TheBeast and I hit a new lake about 70 miles away Saturday night.  Planned on staying till 3 or 4 AM, got blown off at midnight.  A 30 MPH crosswind and a shallow ramp make for a lot of fun in the dark, especially since the town is too cheap to put up a $*$&*#($$%%&*#*# light.

Bite was slow for me, producing only the usual dinks (I'm close to putting a Rocket Fishing Rod to my temple).  TB got some nice ones though.

 

That one was around 2 on a trick worm.

Lake was nice, sparse cover though.  Should have a ton of matted milfoil by August though.  

Lake was about 2' low, would have been nice to have some water in those cattails.

NICE BEAVER!  

Had a little time to hit the river this evening.  Jimzee gave me a packages of Imakatsu Hairy Hawgs last week and after T-Rig posted that photo of his catch on the HH, I decided to throw one myself.

Got bit twice by small redeyes (once again, dinks...) on the first cast.  Second cast got this one before the bait hit bottom.

It's a great looking bait although the appendages are a bit weak.  The 'claws' were gone after that one fish.  Still a wicked looking bait though.

Nice looking spot to sneak off for some evening fishing. That looks so much like a few of the small impoundments around here. Can't wait to get down there in a month or two.

Nice fish and pics as usual!!

That place is only a few miles over the state line for you.  About 20 minutes from Bluefield.