Purpleworm82

Awesome!

You da man Simon.

A couple of band-aids with a strip of duct tape over it will usually get me through a day on the water with a hole in my hand. Definitely be sure you have it covered if the wound is open, staph infections are no joke.

Bobcat's Bait & Tackle in Clarksville, VA is my favorite. We always stop by Bobcat's on our trips down to Buggs Island, even if we don't need anything. Greentop Sporting Goods in Richmond is good too.

Sal is right, being in the right place at the right time is far more important than what type of bait you're throwing. Especially during the winter, when more than 90% of the fish population lives in less than 10% of the habitat.

Apparently I'm not the only one in the house with cabin fever: Good kitty!

Check out Phil at Rod n Reel Repair in Arlington, he does good work for reasonable prices. Turn-around time would probably be a bit quicker than shipping it out as well. 3612 N. Lee Hywy. Arlington, Va. 703-528-3022

Ha, seeing as this thread already has 3 pages of responses, I would have to say the answer to this question is "Yes."

Wow that's crazy, glad nobody got hurt. I think alot of people don't realize how dangerous it can be out there during this time of year. When the water's below 50, it only takes the smallest thing to go wrong with you or your boat to turn it into a life or death situation. Going out in subfreezing temperatures, in a huge tidal river with strong current and floating ice, in a CANOE? Doesn't sound too smart to me...

Wow that is bad-***. Nice work dude.

I'm with you, when I pitch I like to keep my spool tension a little tighter than most folks do. I leave 2 of the 6 internal brakes on like I normally do for casting, and then just loosen up a bit on the knob. It sacrifices distance, but allows me to alternate between pitching and making short underhand casts without adjusting the spool tension.

Thanks for the congrats guys. My partner and I had a good morning last Wednesday, despite the tough weather conditions. We found a nice school of bass during outgoing tide and managed to put enough in the boat for a win. I finished first with 10.8 lbs and my partner took second with 10 even. 3rd and 4th place both came in with about 8 lbs. Most of our fish came on creature baits and craws around wood and rock cover. Alot of the shallow grass had died off in the places we fished, but other members reported plenty of the green stuff in other areas of the river. Many thanks to all the NHBA guys for another great tx, looking forward to Anna this weekend.

That's crazy how low it is there, despite the massive amounts of rain we've had this year. They must be generating an awful lot of power down at that dam...

Wow that is some amazing scenery. Great post, thanks for sharing.

Road Warrior, I'm pretty certain many small ponds do in fact turnover. John Odenkirk is the head fisheries biologist for VDGIF here in Virginia, and I have heard him talk in-depth about fall turnover in small bodies of water. I've also seen the effects that describe it in many ponds I've fished during the fall. To my knowledge, the only time you won't see turnover is in large bodies of water that have constant wind or current, which continuously mixes the water and prevents it from stratifying.