Just got my first boat and eager to get out on the water.  Looking for some tips on good areas to go and how the fishing is going.  Got a 14' jon boat and ready to go.  Last year went to Fountain Head, Burke Lake and Motts Run Reservoir in Fredricksburg.  Went out probably 6-7 times last summer with below ave results and even got skunked a couple times.  I'll try to post on here from time to time on my luck and look forward to reading postings from other local fisherman. 

Take care,

Bigbasskiller

hit the potomac creeks!

Here are a few creeks that you can use a jon boat in:

Powells Creek

Neabsco creek

Quantico Creek

Aquia Creek

chopsawamsick creek

lake anna

ruffes pond

abel lake= big bass pulled a 6 out of there

don't forget pohick as a jon boat creek i love fishing that place out of my jon, i've got a fiberglass rig and still opt for that sometimes over the bass boat

Thanks guys, great advice on the creeks.  I'm going to get out there on Sunday. 6 pounder?  Man that would be nice!

burke lake has plenty 6+lbs, got 2 in the past week. lake frederick is really good, pretty sure its nothing but florida strain. briery creek, chickohominy, newport news res, staunton, fairfax, brittle. Theres lots, check out vadgif they give all info on each lake and river, some boatable some not.

burke lake has plenty 6+lbs, got 2 in the past week. lake frederick is really good, pretty sure its nothing but florida strain. briery creek, chickohominy, newport news res, staunton, fairfax, brittle. Theres lots, check out vadgif they give all info on each lake and river, some boatable some not.

Come on man, you can't just throw out there that you caught a couple 6+ pound bass at Burke without showing pics...Any time someone does this i consider it a crime. Maybe they weren't really 6 pounds... :

Some of us have finals and live through proxy from others achievements at this time so help a brother out.

burke lake has plenty 6+lbs, got 2 in the past week. lake frederick is really good, pretty sure its nothing but florida strain. briery creek, chickohominy, newport news res, staunton, fairfax, brittle. Theres lots, check out vadgif they give all info on each lake and river, some boatable some not.

I caught about three 5+lbs from lake accotink yesterday.

;)

Here are just some from this year, a buddy of mine has alot more on his camera. These were all weighed on a mechanical scale that was calibrated at 2,4,6,8 lbs +-<1oz. The big girl 6/2 took a human size pee during pictures. Most came off plastics but the 5/1 which took a 3/8oz white wedge in about 8 foot of water.

Pics 1-5 = 4lb14oz,5lb1oz,5lb11oz,6lb2oz,6lb6oz

those last two look believable, but the first three are definitely not 4-5lbers. The last two are very nice fish.

those last two look believable, but the first three are definitely not 4-5lbers. The last two are very nice fish.

Agreed. That first one is definitely in the 2 lb range. The fact you feel the need to say you had you scale calibrated makes your story and pictures more suspect. Last two are nice though.

You need a new scale.  None of those fish are the advertised weight.   :

Nice fish.

You need a new scale. None of those fish are the advertised weight. :

very true. None of those are even close. The biggest ones are probably between 3-4.5 pounds at most. Smallest one is around a pound and a half tops

Nice fish! I still haven't been able to pull a bass from burke so mad props to you!

You need a new scale. None of those fish are the advertised weight. :

Those last two look like they could be over 4.5. The third to last saying it was 5.11 lb, kinda sums up the shannannigans. I'm not sayin your a liar, just saying your scale is very broken and you might have rounded up a few pounds on everyone of them. It actually is kinda comical now that i look at the weights you gave each of them. 

This is why i just can not stand when someone throws out 6+ pound bass without evidence. Anyone can do that and it takes away from those here who catch big fish. Nevertheless, i'd take the last two 4 pounders any day. Good fishin

Most ridiculous claims I've seen in a long time.

Your 4-14 compared with my 4-3:

For reference....these are what a 6+ LMB looks like:

You could actually be dealing with a "bad scale," but I find posts like this disgraceful, and a real insult to guys out there actually catching trophy bass.

The 4-14 claim above is nearly inexcusable, and totally unrealistic.

I don't generally get into these weight posts, but this one takes the cake.

Dude, from here your best bet is to never log onto bigbasskiller again. Do yourself a favor and make a new name. Then re read this post and clown on yourself. Not sayin', jus' sayin'....

LoL you guys were harsh on him

I just said something so he is aware of the inaccuracy. Now he will probably get an electronic scale and get better at judging fish by eye and not look like he doesn't know what he's talking about later on.

Dude, from here your best bet is to never log onto bigbasskiller again. Do yourself a favor and make a new name. Then re read this post and clown on yourself. Not sayin', jus' sayin'....

Hah, priceless comment. Very funny. BigBassKiller, keep the pictures comin man. I enjoy lookin at them, we just are clownin on the exaggeration, that's all. And if you keep postin with that same scale, it will provide me a good laugh during my studies. JFranco was pretty harsh though...You might as well of slapped his mother and kicked his dog.

JFranco was pretty harsh though...You might as well of slapped his mother and kicked his dog.

Doh!

the three 4lb range fish i have weighed were bigger than those sixes

4.6 4.6 and 4.8 and they werent weighed on the same scale so they are probally off give or take a few ounces