Anyone from the Virginia Beach area? I am back in the area from college and I am trying to find better places to fish. I have a 14ft modified jon boat with an 8hp. Any help is appreciated

I've been fishing this area since 1997.  For public waters you can try Little Creek Reservoir off Northhampton Blvd.  The lake across the street from there, Lake Smith, is also very good, but the ramp area is closed for the remainder of the summer because of ramp/park upgrades.  I believe the last I heard was it should re-open in September.

 

You can also safely fish the Northwest River and the North Landing River in your boat.  Just keep an eye out for barges if you fish the main river on the North Landing as they throw pretty big wakes for a jonboat.  However, there are plenty of creeks and sloughs off both rivers.

 

If you don't mind a 35-40 minute ride you have lakes Meade/Cohoon/Burnt Mills/Prince and Western Branch in Suffolk.  All those lakes are great fishing year round.  Just another 5-10 minutes down RT 58 W are the Lone Star Lakes in Suffolk.  I've never been to any of those, but hear they can be pretty good.

 

I don't think you can go wrong with any of the water mentioned above.  Good luck and let us know how you do.

 

Kevin Mills