Dereck W

Thanks guys.

Hey all. Looking to take several days and fish Tenn. I’m from southwest Va. and will be taking my river boat. 1752 with a 60/40 jet, so looking to run some rivers and stay away from big open water. Any ideas with rivers and boat ramps would be appreciated. Not real sure how far west I’m going to go, maybe Nashville to visit a cousin.

Wtg guys!! Gotta love Smith Mtn. I've seen those fish acting weird as well in the past. Always figured they were females that had spawned and started their nocturnal feeding. Lol.

Nice numbers guys. Gonna have to agree with OC. As long as you're throwing a bait you never know. Take this past Saturday, fishing home lake here in Virginia. Caught smallmouth, largemouth, spotted bass, a flathead and a crappie all while throwing known bass baits. If it swims it eats.

If I had been catching fish, I would have continued fishing hoping to catch one behind them. If not, you did right by moving.

Yup that was me. The Chick proved to be tough on me. Had some quality bites Saturday, just couldn't get them in the boat. We practiced Friday and rode around a little. Found a few places that looked great, caught fish on the main body with a spinnerbait. Every fish came off a cypress tree, had one about 3.5. Felt confident I would boat 5 fish. But then Saturday came and brought the wind with it. It blew hard and constant and seemed to affect the tide. Caught the first fish early on the bank we started on. Lost another right after. Moved up river some more and stayed on the main body, lost 3 more before catching the other keeper. Fished that spinnerbait without a trailer hook close to the trees. Added the trailer hook for Sunday and didn't get the bites on it. Matter of fact didn't get many bites at all. Caught 1 little keeper that I gave a tour of the lake too. Ended up tossing him knowing I had no chance. That 20 degree drop in temp over 2 days messed me up. So my first time on the Chick was a little disappointing, but I learned a few things. I will go back. Seen the size and potential of a great fishery. So not a total loss. Thanks for your efforts to help. Yeah, lol not in that pic. Congrats to the guys who made the Va Federation state team. The guys that are pictured earned their spot, it was tough fishing.

Sam, . Thank you! That's a perfect run down of the type of info I was needing. Yeah I'm part of that federation group. The dam area looks great on Google earth, docks pads and trees, probably could camp out there and fish around all day. But I probable would be the 50th boat to get there. Who knows maybe everyone will go towards the James, Lol. With high tide about take off time I'm looking for a couple hot spots to hit topwater first thing. Hoping to get 5 then look for the pig. When you say rough, what might that look like?

Guessing I found this site to late to help you out? Lots of trees downed in the water. Always had good luck fishing brown/ green pumpkin jigs around them. Being fall a smaller white crank bait works too.

Thanks Eddie, or Mr Cheeseburger! Fishing out of a smaller boat in probably a 60 or so boat tournament. So may be looking to get into the backs of some creeks. Knowing natural colors helps a lot. Again thanks!

Hello all, I'm from the other end of the state and was needing some info on the Chickahominy River. We are putting in at riverfront Friday of this week, and I've got a few ideas about places that look good on the map. We will be fishing out of a 17' boat. How bad did the hurricane hurt the area? Any methods or bait colors or patterns I should definitely give a try? Really hate driving 4-5 hrs and be clueless since I have never fished this particular area before or any tidal waters really.