Largemouth Bass – With the cooler lake temps the fish are actually
In more of a mid-Sept pattern slowly moving into the creeks and holding
on structure, stumps, ...more and brushpiles 6-10’. Small poppers or buzz
baits for the topwater, early morning bite are catching good numbers of fish
but not a lot of size to them. For better quality bass, fish deeper using
soft plastic jerkbaits and small crankbaits. The Rapala scatter lip has
been deadly on these fish. The new lip gives the bait a violent sweeping
action and the will run 6-9’. Fish are also moving in and out of grassy areas
where spinnerbaits have been producing some nice catches.

Striped Bass – The change in weather and moon phase have slowed the
fish somewhat, however, many fish are still being caught .They are
beginning to feed on the surface in the early morning and late afternoon
all over the lake using Redfins, Zara Spooks or Storm Chug Bugs. Most
of the action has been around Day's Bridge in the Pamunkey Branch
and Rose Valley in the North Anna. During the day trolling, casting,
jigging and live bait are all working.

Crappie – Plenty of fish on deep structure and bridge pilings. Use
jigs or minnows on slip bobbers. Right now you can target big
crappie with small crankbaits on rocky points in both tributaries.

Lake temps low 80’s