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A Few of Jim Hemby's Recent Client's and Catches
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Nathan
1/27/10
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Bill Hamilton, Dave,
Ron & Ski
1/28/10
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Jim and (Grandson)
Michael 18 lb
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Travis, Michael &
Tommy
1/23/10
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Steve, Adam, Troy
& Lance
1/16/10
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Lee, Joe, Thomas
& Will
1/19/10
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Greg and Ed Whitlock
1/14/10
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Walt, Brian, Anthony & Lance
1/7/10
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This February
Fishing Report is furnished by
Jim Hemby
of LAKE ANNA STRIPER GUIDE SERVICE
STRIPERS:
The word is out....Lake Anna Stripers...the most sought after
fish on the lake this month and probably in the state. There are
hundreds of schools roaming the lake from the splits down to
the dam, and they are Eating! Concentrate your efforts on the
main lake and main lake coves wherever bait is present. Probably
the easiest method for locating the bait and the Stripers is to
follow the gulls. They will advertise where the fish are and
anglers who quietly approach the areas where the gulls are
diving with their trolling motors can cast numerous baits to
catch the Stripers. Your depthfinder will also identify the
areas you need to fish by showing large clouds of bait [usually
in 15 to 30 feet of water] with the Stripers showing up as arches
around the bait. From Sturgeons Creek up the fish are feeding on
3 inch Threadfin Shad and downlake they are feeding on 4 and 5
inch Herring. Match the bait you are using for the area you are
fishing to maximize your catch. Midlake the fish are in the
backs of short creeks, coves and pockets on warming trends and
relating to the main lake other times. Downlake in the current
at Dike 3 and the flats adjacent to it there are numerous
schools of smaller Stripers working the current and shallow
flats in the low light times of the day and when it is bright
out they will school up near the bottom over 25 to 35 foot
flats.
Anglers preferring to use artificial baits should use
small swimbaits like 1/4 to 3/8 oz. Sea Shads, Sassy Shads,
bucktails, Super Flukes and Road Runners thrown on light line
counting your bait down to the fish and using a slow retrieve.
For more explosive strikes you can wake a Redfin or walk a Spook
over shallow humps and points nearby deep water in low light
conditions to entice large Stripers to blow your bait out of the
water. Suspending jerkbaits work exceptionally well in the
clearer water with a jerk, jerk, pause jerk retrieve allowing
the bait to suspend motionless on the pause. This method works
when others fail and usually catches larger lethargic fish. When
you see the Stripers deeper in the water column jig 3/4
oz. Hopkins Spoons, Blade baits and Super Flukes on 1/2 oz.
heads in their face to get them to strike.
Live bait fisherman will enjoy not only catching large
numbers but huge Stripers as well, the key will be to Be
Versatlile. Start off by pulling Water Bugz planner boards and
freelines in the low light times of the day over points, flats
and humps less than 20 ' and as the sun gets brighter back off
to the deeper flats continuing to use boards and adding a couple
of downlines to the depth you see the fish at on your depth
finder. Also as the sun warms up the red clay banks and rip rap
in the afternoons the Stripers will move up chasing bait.
Downlake use Herring, jumbo or large minnows, mid lake and up
use threadfin, small 4 inch gizzards, large or medium minnows.
January fishing was the great as is evident by my journal [www.JimHemby.com]
and February is a great month to catch Stripers on the lake and
live bait usually is the key to tricking a Citation Fish.
BASS:
February
is a great month for fishing for huge Bass on Lake Anna and many
citations will be recorded this month. The pattern that produces
the largest Bass this month is working a suspending jerkbait in
clear water on primary and secondary points next to deep water.
Position your boat no deeper than 18 feet throwing your bait
toward the shallows. The Bass can see your injured bait a great
distance in the clearer water and will chase it down usually
attacking it on the pause. Points with stumps, rocks or some
structure will hold better Bass. For a chance to catch a
citation Bass, pull a Jumbo minnow behind your boat 12 feet
below a slip bobber, no weights. Literally hundreds of trophy
Bass have been caught using this method, it is not very popular
but no other technique will catch Huge Bass as well as a Jumbo
minnow in cold water. Look for "bowling ball" size
rocks on points similar to the points around Duke's and Bogg's
Creeks. Bass also like swim baits on Anna, a swim bait worked
slowly may get your arm broken if worked in productive areas.
Spoons and Blade baits will catch Bass when you see them nearby
breaks and the bottom and will also catch some nice white perch
and Stripers. Later in the month if it warms up the backs of
creeks like Sturgeon and Hackneys will hold Bass as they follow
the bait up the creeks. Never pass up a brush pile or rock pile,
numerous Bass will hold on these structures and can be caught,
crawfish imitators work good in these areas.
CRAPPIE:
The
lake thawed in mid January and the slabs wanted to eat on the
rocky drop offs on points at the mouth of Christopher's and also
at the 522 bridge on the North Anna. Look for deeper patterns to
exist this month, fish will school 15 to 25 feet deep, small
jigs and minnows will work best. Once the water warms to 48° the
Crappie will pull up on the first breaks nearby deeper water to
feed before the spawn . The schools will roam back and forth on
the break line following the schools of Threadfin Shad.
www.JimHemby.com
JimHemby@hotmail.com
540-967-3313
This Report is
furnished by Chris
McCotter of
McCotter's Lake Anna
Guide Service
www.mccotterslakeanna.com
540.894.9144.
February Report
Lake Anna, VA
- Now
that Lake Anna is once again ice free anglers are beginning to get their
money's worth on the annual fishing license. Water temperatures are
still in the upper 30s and low 40s in the up lake
region, 42 in the mid lake region and 50 at the Dike III discharge.
Striper are still the top quarry for visiting anglers, though some are
targeting largemouth bass and catching them, too. Crappie fishing
has not yet begun. Here's what you can expect on your next visit.
Largemouth bass -
The best regions to fish for
green bass are mid lake and
down lake. Large schools of threadfin shad have over-wintered in
the area from the power plant down to Dike
III and the bass have hung around
them during these cold times. Some of the shad will work into Sturgeon
Creek, others will stay out on the main lake. Seagulls often give away the
location of these massive schools of food early in the morning when the
surface is calm. You can try a suspending jerkbait in Sturgeon Creek or
off main lake points from mid lake to down lake. Another lure
catching bass is a belly spinner with a small plastic jerkbait on it.
Metalheads are using blade baits like a 3/8-oz ice blue
Crazy Blade and Toothache spoons to jig up largemouths, mostly around
the power plant in water 25-38' deep. Expect the jerkbait bite to
strengthen and the metal bite to fade as the fish move shallower into
February.
Striper -
Excellent fishing continues
for anglers focusing their efforts
in the mid and down lake region. While the Dike III action is slowing, the
stretch from the power plant down to Dike I has been heating up. Look for
seagulls "hiving" over shad and move into position with
Toothache spoons, belly spinners, soft plastic jerkbaits on jig heads and
swimbaits to see if striper are present. If the depth finder
lights up, lower the metal and start jigging. Action has been consistent
from the mouth of Sturgeon Creek to the Beaver Pond islands and
into the Dike I bay. Dike III striper have so much to eat it's often
difficult to get them to fall for your offerings. The best time to catch
striper there is at dawn and dusk on shallow flats, otherwise you might
consider vertical jigging or trolling deep off shore humps. As the
lake warms, some fish will return to the 208 region, so don't forget
your options.
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C.C. McCotter Catch the Latest on my Blog
www.mccotterslakeanna.blogspot.com
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