I see this body of water on the map in eastern Henrico. The creek looks like its called Stony Run or Gillies Creek. Looks like a nice little spot close to where I live. Just wondering if anyone has been there before or knows anything about it.

Thanks

Just in case anyone read this and was wondering, I found the name of the body of water is Lake Eastborn. Stopped by today and people were bank fishing off a dirt road that connected to the main road. I also found some pics of some guys launching kayaks and fishing on Kayak Bass Forum. 

 

Looks like I will be heading out there with the kayak ASAP to see whats up. Ill post a report if anyone is interested. 

 

Peace

Please keep us informed.

Thanks.

Definitely post a report!

Well, went out today for an hour or so just to fish from the bank which is also the road you drive in on and the top of the dam.

 

Water was clear and cool. Bottom appears to drop off quickly from the dam. There were tons of very sharp briars everywhere on the shore, which made moving and casting a challenge in some places. Threw a ton of stuff including spinners and cranks, couple jigs, a tube, senko, and a lizard. Got a few hits on the soft plastic lizard but didnt land anything.

 

Ill probably head out later in the week with the kayak and explore if the weather agrees. 

 

If anyone wants to join me, let me know. 

Alright, took the kayak out along with my new spinning setup and got skunked again. The lake is very deep in the center, and very quickly gets shallow (one foot at most) at the shore and towards the back of the lake. Houses with yards mostly surround the lake, so little structure/trees. 

 

I have very little experience fishing water deeper than 8 or 10 feet, so Im going to need to learn some new techniques. The whole lake has very little apparent structure and I dont have a fish/depth finder. I fished the points that were there and the two fallen trees I found. Got one good solid hit at one of those trees but that was it. Lots of bream were hitting the surface in some areas so I tried to fish around those as well. 

 

If anyone has any suggestions for a clear-ish, deep (>20 feet), small (19 acre) lake with no structure and steep banks, I am all ears. I want to figure this lake out because it so convenient and there is little fishing pressure. 

Not much experience but thinking Jigs, deep cranks, jerkbaits, and Carolina and drop shot for plastics.

looks like a good place like to take my kayak out there

Bigbass, let me know if you'd like to meet up to check the place out. I've only kayaked it once but was able to explore the whole thing fairly quickly. I'd love to get out there with someone else more experienced. 

 

Freud, Ive tried some deep cranks, drop shots, and jigs. I guess deep water is just guess work without decent electronics?

 

I did do a little more bank fishing the other day and was at least able to prove there are crappy in the lake: