NOVEMBER OUTLOOK
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Bass- Look for fish to be aggressive and chasing pods of baitfish (Threadfin Shad & Blueback Herring) at anytime throughout the day. Top water baits are a very exciting way to catch these feeders, my choices are a Paycheck Baits Repoman, Damiki Rambler, Don Iovino Spash It, Cotton Cordell Broken Back Redfin & Damiki MTB Noisy Buzzbait.
Another great way to catch these fish is with a Damiki Anchovy Shad rigged on a 1/4oz jighead or a Damiki Armor Shad rigged on a Gamakatsu 4/0 EWG Hook. Try a 1/4oz Longbill Scrounger with your favorite soft jerkbait.
If you are not fortunate enough to find schooling action, there are many more ways to catch fish. If you are headed up lake, Dave’s Tournament Tackle Tigershad Spinnerbaits fish over top of and through the Willow Grass will produce violent strikes when the fish are actively chasing. If they are not active, Jig & Pig Combinations will catch heavy, fat fall fish. Coming to Fish Tales soon is the Doubld D Custom Baits Hybrid Jig, until then get yours at www.double-d-jigs.com If the water is stained, darker colors like Black, Black/Blue Flake and Brown dressed with a Snack Daddy Lures Ditch Chicken. Try throwing a Bullshad Swimbait around flats, docks and willow grass. These big baits can and will draw violent strikes for non aggressive fish.
Lipless crankbaits are great search baits this time of year as well, whether it is a Red Eye Shad, Rat L Trap or any other lipless bait, covering water is the key to finding fish. a slow steady retrieve is my favorite, bumping your bait off of the bottom.
Around midlake, the water clarity will be much better, shakey head rigged plastics and soft jerkbaits skipped up underneath boat docks, shallow running crankbaits and lipless baits fish around docks during the middle of the day when it is bright out are all good ways to entice fish into biting.
Downlake you will find fish underneath boat docks, the water is really clear down there. Lighter line and smaller baits will produce best for you. Try pitching a dropshot with a small finesse worm.
CRAPPIE– At the current time there are still numbers of fish on the uplake bridge pilings. As the water cools down into the low 50’s, they will make a move to shallow water and begin to feed up. Small minnows on jig heads or slip bobbers will work best as long as the fish are deep (8-14 feet), after they move up, 2″ Kalin Curly Tail grubs rigged on a 1/16oz jig head works great.
STRIPER– If they are actively chasing and swirling on baitfish, my favorite way to catch them is with a Broken Back Redfin waked just under the surface. Once the feed is over, look for the schools with your electronics, after you locate them, drop a Toothache Spoon or Damiki Vault to them and hold on. Casting Bass Assassin Sea Shads or Damiki Anchovy Shads rigged on 1/4oz jigheads into the schools of breaking fish will usually attract the bite of larger fish.
This month, look for fish from Christopher Run all the way to Goldmine Creek on the Anna arm and from Hunters Landing up to Little Florida on the Pamunkey arm, and behind the bridge in Terrys Run. Lake Level- FULL POOL
Water Clarity
Up Lake- Moderate Stained
Mid Lake- Slight Stain
Down Lake- Clear
Water Temps
Up Lake- 55-57
Mid Lake- 57-59
Down Lake- 62-65
Dike 3- 69
Dike 3- 69
Chris Craft
Fish Tales
Anna Point Marina
540-895-5900 ext 5Attached Pics are of PJ Cox with an 8 pound 3 ounce Largemouth
and
Carl Wiegand with a pair of 5 pound 6 ounce Largemouth
Fish Tales
Anna Point Marina
540-895-5900 ext 5Attached Pics are of PJ Cox with an 8 pound 3 ounce Largemouth
and
Carl Wiegand with a pair of 5 pound 6 ounce Largemouth
