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really nice day water temp 57 to 58 good visibility high temp suppose to be 59 with wind 10 to 15 south. started fishing at 8:00 am using jigs,blades,cranks and jerkbaits. 9:30 not a bite not one. was near south breakwater at launch ramp water on it was 9 to 13 feet. put on junebug French and 1/8 weight texas rigged. caught one keeper spot and one keeper lm in 1st 5 casts. no more after that but if fish were that shallow would go flip shallow ends of boat docks. just wore out spots for the next 3 hours. twenty to twenty five with at least 1/2 being keepers. one spot was between 4 and 5 pounds. about 12:30 bite just about over. loaded up at 2:00 and went home. saw stacy king he was going out to wart fish. hope he had some luck.

friend and I put in at state park. found most of the fish on bluff ends. most were on the windy ends. when you were on the ends with only a little wind no luck. caught most up shallow on a Texas rig 1/8 oz with junebug centipede.

go to bass boat central and they have all kind of info on using,settings and understanding what you are seeing. I find this is a great place to use.

got to cc 9:00 am wind blowing and muddy water about 1 to 2 feet of visibility. shad every where from cc to 10 miles down the lake. gulls working but no fish. fished jigs,blades,shakeyheads and cranks. no love. caught one keeper lm one nice eye and one keeper crappie along with a few shorts and small whites. water temp 59.7 getting up to about 61 degrees. in the meantime tore up my reverse gear. as forest gump says stupid is as stupid does. get the gear fixed and hope for better luck next time. only us and one other car in the lot. tells you they weren't biting.

went up Monday going to put in at state park no joy. ramp was sitting high and dry in parking lot. went to mutton creek and put in there. fished mutton,googer and twin bridges. thought they might be in the bush but only caught a few (4). tried every thing but no pattern. lot of shad on top in all areas mostly in the deeper areas. could see lots on my hb. lot of fish on top. caught 15 to 18 with only 2 squeaker keepers. the rest were 12 or less. noticed lots of fish in the 20 foot range would guess a trolled shad rap or flicker shad at right depth would have caught some of these. o well better days are coming.

been watching the forum and no one is posting on Stockton. does that mean fishing is real slow or is it real good and people don't want anyone to know. just wondering

put in at 5:00 this am. fished to 11:30 am. had a nice top water bite on popper. around 12 fish and 3 nice lm keepers. fish were on points on flats stuck back in buck brush chasing minnows. finished up with drop shot and spoon. caught another dozen with 3 more keeps. docks and points one or two at a time. plum 4 inch drop and 1/2 war eagle. thermocline between 35 and 40 feet.water was stained between 86 and 87 degrees. maybe 11to 12 pounds best 5. watch the crazies 4th of july. may check out Stockton.

use the jika a lot. I don't believe you hang up as much also great for swimming any plastics including swim baits. very seldom use t rig anymore.

anything plastic. some favorites beavers,swim baits,tubes 10 inch plus worms.

is anybody fishing for bass at Stockton or is it so good no ones talking?

check your drag should be set for 1/2 of what you use for mono or fluro. keep them post coming and good luck.

thanks hope to catch some bass and couple eating eyes on monday. fished last week one 20" eye and 25 keeper bass off beds. i'm sure they are now off the beds so will try to figure them out. suspect they may bite little bit of everything

anyone know the water level and how muddy the water is around state park. thanks for yourhelp.

hit the water at 6 am. caught some spots and small jaws on tube and grub. 3 nice smalljaws on the points 2 1/2 to around 3 pounds on the grub (smoke red fleck) and small spots. went in the coves found tons of beds but only small bucks on them. but i noticed quite a few larger bass in the areas just moving around. messed around ate lunch and around 11:30 went back in the coves and started see nest with pairs on them. bed fished till 3:00 caught 4 plus 4 lm and 2 plus six. caught them on watermelon red french fry no weight 10 lb power pro with 3 ft of 8 fluro. lots of fun but tough to see the take. left alot that didn't bite. one other thing around midday noticed a lot of alge bloom started by the time i left water had a green tint and anything that hit that crap had a wad of slime. was wondering if anyone else noticed. good fishing

been fishing table rock but kind of miss the quite of stockton. anyone know water temp and clearness from state park around to mutton. thanks for the help ps how about water temps

fish were in 40 to 50fow. suspended around 30. fishing in sight of ahoy's.

fished 7am to 2pm. early till 8:30 fish were chasing shad on top. after they went down to 30 feet suspended over 40 to 60 fow. ended up with 23 to 25 with 6 keeps. 1 lm abour 5lbs two sm 16 1/2 to 18 inches 3 spots 15 to 16 inches. caught all on fat albert 5 inch smoke grub and 1/4 darter head. water temp 54.2 to 55.2.

went fishing today. put the boat in at 10:00 am. water temp 43 water clear. decided tolook for crappie. headed for 245 bridge and down to high point. water was little dirty at the bridge and real dirty at high point. watch for floating logs and branches. fished 2 of my favorite spots no bites. water still 43 so decided to go past state park and fish for eyes. long run but water was clear with at least 6 to 7 feet of visibilty. no eyes but did catch 8 LM with 5 keepers on jerk baits 15 1/2 to 17 1/2.water still 43 to 45. i threw a lot of crap but could only get bit on the jerkbait. talked to sevsral people fishing only one guy had caughtany crappie hegotthem around masters. i suggest you find a nice deep brushpile in cleaner water 25 to 30 feettoput a few in the boat. with the cold front next week probably be 4/15 or later depending that we don't get flooded out before it gets going and probably everything will start at once.

a guy told me he has been night fishing the dam. using road runners catching a few small bucks. females haven't shown yet. you can bet when they do they will not be there long. this warm period might bring them in.

Anyone know if the james is clear,stained or muddy above cape fair? water temp? many thanks.

anyone know where to find the sinkers they use on the orginal jika rig.

Had a lot of luck on the rc. i like the pro blue and herrinbone.

anyone have a report on the water condition at bridgeport? muddy,stained or clear? thanks

Jason you are my idol. Great job on the crappie.Not to give away in secrets but are you catching these fish in the James river arm? Thanks

was there today not fishing but looking. the area from bridgeport was very dirty.