JSPOONE Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 beaverdam is a tough place to fish, especially from shore. there are some nice bass in there though. watch out for ticks when you go there. what side did you go to? by the church or down the long dirt road? Yeh I found ticks all over my legs when I was walking. But yeh I went down the long dirt road to the dam. Quote
Super User Sam Posted June 17, 2012 Super User Posted June 17, 2012 I have had ticks on me from walking in my field and just crossing a parking lot. They are bad this year so everyone in Virginia check yourselves each day for the little buggers. Quote
JSPOONE Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 went out to lake anna friday for an all day trip. bite wasnt too good and a lot of boat traffic.. but caught a couple 1 pounders lost a 4-5 pounder 15ft from the boat towards the end of the day.. shakey heads and jigs were working all day for the most part Quote
OneFisher85 Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Nice fish...... Looks really huge length wise..... If it was "fat" you could be talking possilbe double digits. thanks. he was actually barely 6 pounds 1 Quote
Bigbarge50 Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 thanks. he was actually barely 6 pounds 6...wow... that fish looks much bigger..... no matter what it is a great fish and a great catch. Quote
Hyrule Bass Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Yeh I found ticks all over my legs when I was walking. But yeh I went down the long dirt road to the dam. when i was a kid in the 80s, Beaverdam used to be much more suitable to shore fishing, it is severely overgrown now, atleast the last time i went there... Quote
quanjig Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 To me, Beaverdam is a late season deal when the fish are bunched up in predictable locations! It has some very nice smallies! Quote
Eddie-NoVA Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Went out to Lake Anna sunday morning to do catch striper. Only 2 keeper, think the small quake scared the fish the night before. We found a BIG school with nice fish, none of the rods tipped.....weird. Ran into another school and it got crazy. Took my gopro and got some footage. http://youtu.be/0_tL2wcUK-k Quote
Super User Dan: Posted June 19, 2012 Super User Posted June 19, 2012 I've been doing pretty well in the creeks of the Potomac. Nothing huge but lots of 2-3 and occasional near 4lbers on topwaters with a snakehead or two thrown in the mix. 1 Quote
Kyle Mahaffey Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 I don't know if anyone knows where it is, but I've been doing pretty good on a spot on base. Its on FT belvoir right after you come across the bridge past Walker gate on MT Vernon highway. Nothing to brag about 1-3lbs. But kinda all over the place with lure picks. Quote
JSPOONE Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 i went out to lake royal last night around 730.. didnt catch a thing.. i saw 3-4 people with stringers filled with 2-3 pounders Quote
Super User Sam Posted June 19, 2012 Super User Posted June 19, 2012 Lost a jig tat a client's pond today. I got lazy and used a snap in stead of tieing direct to the jig head and she managed to open the snap and take my jig. Bummer. Bite was slow this morning. Of the six I caught, all just picked up the bait and walked off slowly with it. No hard strikes. Other than the one hitting the jig and pig, all were caught on a wacky rigged Junebug five-inch Senko off a point and along the shore. Nice fishing this pond as there is very little pressure. Another fisherman showed up about an hour after I arrived and he was pulling in the same size bass on a Texas rigged Senko. Was a nice start to the day. All six were between one and a half and two and a half pounds. I think the five I missed were the same size. Quote
Bigbarge50 Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 i went out to lake royal last night around 730.. didnt catch a thing.. i saw 3-4 people with stringers filled with 2-3 pounders People were taking 3lb bass out of lake Royal? It would be a real shame, catch and release, especially on a lake that small. Quote
Rocky1965 Posted June 22, 2012 Posted June 22, 2012 People were taking 3lb bass out of lake Royal? It would be a real shame, catch and release, especially on a lake that small. yeah that does indeed suck... Quote
JSPOONE Posted June 22, 2012 Posted June 22, 2012 yeh it does really suck i have had a lot of luck going there around 8pm and catching some decent size bass. im all for catch and release when it comes to bass. i believe there is probably some bigger bass in that little lake if they are still around and not fried up in the kitchen Quote
soccplayer07 Posted June 23, 2012 Posted June 23, 2012 fishing out of Fountain Head yesterday. We had a really good afternoon. Caught 20+ fish on jigs and cranks. Made for a great afternoon. Quote
shimmy Posted June 23, 2012 Posted June 23, 2012 went to beaverdam creek reservoir yesterday. was using a white and blue shad.. didnt catch a single bass just a couple nice size perch on my shad.. has any1 had any luck there catching anything but perch there?! This is the only lake i fish. I decided 3 years ago that i would just pick one and stick with it. I was very quickly humbled in the NOVA fishing and realized if i was going to catch anything, i needed to really learn at least one lake to give me a fighting chance. Even after 3 years, that place still humbles me occasionally. If i were you. Pick one lake, and really learn it. I think what it means to learn a lake means to fail 99% of the time on the water and every time you have that 1% success, you put that pattern in your repertoire and repeat. Eventually, you have a few successful patterns. I usually stick one over 4 most times i go to Beaverdam, but i have failed way too many times in order to get there. Lake jumping around the NOVA area hoping to find the "hot lake" is just too painful. Pick one. 1 Quote
Bigbarge50 Posted June 23, 2012 Posted June 23, 2012 That is some good advice Shimmy.... 3rd summer here and I am still hoping from body of water to body of water...... NOVA is easily the toughest area I have run into to learn in terms of consistency. I do enjoy bouncing from spot to spot, but forcing yourself to work on just one body of water is probably the quickest path to sucess here. This heat is going to force us all to work on out summer patterns and deep water structure fishing Quote
JSPOONE Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 yep i agree i dont have a boat or canoe so it will b hard for me to find some deep water structure, but then again i can always wade out into the water a little bit i guess? Quote
Zoff Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 4.5 pounder on Smith Mountain this morning on a Z-man Green Pumpkin Carolina rigged worm. Topwater was explosive this morning around 6:30 but nothing over 2 pounds. They eat up a Spook. 1 Quote
quanjig Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 I have been catching quality and quantity from the res and Huntsman in the past few days. Football jig has been the most consistent producer with the fish absolutely mauling the bait! Find you some nice drops near deeper water and drag that thing around!! Quote
Broke bass fisherman Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 I've been hunting local ponds around Christiansburg and playing around with the senko (new to the technique). Catching little guys. Quote
OneFisher85 Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 4.5 pounder on Smith Mountain this morning on a Z-man Green Pumpkin Carolina rigged worm. Topwater was explosive this morning around 6:30 but nothing over 2 pounds. They eat up a Spook. where were you fishing? i fished yesterday morning up blackwater and only had one topwater bite. then nothing on a rig. ended up catching several 1.5ers around and under docks on a wacky senko. but nothing else Quote
Zoff Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 where were you fishing? i fished yesterday morning up blackwater and only had one topwater bite. then nothing on a rig. ended up catching several 1.5ers around and under docks on a wacky senko. but nothing else I gave up on Blackwater a few weeks ago. Seems like the bite just cut off. I had all kinds of luck with cranks until a few weeks ago. Have had some luck with sinkos but seems like most are guarding fry and won't bite. Just chase and roll. Head down towards the dam and fish the fingers. All my topwater was early in the area where the second outline is. All the others were on the Z-Man Green Pumpkin. Quote
A.Do? Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 HI!!!! I forgot how to fish, anyone want to teach me?! quan, buddy, can i get to the good fishing spots on the rez from my yak? Quote
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