North Landing River fishing Question...Va. Beach

[WilliamD]

Hello Everyone!

New to the board and new to the Va. Beach area.  I have a Nitro Bass boat and looking for a place to fish that allows outboards.

I live just up the road from the West Landing Marinia on the North Landing River.

It's tidal....but use to that fishing the St. Johns River the last 10 years.

Just looking for alittle guidiance for good areas north or south of the marina for some decent bass fishing!  Also, what baits are good there?

Thanks in advance for your help!

William

[drmnbig]

Head down to the Northwest River. I visit family several times a year down there and that's where we do a lot of our fishing. I had one of the best days ever on there back in June.

Edit:  It's off Rte. 168 just a couple miles from the NC border.  

[WilliamD]

Is there a public ramp along there?

[drmnbig]

Yes.  I can't remember the name of it though.  It's just past where 168 and 168 expressway converge.  If you pass over the railroad tracks you just missed it.  You'll see one of those big fishing lure mailboxes at the entrance to it.  

[619bassman]

I fish all up and down the north landing from my kayak. I moved to the area last year and am still getting to know the water, but I can tell you that the river is pretty shallow(no prob for a kayak) and the best luck I have had is fishing soft plastics in the cypress knees.

[Chaz Hickcox]

Hey just read your post. I fish North Landing on my Javelin on a weekly basis, but I put in down on Blackwater Creek. For me, personally I found that the marshes north of the bridge for Pungo Ferry Road to be the hotspot for all day bass fishing. I have had some issues with getting any size out of the fish up there, but the area never fails me. If you get up into the back of the marsh on a cloudy day you will be able to chase numerous large schools of baitfish all over the place. I have been back there and have seen up to four balls of a few hundred or so bait fish. All you have to do then is mimic them. I am not a big soft bait fisherman, so that may be my issue with size out here. (Out west soft plastics was only a last resort on the few cold days in the winter, otherwise we just stuck with swim baits). Other than that, if you go south near the state line, you can troll the main channel for stripers. Any further south than that and your in the sound with brackish water. Good for stripers, but bad for bucketmouths. The picture is of the barge graveyard in one of the horseshoes. Good fishing, but I won't take my glass boat back there again, too many metal farings from the sunken barges to run into.