Easter Trio - March 31st, 2024

I caught 3 bass in the first 15 minutes on a skirted Ned. I thought I was about to go on a run and start dealing……wrong. Not another fish in the next 2 hours and 45 minutes. Fishing can be had. I had a good one about 2 pounds chase and miss. I followed up with a fluke over the lay down he was on but crickets. 

A Tales of Two Gregs - March 27th, 2024

Greg, Greg and I fished 6.5 hours in Bluestone. We landed 8 fish (Harper 4, Nahodil 2, Me 2). We missed maybe two more one being a broke off musky. Fun day, nothing big all fish on Ned in deeper water, except one shallow on square bill. 

False Start - March 23rd, 2024

Bostic and I started off behind Advance Auto on what was initially a calm morning. I fished a tube super slow all around the confluence of the New and G brier with no interested takers. I switched to a KVD 1.5 and started working the route 20 side and caught a pair of 15” fish and lost another. We decided to restart and float from the dam back to Advance. We fished the water below the spill way and I missed one and Brian lost one. The wind then hit us hard out of now where and closed our day out early. I lost a square bill and found a square bill. 

Brookside Afterwork - March 19th, 2024

No hits, no runs, no errors. One hour fished. 

Ranger Day at Moncove - March 16th, 2024

Bostic, Jared and I fought the wind on a cool March morning. Jared caught a 3 and 2 pounder early then nothing. Then I caught a 3 pounder two hours later. Jared caught another little one. Bostic missed one and lost one. 

Solo on Claytor - March 14th, 2023

Fished 5 hours solo on Claytor. Air got up to 75 degrees with water temps up to 52. I hooked and lost two on ned rig in deeper water early then nothing for a while. Tried Jerkbait and square bill but no bites. Picked up a fluke and had two chase right off then caught a 19” and later a nice spot, with once more largemouth coming later. Had a couple more follow and not bite. No smallmouth to be seen today. 

March Grind - March 5th, 2024

Following what was an epic day to remember became exactly what you might expect….grinding out early spring fish. We fished hard for 6 hours and had only 6 bites landing 4 small mouth. Biggest was maybe 15”. Awesomely warm and comfortable day to be on the water though. 

Why I Don’t Crappie Fish - March 3rd, 2024

Greg, Stan and I started off trying to catch some crappie on a 65 degree Sunday. We fished an hour and a half at that game and I caught 2 bluegills only so we stitched gears to bass fishing around 3:30pm. Then what happened next turned out to be the most epic day on Bluestone. We went on to catch five fish over 18” and three fish over 20”, with a best five of 96”. I had two citations one at 20.5” and 21.25”. All up super shallow in 3” or less reeled slow.