Lake Anna Report

I was on Lake Anna last Tuesday pre-fishing for a VAO tournament that was yesterday (Saturday 3-13-10)...Temps and water was looking real good until the last 2 two days of torrentail rain with flooding conditions. So yesterday, Lee and I put on all the foul weather gear we owned, prepareing for another 3" of rain and wind 25mph with gusts to 40 mph. Well, the weather man threw everyone a curve ball in that particular area of the dtate and none of the above ever happened. Not much rain and hardly any wind. Either way, we couldn't get a decent bite going and wound up with only 2 fish for 4+lbs and 7th place. All in all a great day to be out with son and other friends. The winners did find enough fish chasing bait (pictured above) to come in with over 14 lbs.

A BIG 'ol PIG!!!!

My friend and fellow VAO member, Garry Cramer, was fishing with another member/friend, (Jim Whitman), this past Saturday in the Championship Teams Open at Lake Anna and Garry proceeded to catch a fish of his lifetime. This one weighed 9.11 lbs. and got the team a third place finish with just one fish. Kudos to Garry and also to Jim for putting him on the "right spot". Jim's Yamaha outboard on his Basscat didn't fair as well, as a piston went vertical and a rod went to the lower unit. I know Jim will be up and running in no time though.

VAO Fling before Spring

The va-outdoors.com website had it's second Weekend series of this year yesterday. The "Fling before Spring" event drew 12 boats and I think everyone was more than ready to shake off the winter blues and snow. Lee and I finished in second place with 3 fish at 7.5 lbs. An enjoyable day with my son and friends.

Snow Dropshotting

OK. Everyone knows that we have had a tremendous amount of snow here in Virginia. Can't work, can't hunt, can't fish, so what is a fisherman supposed to do? Make a video of course. Please enjoy this video I made, and I hope it makes you smile a little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90l2vBlGelE

2010 Blizzard

We just had over 22" of snow here in Warrenton, Virginia. Took us quite a while to dig out just to get to the road which has not been plowed yet. Poor boat has not moved in a month and it will take some doing to get it out. Lee and I have a tournament on February 21st, so I hope we can make it. Calling for 5"+ more snow on Tuesday evening. Wonderful.

More Chantilly show footage

While at the Chantilly show yesterday, I shot some video of Neil Selby's dog from Shady Grove Kennel. He trains them well.

Chantilly Show

Went to the Nations Outdoor Show in Chantilly last evening. A fair amount of hunting & fishing displays, guides, seminars, knives, tackle, hunting dogs, etc.Pictures are off Chris McCotter and Chris Craft doing a seminar on bass & crappie fishing on Lake Anna.