great guys, good weather, fair fishing

team Wasabi - Corker, team slabenomics - anchor man, solo fishman 78, solo Diecutter, Hit Anna approximately 7:00 a.m. out of Hunter's Landing on the pamunkey side of the lake .....Armed with jigs and micro minners yes so small that hard to hook and had little to no action due to their rediculious size ,,,,,,,,,small minnows seem to be small as I've ever used and that is what we found them every where from around home to all lake sales way way small.. we concentrated on docks and shore cover and grass beds...everyone catching fish but not many keeper size..fish were scattered and seemed to be of post spawn condition.....we would pick up two keepers here and there as we covered waters from plentiful creek to the upreaches of the pamunkey well past hunters.......

around noon met back at hunters for more bait me and anchor man went through the first 4 dozen + minners and got 4 more dozen micro's ,decided to run up the north anna side of the lake...we all fished coves and concentrated on docks and grass beds from just past the splits all the way to duck-n-the hole again few keepers here and there caught lots of fish just not much size and the keepers were thin as in eggless..........

we had water temps from 63* to 67* and a few stray showers none of wich were soaking rains until we were leaving....air temps varied as a few fronts moved through from jacket weather to needing sun screen............

I really enjoyed meeting every one and we definately put the pressure on as we covered the fished areas with a variety of presentations and techniques,,
would love to continue these type fishing efforts in the future on a variety of waters ........Once again great group of guys with good common interest ...

the biggest fish from my boat was 14" and me and anchor both had one ........along with about 15 keepers total .....

Yep, that about sums it up. Bite seemed slow with mostly smaller size fish coming from docks and bridges. Corker and I probably had 40 fish if ya include the few trash bass and catfish caught, biggest crappie going 13".

Didn't see a chubby female all day (except for back at Hunter Landing restaurant where 6 of em were sat down near us). This marks the 3rd or 4th tip I've made in the past 2 weeks with this same pattern of small fish and no females with eggs. Most fish for us came on jigs and we even struggled most of the day to get one on a minnow. Also marks the third trip in a row I have dropped a rod overboard and watched it sink out of sight. I've recovered 2 out of 3 though! :D

Boating pressure was light on Anna for a change. Heavy rain did show up late in the afternoon and kept us pinned under a bridge until 7 PM. We managed to keep catching fish although that good "rain bite" didn't materialize.

Thanks for the tour Slabie! It was good to meet both you and Vic. Wish we all could have spent more time yakkin it up. Robbie, DieCutter - good to see you fellers too. How did your day turn out?

Sounds like ya'll all had a good day... wish I could have been there.
Blake

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Originally Posted by bc1448

Sounds like ya'll all had a good day... wish I could have been there.
Blake

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mr. Blake wish you were amongst us as well....with not fishing anna the last two years I had pattern issues due to lack of so I went to go to spots wich have produced over previous years ....anna is known though for its ever so changing patterns and one must stay on it to break the code so to say ....
with the bight slowing everywhere at this time I am thinking on a species change to satisfy my desire to hold a bent pole and hear that wonderful sound of line being released from the drag.............

Had a good day even though the bite wasen't the best. nice to meet you Wasabi, Mike and thanks for the ride up Robbie. Nice seeing you again Corker. I realy injoyed fishing with you Frank, you had a lot of good ideas to share. You know the lake for sure but you can't make the fish bite. You all have a good Sunday.

That sounds like a fun day!
The group fishing/sharing info thing is a great idea too. (As opposed to competition)

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Originally Posted by ShellQuacker

That sounds like a fun day!
The group fishing/sharing info thing is a great idea too. (As opposed to competition)

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agree 100% the only thing we could not come up with between us was how to get a 1/100th oz. hook into a 1/16th oz. minner and make it lively

thanks Frank for the tour,,,wished i new all of this 2 weeks ago on my vacation ,,maybe would have gotten a few bigons,,,but did have fun anyway,,also thanks Robbie and Vic for your help reloading my boat ,call me if you want to hook up and fish,,,glad to see Corker and Wasbi too

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Originally Posted by slabenomics

Armed with jigs and micro minners yes so small that hard to hook and had little to no action due to their rediculious size ,,,,,,,,,small minnows seem to be small as I've ever used and that is what we found them every where from around home to all lake sales way way small

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I bought minnows in Virginia Beach on Friday and they were the smallest I've seen in a long time. What gives?

Glad to hear ya caught a few! But Frank the very best part is you got to spend some time with friends out on the water.:D And the look of trying to hook a small minnow (priceless):eek::D. Looks like we have about 2 more days of heavy rain here:mad: guess i,ll have to retrain or switch types of fish might try some of those big cats just for fun:cool: