OBX-BASS

you got that right basspro!!!!! we are gonna have to wait a long while though...the rivanna has had chunks of ice floating in it so id say we wont be breaking the kayaks out for 2 months or so :-[ and we gotta work around baseball season!!! gotta remember that one!! but they are there waitin' fer us...i know where the honey holes are and i think you do also if you remember what you caught on our last trip down that river!!!!

i have never had a problem with Otters but one of the private lakes i fish in has 2 or 3 beavers....i kinda like them since they have been chewing trees down and they land in the water giving me more cover to fish 8-)....but do you guys think that they can be the same as Otters and kind of hurt the fish population? b/c we used to catch ALOT of bass over 5 and 6 pounds in that lake but since i have noticed the beavers there i havnt caught a bass 5+ pounds....could that be b/c of the beavers??...thanks...

it snowed last night in central VA and gave us about 2" of snow....all the lakes are frozen over :'(.....the high today was 35 i think....its 30 or sumthin like that tomorrow and its gonna be in the teens tonight....so its pretty cold here in VA!!!

looks like your in the lead so far Wayne P......im hoping to get out and catch some whenever this snow melts that we just got in VA!!!

thats some nice bass ya there!! i havnt tried a chatterbait yet but i did buy one back in the fall but hunting season came around and i never got to use it....but im planning on using it alot this spring...i hear they do produce very god results!! guess ill find out...

i know its kind of early to be askin' since we are only just over a month into 2007. but whats yalls biggest bass of '07 so far? also what kind of lures and presentations have you guys been using? i have caught just a couple little guys back in January. It has gotten really cold here in VA lately so i havnt been able to go out since all the lakes and ponds i fish at are frozen over. haha but i caught all of mine on jigs in deep cover and also bringing a spinner bait really slow about a foot off the bottom through some deep water....seemed to work for me...what about you guys??

you have come to the right place....if you have the patients for it fishing is a very fun and enjoyable sport....hope you do take it up and continue with it...theres alot of great guys with ALOT of great info. for ya on here...all you gotta do is ask!!

i love to fish anything that bass hang around and in!! haha but one of my favs if lilly pads! theres nothing like bringing a horny toad across the tops of some pads and watchin them all out EXPLODE on the toad!!!! cant get enough of doin' that....

i have two good luck charms....one is my camo remington hat with the trademark fishing hook on the brim...cant forget that!! and the other is a 2 year old booyah spinnerbait that i just seem to catch a bass on everytime i use it...its all torn to pieces now but i keep it in my box and sometimes hook it to one of the holes in my hat for good luck!!

mine is a 6' 6" shark for saltwater!! and a 6.5 lb largemouth for bass...i would post the pics but i forgot how too on here....

hey everyone....i have a question about winter fishing....i dont really get a chance to go fishing during the fall and winter because i am constantly hunting....but im gonna try to go early january and into february...i have never tried fishing in these cold conditions...what lures and presentations would you guys suggest...any info. will be appreciated....good luck to everyone fishing this year and good luck to any hunters out there!! 8-)

i fish alot of different sizes of ponds and lakes...to tell the truth i have caught most of my bigger bass out of the smallest ones i fish...i think that the size of the lake doesnt mean there is big fish, i think that the habitat, and amount of fish, in that specific lake or pond will effect how long your fish will live and how big they will get based on how much food they are able to get....i know of alot of lakes that have way too many bluegill or crappie in them because there is no catfish or not enough predator fish to make the bluegill population at a steady rate...thats where the fisherman come in and try to manage their local or private lake or pond to make sure everything is equal fair amount of diff. species of fish for the habitat to function correctly.....if you ask me the more bass you have then that means there is going to be a limited food supply...my reason for thinking this is because i have fished many overpopulated lakes and i catch fish with the head and mouth of a 5 or 6 pounder but they are not fat at all its just a small sliver of stomach and not much beef on them...but i am a young angler and i know i dont know everything in the world so i might be wrong...so correct me if you think im wrong on this subject....tight lines everyone!!!

i agree with burley on this one...i really dont think size matters to fish based on the fact that i know people who have caught crappie on 6" worms...i have smaller fish attack my lure that is 2x's bigger than they are....tight lines...

thanks hillbilly..

does anyone know of any bass clubs around the charlottesville area or in the surrounding counties of the charlottesville area in virginia?? any info would be greatly appreciated!! thanks....