Tale of two days

[tapout]

I made it down Oct 27, at around 9:30 in the morning. It was flat calm and it was bouncing back and forth between a light rain and a steady drizzle. I fished the James River arm looking for Bass or whites either one. I started on a flat near a channel where I've had success in the fall with whites in years previous. Nothing. I switched to a crankbait and started cranking a bluff and I caught four dinks. I took a boat ride down river and noticed some surface action near point 12. I pulled in and it was schooling whites. I fished for about 45 minutes catching a fish on every cast (only exception was a couple of them came off before I landed them). No idea how many I caught, maybe 35 or 40. It was a 2 acre school. I'd cast my spoon and crank it through them about as fast as I could. I left them boiling as my arms needed a break and I already had a few of them swimming in my live well to fillet for dinner. I went further down river and stopped on a long gravel point. I grabbed a spook and caught 28 spotted bass before calling it a day. None of them were big and I estimate only 3 of them would of measured, but it was a day of catching for sure. And I only saw two other boats all day.

I decided to return Oct 28. I took my wife with me and we hit the water about 10:30. It was cloudy and barely sprinkling but on this day there was much more wind. Went to the white bass spot and saw some surface activity as we pulled in. I got all excited and told her to get ready. Oh boy am I a terrible guide. As I idled in I could see it was Garr. It looked like thousands of them. They were rolling and making a commotion. The Garr were thicker than the whites had been the day before. The graph was loaded with shad but the whites were no where. That or they got tired of my spoon.  Fished the spot for an hour hoping the whites would show themselves but no deal. Got the ned rig and tube out and we fished about four places with nothing. By now the sun was peeking through and my wife decided to lay down for a siesta. I broke out the spook and a crank and fished several spots including the long point that was so good to  me the day before. I ended with three dinks! On this day I saw maybe a dozen other boats. Fall is great as far as boat traffic is concerned.

I think weather was everything and after a day of glory, I quickly felt the agony of defeat.

Happy fishing.

 

[Hammer time]

Great reading! Thanks for posting!

[176champion]

Nice ! Thanks for sharing

[96 CHAMP]

Thanks for the report, I have been catching some whites at LOZ and am pretty sure i am coming down in a couple of weeks to try some bass fishing and thought i would try the tactics I have been using at LOZ for some whites, at Table Rock, been throwing 1/4 oz  vibric spinner in white mylar color up here, Thanks again