of time was spend getting the data for the HD contours, use it.

 

An example of the above is posted here:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/161227-navionics-mobile-app/

The nearby lake, Sandy River's thermocline was at 22' on Aug. 1st.

[Wayne P.]

Fished there today, the thermocline is at 22' and lake level is down about 2'. It will continue to be drawn down to 3' below normal so vegetation can get established over the Fall/Winter.

No problem navigating as most of the stumps are above the water line.