James River (Watkins Landing)

Powhatan - Virginia


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  • 256 followers

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Boat ramp access to the river. A good fishery featuring smallmouth bass, rock bass, sunfish, fallfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish and musky. The post popular and more abundant species is smallmouth bass.

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James River (Watkins Landing) Fishing Reports

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  1. Details: 5 lb. 6 oz. 7 in. Smallmouth Bass with a JIg

    4- 8" small mouth Bass

  2. Little

    8 in. Smallmouth Bass with a Berkley Gulp! Earthworms

    1. robert walters 0
      don't see fish ??? ... that's 'cause I believe in "fillet & release" and ate 'em !!! ... delicious fried in butter and bacon fat !!!
    2. Scott S 0
      I don't see a fish?
    3. George Horvath 0
      Nice
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  3. First time on the James... slow, caught just the one.

    1. Tod Fisher 0
      Ok, Hot out, But there's some deep holes up that way for the smallest so was just wondering. If you don't mind a drive you should check out Bremo.
    2. Jim Bruce 0
      Tod, I put in at Watkins and paddled up to the islands.
    3. Florida Native 0
      beats none and also better to be fishing than almost anything else
    4. Tod Fisher 0
      where did you put in at , Jim?
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  4. This fish was sitting on a mud flat. we only marked fish once all day.. Very clear water and river was low as hell.

    3 lb. Smallmouth Bass with a jerkbait

  5. Details: Smallmouth Bass with a rapala crankbait

  6. Longnose Gar with a Zoom 6 Inch Dead Ringer

    1. jacob jackson 0
      holly molly

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