the first wave of bass are on the beds and i got a chance to get after them out at lake orange yesterday.  Good day with a lot of bass caught, the largest few being in the 3 lb range.  

also caught a big pickeral that had my hopes up for awhile.  reminded me of the post by KU about how the fight may not be as important as he thought it was.  if it was all about the fight i would have tried to catch another big pickeral.  i thought id finally got into a 7-8 lb bass but...lots of fun nonetheless.  this guy was so big i thought it might be a northern pike, but after closer inspection of a hazy picture i dont think so.  

anyhow it was a good day with almost all bass being caught on a fat ika, and a few on a trap or a senko.  i kept trying to get something going on a trap or a spinnerbait but the fish wanted slow so i spent my time blind casting to beds (the wind and clouds made seeing the fish pretty much impossible).

Good report and Bass catchin'!  Where is "Lake Orange"?

Dan

Isn't that crazy how when you think you have a huge bass on and it turns out to be "the wrong kind ;D" you get disappointed even though that wrong kind just gave you a hell of a fight.

Isn't that crazy how when you think you have a huge bass on and it turns out to be "the wrong kind ;D" you get disappointed even though that wrong kind just gave you a hell of a fight.

same thing happened to me the other day, I was fishing with a fluke, thought I hooked a giant but I had hooked about a 4lb carp. I was surprised because although I'd heard of carp going after bass lures, I'd never had it happen to me before.

lightninrod,

lake orange is in orange county va.  its a small lake that gets some fairly heavy pressure for the area.  the gizzard shad population has exploded and they are absoulutely huge.  there are some fish in the 9 pound range in this lake, but i havent got a biggun yet.

it really is funny about those other fish.  one minute im reeling it in like ive snagged into the holy grail kinda praying it dosent come unpegged and the next i see that copper flash and im just kinda jerking it in kinda hoping it comes off so i dont have to get slimy with a pickeral.  so silly that its so much fun until i recognize what it is and then...  maybe it is the fear of losing a big fish that makes it so much fun now and once that is gone so too is some of the fun.

the fishing in central va is really heating up.  i went out to a local pond yesterday and killed them on a lft swimbait.  lots of fun.

matt

Thanks Matt.  I think there's a Lake Orange down in Florida but now I know about central VA.

Dan

Thanks Matt. I think there's a Lake Orange down in Florida but now I know about central VA.

Dan

In Florida, there's an "Orange Lake" just south of Lake Lochloosa, but I'm not aware of any Lake Orange.

Roger