Any Va Members Fish Lately?

[deep]

Fished from 11-4.30 from the backseat of my friend's boat today. Water temps were in the high 40s. My buddy caught 6, with the biggest around 3.5#. I managed half a dozen too, but the biggest was maybe 2#. All of mine were caught on a 3/16 oz Baby Boo jig with a rage craw trailer.

[Sam]

ive been to lake Anna multiple times and haven't had much luck

One Fish Anna strikes again!

One Fish Anna 1

Jacob 0

[Nitrofreak]

Nice job deep !!!

For those who want to fish Anna, I can't stress how important it is to go slower there this time of year, take your time with her and look around, fish all of the available patters you know, even the most simple ones can be very productive, find the fish first, bait fish, then you will find the bass.

[Sam]

Special thanks to Traveler2586 for the photo of our last greet and meet.

What a kind thing to do for those who attended.

Thanks a million!

Sam

[Sam]

Can someone make this for our 2013 Meet & Greet?

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/red-velvet-raspberry-tiramisu-50400000125262/

I may take a whack at it.

[Nitrofreak]

I will give it a go Sam

I don't know that I can find all of the ingredint's but I will try, the ones I may have problems with are the red velvet madelenines and the mascarpone cheese, and maybe the liqueur, the liqueur will be hard to keep around "hiccup"...if you know what I mean lol !!

[Bigbarge50]

nice work Deep...... sounds like you guys got some good fish under some tough conditions. You in a boat yet?

[stevecastle]

Special thanks to Traveler2586 for the photo of our last greet and meet.

What a kind thing to do for those who attended.

Thanks a million!

Sam

Another vote of thanks to Traveler for the wonderful photos. That was very kind. Also thanks for sending us our water bottles back. We are looking forward to the spring meet with great anticipation. Hopefully we will be in our new boat by then!

[deep]

nice work Deep...... sounds like you guys got some good fish under some tough conditions. You in a boat yet?

Still shorebound when I'm fishing by myself. But I like it that way actually, especially since I don't fish big waters...

[CPBassFishing]

Hey guys are there smallmouth in Goose Creek? I'm dying to bust some brownbacks on my new PTL Craw D'oeurves.

[flyfisher]

Hey guys are there smallmouth in Goose Creek? I'm dying to bust some brownbacks on my new PTL Craw D'oeurves.

Only one way to find out........go give it a try and there is always something in a creek even if it isn't a smallie i am sure there will be something to put a stretch in your line.

[CPBassFishing]

Only one way to find out........go give it a try and there is always something in a creek even if it isn't a smallie i am sure there will be something to put a stretch in your line.

yeah. I just did some research and there appears to be largemouth, some smallmouth, bluegill, crappie, and some channel cats. I'll have to take the canoe out once the weather warms up in february.

[OneFisher85]

Yeah... right here at my farm. I usually put in at the Town and come down to our place. I do the Goose Creek trip as well but, in a jonboat, it is a 10 hour trip. Great striper fishing when they run though. I didn't do the Goose last year and a friend told me they never made it past Altavista.

Hey, I know it's been a long time since we talked about this but I'm thinking about floating the Staunton tomorrow in a canoe from Leesville. what do you recommend throwing this time of year? And how long is the float from below the dam to goose creek?

[Zoff]

Sorry I missed your post.  How was the trip?

[flyfisher]

I went out yesterday from about 11:30-4:30. Water temps were in the low 70's, windy and pollen covered the water. Did scrounge up 3 bass and one pickerel with the one bass measuring in at 21" so all in all a good day and better than I thought it would be given the cold front that rolled through and the dip in air temperature.

[OneFisher85]

Sorry I missed your post.  How was the trip?

It was good besides the wind. didn't really get to do that much fishing, but the little that I did do I caught 2 large mouth and one small mouth all three around to pounds on a Strike King KVD 1.0 chartreuse black back.

[Rocky1965]

I hit Lake Braddock today for my 1st outing this year and landed one after only a couple of casts felt really good to get back out there.  Between the cold and the uptick in work I aint had a chance to even get my gear in order prior to this week Today however I told myself I was gonna and I did  http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocco20037/8683624164/in/photostream

[outdoorsman110]

Just went thru a really rough break up with the misses, we are apparently " on break " so i need someone to fish with in the stafford area. Anybody up for fishin' let me know.

[Bigbarge50]

Must be the year for that outdoorsman...... same here.  You ever want to catch some bass and look for the answers to women issues in the bottom of some beer bottles, drop me a PM.... I am in Arlington   

[Zoff]

I went yesterday to SML.  Had a GREAT day.  (copied from my FB page) Boated many bass and a bonus. Fishing this one spot and got a hard strike. Enough to break the tip on my drop shot rig. Brought it in and it was a 6 pound catfish. Threw a shakeyhead and boated another whiskerfish. Noticed that there were catfish everywhere eating cicadas. So... I started throwing into the pile. Boated a total of 14 cats all between 3 and 6 pounds each. To top it off... my wonderful Wife cooked a mess of them for me tonight. Nothing like fresh catfish for dinner.

[Nitrofreak]

WOW !

 

Just like your facebook page, now that I can see it on my laptop, you really do need to smile, you look so grumpy !!!

 

Congrats on the good day my friend !!!!

 

Must be the year for that outdoorsman...... same here.  You ever want to catch some bass and look for the answers to women issues in the bottom of some beer bottles, drop me a PM.... I am in Arlington   

 

You wont find the answers there I can promise you that.....enjoy the beer though !!

 

There are no answers to relationships, only reactions and the objective thinking of the other half, no matter which half it may be, sharing a life with another is not something that comes easy to either one, even though we think it should be,  pull your boot strings up guys, have a few and have some fun, without the fun it's hard to find the joy in life and things that matter most to us as humans.

 

Best of luck to you both and God bless !!!

[Hanover_Yakker]

I fished a kayak only charity tournament this past weekend to benefit Heroes On the Water and Project Healing Waters and finished with the 5th place bass at 17.5".

 

Not the biggest by far but still had a blast.  I was fishing out of Bear Creek Lake State Park with three other friends, since so many others went to Sandy River and Briery Creek.  One of them landed a nice 21.5" chunk and my buddy Doug landed a nice fat 19.5" a few yards ahead of me.  We were fishing in a line of four with myself in position #3.  Funny thing is, I was the first person to land a quality fish and I caught it in an area that they had just fished but had breezed over.  Go to baits on the day were PowerTeam Lures wacky rigged Sic Stiks and shakey head rigged 7" Finicky Ticklers in green pumpkin or black/blue due to the stained water.  It's funny how the pattern between the three lakes was completely different.  At Briery, the best bite came on topwater Super Spooks, while at Sandy the best came on a crankbait.  These three lakes are located within 30 miles of one another here in VA.  Biggest bass of the tournament came from Sandy at 23".

[jay-b]

Any hampton roads anglers on this post?

[Hanover_Yakker]

I fish the VA peninsula a lot!!!