Hello Va bassers-

I'm planning a fishing trip this weekend on diascund reservoir. Anybody who has experienced fishing either Diascund reservoir or chickahominy, I would love to hear from youguys. going to be fishing on diascund so any specific help with that lake would be appreciated or if you guys have any resources or other sites with information on diascund reservoir. Also I just wanted to see what lures were catching fish around this area this time of year thanks in advance for the help.

Chick River or Chick Lake?

 

Have not been on Diascund or the Chick Lake but may be able to help you with the Chick River.

chick lake and diascund

Diascund reservoir is a good lake....I am assuming you haven't ever been there so i will give you the run down.

 

It is a huge lake and electric only so if you are looking to go way up one of the creek arms, a second trolling motor might not be a bad idea.  It is a relatively shallow lake where 10 feet is deep, except near the pump house near the public launch.  There is a lot of grass out there and part of the key is finding which grass beds are holding the fish.  When i fish there i head North from the ramp and don't even put a line

in the water until i am about 30-45 minutes into my paddling.  There is a ginormous lilly pad field if you go all the way up from the ramp which is about 4 miles or so away.

 

As far as what's working now, i haven't been out there lately for any fall action but last year i was killing them on soft bodied swim baits in blue herring ticking along just above the grass.  There are also some monster bowfin in there so don't be surprised if you think you have the largemouth of your life on the line only to find it one of the prehistoric beasts...enjoy the fight and let them go to fight another day  there are also some pretty large gar in there too.

 

I may actually get out there on saturday, still debating, so if you see a guy in an orange wilderness systems commander kayak, it is probably me

 

 

good luck and let us know how you do.

Thanks for that. I Will be in a Jon boat w trolling motor. From the launch, is going the area to the right what is called the wahrani arm of the lake? are the lmb pretty spread out? I'll be one of three dudes in a 12 ft John with too much tackle and no common sense