Going to be renting a small fishing boat this Sunday, anyone catching anything recently? what stage are the fish in? Thanks in advance!
Smith Mountain Lake
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, Apr 04 2012 05:24 PM
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Posted April 04 2012 - 05:24 PM
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Posted April 04 2012 - 07:07 PM
full on spawn.
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Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia (Big variety of water types to fish)
Staunton River, Altavista, Virginia (great Smallie fishing)
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Posted April 04 2012 - 07:19 PM
Yup... spawn.
Paul
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Posted April 04 2012 - 09:33 PM
thanks guys! Any chance we could get into some stripers?
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Posted April 04 2012 - 09:46 PM
I have been catching them over near Lucky Island in Blackwater area. Wasn't targeting them though. All have been caught on some form of Strike King Square Bill... mainly sexy shad... fishing for large and small mouth. All have been in the coves just past Lucky island.
Paul
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Posted April 04 2012 - 10:50 PM
where is lucky island? only been to lake twice before....
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Posted April 04 2012 - 11:23 PM
Go to these coordinates: N37° 02' 47.45" W079° 39' 36.01" . This is Lucky Island.
From my pic...
the red circles are where i have been nailing the stripers in fairly shallow water.
From my pic...
the red circles are where i have been nailing the stripers in fairly shallow water.
Paul
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Posted April 05 2012 - 11:15 AM
cool!! thanks Zoff! This should give us a place to check out rather then just roaming around.... 
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Ocean Anywhere but mostly off the Coast of NC (Kings and MahiMahi... Woohoo)
Posted April 05 2012 - 01:42 PM
No problem. Hope you catch a mess of them.
Paul
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Posted April 05 2012 - 06:09 PM
the mouth of gills creek can be dynamite to as well as in gills if you go check the above spots mentioned.
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Posted April 05 2012 - 06:58 PM
the mouth of gills creek can be dynamite to as well as in gills if you go check the above spots mentioned.
is that close by lucky island..could you point it out on google maps?
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Posted April 05 2012 - 07:17 PM
N 37 02.803 W 79 39.957 go here http://boulter.com/gps/ and type these coords in and you will see where it is at. i dont know how to do what the person did above with the map
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Staunton River, Altavista, Virginia (great Smallie fishing)
Leesville Lake, Virginia (When it is not full of debris and the water level is where it should be)
Ocean Anywhere but mostly off the Coast of NC (Kings and MahiMahi... Woohoo)
Posted April 05 2012 - 07:33 PM
The blue arrow is pretty much Gills...
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Posted April 05 2012 - 07:45 PM
awesome! these are all new spots for me , i haven't been to this part of the lake yet but really i haven't been to lake just to fish most times it has been pleasure boating. During all my trips pleasure boating i have always seen good fish and always told my self i need to come back just to fish and leave the women at home! 
So that's what im doing!!
Anyways are these spots gonna be rocky? flats? drop offs? structure? I wont have much for electronics, this boat says it comes with depth finder but im sure its a cheapo. As long as i can get depths out of it i should be good.
Thanks again for your guys input...trying to make as much out of this one day trip as possible on this big lake!
So that's what im doing!!Anyways are these spots gonna be rocky? flats? drop offs? structure? I wont have much for electronics, this boat says it comes with depth finder but im sure its a cheapo. As long as i can get depths out of it i should be good.
Thanks again for your guys input...trying to make as much out of this one day trip as possible on this big lake!
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