Brayberry

Nice trout, mind if I ask what creek you fished? Looking for somewhere too visit in SW VA this summer for a few trout.

I agree with Lone Star Lakes. But don't expect to go out and do great immediately, you have to fish there a while to learn the ins and outs of the place, then you'll do great. The park is my favorite place to fish. I'm there at least once a week.

Here's a few places I fish in Hampton Roads. If you have a boat: Lake Prince, Lake Cahoon, Western Branch Reservoir, Merchants Millpond (NC) or Newport News Reservoir From Shore: Lone Star Lakes or take a day trip anywhere past richmond for some smallmouth in the creeks and streams

This thread would be a lot more interesting with pictures Hint Hint

I love this thread

TSA is weird. Sometimes they have no problem with a carry on reel with line on it, sometimes they act like it's the end of the world. Same with lures, pliars, hooks, etc

If you need anyone to test these bait out, pm me, I love the look of them

Lately it's been a Zoom G Tail Ringer

4 years ago 9 lbs even Released

If your using a swimbait or a crankbait, it better be a wakebait, as the deep spots look to be around 4 feet. I went out today and had a few bites on a Tx rigged worm, and a few dinks. Nothing special but I'll keep trying for a while

If there isn't a sign posted, I'm fishing it

My girlfriend loves throwing a fluke or a crankbait

I just use Powder Paint, no problems at all

Bassmaster by Shaw Grisby Fishing on the Edge by Mike Iaconelli Think Like a Fish by Tom Mann Bass Strageties by Kevin Van d**n Caught me a Big'Un by Jimmy Houston Those are my favorite

Did you get any bass there? Any size? What did you catch them on? I'd like to give the place a try, it's just not really close to me so don't wanna waste my precious fishing time if there any much there

If you do snorkel it, buy/rent a underwater camera to take pictures of everything you see (bottom contours, brushpiles, fallen trees, where fish are holding in different area's, etc) Those pictures will help you for years to come, and look great in a digital picture frame.

Went there today to scout it out, and the lakes looks decent. Supposedly it was stocked with Bass, Catfish, Crappie, White Perch and Bluegill. Just curious is anyone has fished it before or had more info on the Bass fishing there. Seems very shallow. Edit: I'm refering to only the Lake at Northwest River Park in Chesapeake, Va

I'm ok where I'm at. I always try to learn more, but I've progressed to a point where I'm very happy. I placed a goal or myself when I first started fishing to be able to catch at least a 5 bass limit of 2 lb bass every trip, and most days I can accomplish that. I'm also thrilled I just caught by 10th bass citation in Virginia to earn my Expert Largemouth Bass Angler status

A small rapala crankbait (floating or countdown) small maribou jig Alabama rig (I can pull it apart and have 5 - 6 lures)

I'm from Chesapeake too. Apparently there's a lot of us I stick to the smaller bodies of water nearby (Speight's Run, Prince, Western Branch, Cahoon, Meade, Lone Star Lakes, etc.

I know a "retired" pro fisherman, he had quite a few big time sponsors, and he won a BASS tournament a few years ago. He prefished in practice, and found that the fiesh were hitting jerkbaits. During the tournament, he caught almost all his fish on a particular jerkbait. Laster Bassmaster showed a picture of the lure's he caught his fish on, and there were 2 baits in the picture, one was called a "unnamed lure" but was blatantly obvious it was a Smithwick Rogue (not a sponsor), the other bait was a other jerkbait (sponsored company). Later he told me that every fish he weighed in was on the Rogue, but still threw the sponsored bait occasionally till he caught a fish on it, so he could honestly say I caught all my fish on these 2 lures, when in reality, the only fish he caught on the sponsored bait was a 10" bass.

A lighter or some other firestarter, because if I break down, get lost, etc and have to spend a night in the woods, I want fire 4x8 tarp instant shelter in a rain storm, and has a million uses the mini rolls of duct tape, because when would you not need duct tape

The Gold one is currently in stock at Cabela's website

Living in Chesapeake, I fish a lot in Suffolk. And was curious how many others are around the area. The lakes I fish the most are: Speight Run Lone Star Lakes Lake Prince I figured this would be more of a local thread, where we could talk techniques, lures, etc about the local lakes.

I can't think of the name of the river/creek, but it runs thru Canton, Ga, kinda wiggles through the whole city. I used to live in a apartment on it, and caught a ton of spotted bass and such in it.