It's Hard to Beat a Good Pond - May 12th, 2014

The girl's and I fished a friends pond for a couple hours. The fishing was every you would expect a good farm pond to be in mid May and then some. There were bluegills and bass cruising and chasing and even starting to show signs of spawning. We had a good time and the weather and sunset were spectaular. Both Avery and Annalyn caught some fish all on there own (making the cast, setting the hook and reeling them in).

 

Coosa's On the River - May 6th, 2014

Greg, Brad and I caught 29 bass while fishing from our Coosa's for the 1st time on the river in 2014. Greg and I didn't even wear waders. We fished from 5:45 to 8:00pm and floated from the dam to Advance beach. It was a really great feeling to be back on the river in a kayak catching a few bass. The main lures were g-tails, although some were caught on tubes, and Brad whacked a few on the ever faithful Rebel Crawdad.

Guntersville 2014

 

 

 

Starting to Chase - April 21st, 2014

I walked below the house to the Greenbrier river and fished a spinner for about 30 minutes. I had 4 hits catching a smallmouth and a redeye while missing one more hit and having another come unbottoned. This was the first time all year I can remeber smaller fish up shallow chasing lures. Up to this point it has been all tubes and jigs fished slow on the bottom, playing the waiting game.

Hard Luck or None at All Stretch - April 9th - 21st

On three short fishing trips and and one all day outting I managed to catch just one small large mouth bass. I went flipping tubes on the Greenbrier one afternoon for a couple hours with no bites and only 3 lost jigs to show for my troubles. Next I fished Mountain Valley Lake 2 afternoons with Greg and Todd for 2+ hours each outting with only one missed bite to my name, although Greg and Todd caught some fish that day on black and blue jigs, but I was slow to change colors and get in on that run. Next Greg and I fished Dan Hale for 7 hours last Saturday and I caught my one lonley LMB on a crank bait and missed 2 more bites. Greg missed 2 bites and hooked and lost a 3 pound or so trout. It has been just a brutal unproductive stretch for me as of late. I am hoping that is about to change and the days keep getting longer, the water warmer and the fish keep moving shallower.  Like the quote says,"sooner or later my luck WILL CHANGE"!

Sunday Afternoon Pond Fishing with Family - April 13th, 2014

 

 

Avery, Annalyn, Aleshia and I fished a farm pond for bass and bluegills on a windy Sunday afternoon. Despite the slow bite the girls each caught a bass and a bluegill. It was  pretty, warm, and windy Sunday afternoon. It is really nice to be back home and together again. Last month my youngest daughter Annalyn was diagnosed with Leukemia. She was hospitalized for 23 days at WVU Children's Hospital for the Induction phase of treatment. We just got her back home on Friday April 12th. So even though we didn't catch any huge fish or great numbers today was special.

 

Cold Saint Patrick's Day - March 17th, 2014

John and I attempted to bass fish Bluestone after a icy snowy night on a day when the high temp was only 36 with a breeze to go with it. I tried and tried to get fish to eat a jerk bait with no results. The water temps ran from 42 to 48 degrees. I finally caught one lonely bass that weighed 2.9 lbs on a black and blue jig and pig. It was a tough day to be on the lake. Hopefully warmer weather and more active fishing are coming in with the official start of Spring.

Windy March Saturday on Bluestone Lake - March 16th, 2014

Greg Davis and I tried both crappie fishing and bass fishing between 9am and 1pm on Bluestone Lake. The wind started off in the 8 to 10mph range and quickly increased to the 15 to 20mph range making crappie fishing impossible. I caught one bluegill while crappie fishing. We had a tough day getting the bass to hit at all. I turned one nice bass on jerk bait that came unbuttoned quickly after I set he hook on him. There were several people crappie fishing but how they could feel the bite was beyond me. Although it was nice to be outside I felt bad that the fishing wasn't better.

First Bass of 2014 - March 9th, 2014

Joe and I fished Bluestone on this windy day. I landed 4 largemouth and Joe 3 all shallow with cranks, which surprises me some. I guess it doesn't pay to figure that your guesses on what fish should be doing are right in fishing. It was a fine day to be on the water and we both had a good time. I took Bow along and she did real well, even while we were running from spot to spot in the boat.

1st Bass of 2014

John's New Ride - March 8th, 2014

Nathan and I fished for bass on a windy day on Bluestone. Some friends of mine had been catching some quality bass shallow despite the 43 to 47 degree water temps. We tried hard for three good hours with no luck. While up there we ran into John who had recently purchased a new jet boat. This boat is the ultimate fishing machine for all that Summers County has to offer. He boat a G3 with a 40 horse Yamaha jet.

John's Jet

First Fish of 2014 - March 2nd, 2014

Jamie and I did a couple hours of crappie fishing on Bluestone lake today before the rain followed by more snow showers to come ran us off the lake. I caught three crappie on a drop shot rigged crawler in about 14 foot of water. The lake was severely drawn down in anticipation of more snow and rain. Again it was awesome to get out and fish a bite and be on the water after a long tough winter of severe cold and snow.

One Trout and a Dog - March 1st, 2014

  Brad and hiked down to the river today. Brad's trout (seen in the pic) was our only fish of the day. I had only one bite and Brad had only one other bite all day. It was a slow day. But it was still really fun to get outside between snow showers. While fishing down there we came across a half starved black lab mix pup. We fed her some cookies and beans from our lunches. I asked a park employee if he had seen her and he said he had never seen her before. When it came time to leave and cross the river we just couldn't leave her there with bad weather coming in and nothing to eat. Her ribs where showing, she had no collar and she was getting weak. I have been looking for the owners and making some calls. If nobody claims her I guess she has found a new home with my other two dogs.