Paul Naj

The Virginia guys (myself included) are coming out of the woodwork! We may need our own forum soon. Welcome outdoorsman.

Thanks Sam. For now I'm limited to smaller lakes and rivers since I'm paddling. Fortunately there's plenty of options within a reasonable drive. I'm also less than 2 hours from the Susquehanna flats up in MD which has an awesome catch and release striped bass fishery this time of the year. I do want to take advantage of some of the great smallmouth fishing in this state as well. Here's my ride:

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. I look forward to contributing to the group and would love to get to fish with you guys in the future. Rondef, thanks for the offer to tag along. I explained to JCrzy4Bass in a PM that I'm not big on the 3 in a boat deal but greatly appreciate the generous offer. I'd love to hook up with you guys and drop my kayak in and fish together that way. I fished a reservoir near here the other day and was reminded of something that I'm not very good at and want to work on, and that is fishing non-visible structure. I'm pretty good with different shoreline structure, visible structure and weedlines but I struggle with deep and susspended fish on points, road beds etc. I just got my fish finder and will be mounting it on the yak soon. I'm hoping that adding that dimension to my view helps me figure it out. It's an important skill in reservoirs where the water level fluctuates throughout the season. It's funny that I struggle with that because I could usually find striped bass consistently both ocean front and in Sandy Hook and Raritan Bays in NJ and rarely look at the GPS.

Hi gang. I'm relatively new to the area and just found this forum. It's nice to have a site where locals are fishing the same waters as you. I hope I can add to the mix. I'm actually in the process of rediscovering my freshwater roots. I grew up in northern NJ and fished for LMB and SMB in NJ, NY and CT. I was getting pretty good with the northern bass before I moved to the shore in NJ 17 years ago and the saltwater fishing took over for me. I became a striped bass nut and living 7 miles from the beach made it hard for me do much freshwater anymore. Even in my limited freshwater time over the past 5 years I managed 2 fish over 7 LBS. The past 10 years have also brought me 12 striped bass over 30# and 2 over 40# to a high of 43#. I also did a bunch of offshore stuff for tuna etc. I'm discovering some pretty nice water down here, just bought a kayak and can't wait to get a chance at a few NOVA slobs. Cheers.