A Visit to VA

The Crappie in East Tennessee received a pardon from my jigs and rigs this weekend thanks to a visit to the grand babies in VA. However, my daughter and son in law reside on a private neighborhood lake in Lynchburg and it is full of panfish that just call to me every time I visit. I usually take a pole or two and harass them, especially in the Spring time. Our late arrival Friday night (9:00pm) with the little munchkins waiting up to see us insured my ability to sneak out at daylight on Saturday morning and see who was hungry.
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No wind but chilly and not sure of the water temperatures, I tied on a Bobby Garland Baby Shad and grabbed the boat to paddle out.
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This was my fathers first boat, he found it washed up on the shore of Lake Hartwell SC in 1968. Nobody claimed it and he was no longer a bank fishing Clemson college student. It was also my first boat as my father gave it to me after I turned 16. Nothing like wonderful childhood fishing memories to start the morning.
The first 10 minutes with a Shad bodied bait produced 0 bites, so I pulled an Alphahawk member trick and tied on a 1/64 Trout Magnet in Monkey Milk. First cast something chomped both the tails off. I switched to a green flake pink looking color and it was on like wildfire. KaBoom as Ketchn says! First fish, a small red eared looking panfish.
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I connected with several nice Bluegill next.
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A fallen tree yielded my first of many VA Crappie
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They were not very big, and may be stunted/overpopulated, not sure of the harvest by the residents. I did catch a decent Green Carp and he definitely looked stunted, large head and mouth but skinny long body.
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Another Red Eared Sunfish?
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The last small Crappie caught was a nicely dressed Black.
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As soon as this fish was released I heard music to my ears.....HEY PEPAW, where are you? The grand babies were up and out and my fishing morning gladly ended. The youngest is starting early.
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They both are worth the trip!
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Great report and pics...thanks for sharing that

Wow, your a blessed man. Such sweet little ones.


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Great pics, thanks for sharing.

That’s the good stuff right there!

Good report and some sure enough cute little girls. And yes , that is a red ear aka Shellcracker.
Sounds like a great trip!

Good Pix, Good post, Good looking kids. Thanks for sharing.

Its hard to get 2 boys to pose like that. Great picture!

Don't get any better than family time!