Skunked On Sunday

[jimithyashford]

I went wade fishing on the James on Sunday for about 3 hours. I got in the water where Ward Creek flows into the James just upstream from Rivercut, and waded down to the Rivercutparking lot.

I was using crayfish in eddies and along structures for most of the trip. I used a yellow weighted jig a little and a small spinner bait a little. The Crayfish got one really heavy strike early on, but didn't get hook set, and after that got no more action. After getting tired of the crayfish I switched to my spinner, got a few small sunfish on the spinner. Then when I lost my spinner to some deep snag I switced to a yellow jig and got one smallie a little longer than my hand off of the jig. So I guess I wasn't really "skunked" but I only caught babies.

I have yet to figure out what works to catch a sizable fish off of the James. I continue my quest.

[jbooth24]

Green lures works really well