Rappahonock River Gold

[TOXIC]

I am pretty lucky to have a river fairly close by that offers a lot of biomass and multi species to chase.  The Rappahonock River has smallmouth, largemouth, crappie, snakeheads, bluegill, white perch, ring perch, grinnell, striper, and multiple species of catfish to chase.  You can even venture closer to the mouth and get into a lot of salt species.  we stay up in the headwaters and go after the freshwater fish.  I’ve caught all of the above at one time or another.  Since the Potomac river has been really tough the las couple of years, we have been on the Rappahonock a lot more.  No real monsters of any species (except catfish) but we really enjoy being able to catch largemouth and smallmouth in the same river.  Sure you have to know where each species prefer to hang but it’s usually not that far from each other.  Had a good day Saturday even though the tide was extremely low and we had to plan our day so that we weren’t trying to load up at low tide.  This river has been a lifesaver this year since it has been very tough most everywhere.  And yes it was nice to wear a sweatshirt and jeans at the end of November.??

 

[TnRiver46]

Cool deal.

[Sam]

Toxic, what ramp is shown in the photo?

 

You really did great. Congrats on that one fish in the photo.

 

Looking forward to hitting the Rapp this summer as I have not been on that river in three years.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

[roadwarrior]

[TOXIC]

53 minutes ago, Sam said:

Toxic, what ramp is shown in the photo?

 

You really did great. Congrats on that one fish in the photo.

 

Looking forward to hitting the Rapp this summer as I have not been on that river in three years.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hopyard Landing.  We are dropping in a 20 foot Ranger and coming from Stafford (my buddies house) so we want to stay on that side of the river.  There’s also Little Falls that we can use but it’s a lot more upriver and smaller.  On the other side there’s Hicks and City Dock but I have never launched out of either one of those.  It’s a great fishery, you have to be careful at low tide for obstructions and flats and after hard rains for a lot of flotsam and jetsam.

[Sam]

Used to put in at Hicks but my club is going with Hopyard if we fish the Rapp this coming year.

 

Thanks for the info.

[Kyle S]

Love me some Rappahannock Fishing! I plan to fish it more this upcoming summer. Snakeheads and chunky largemouth are going to be the agenda. Good stuff fellas

[Teal]

I really wana make a day trip up there next spring.  I'm only 15 mins from the va state line.  Maybe one of you gents could fish with me and show me the river.  

 

Good stuff Toxic. nice fish.   

[Choporoz]

Nice!  I've launched my yak at Hopyard in past years and really struggled in that neighborhood. @TOXIC, are you making long runs up and down from there?

[TOXIC]

9 hours ago, Choporoz said:

Nice!  I've launched my yak at Hopyard in past years and really struggled in that neighborhood. @TOXIC, are you making long runs up and down from there?

Depends on the species we are after but not normally a long run from Hopyard.  We prefer upriver but lots like to go down river.  We have a couple of patterns we like to run and usually one of them will pay off.  You just have to know where there’s grass or rocks or flats and what pattern the fish are on.  We’ve had 75 fish days.  It’s a great river.  

[Paul Roberts]

What's up with the Potomac?

[TOXIC]

On 11/27/2020 at 2:56 PM, Paul Roberts said:

What's up with the Potomac?

It’s been unusually tough the last couple of years.  The grass was sparse and in different spots.  I’ve fished it for over 20 years and it goes through these cycles periodically.