Caroline County Rotary Club Invitational @ LKA

My friend, Garry Cramer and I fished the Caroline County Rotary Club Invitational at Lake Anna yesterday and won it with 15.51 lbs. Garry caught most of the fish and he had big fish for the tournament with a 5.79 lb. hog. All this added up for a enjoyable day on the lake and a check for $2190.00

Team Grand-daughters

Molly and Rachel fishing last month.

Today at Lake Anna

Had the day off so I went to Lake Anna to try a prototype dropshot rod out for a friend. Caught about a dozen fish ranging from dinks to a 3 lber on the dropshot in various locations. Went uplake to a set of docks in Pamunkey and whacked this 5.63 lber on a jig & pig. 1" shy of a citation. Oh well.

Oldies, but goodies!

From time to time, I like to look back at old fishing pictures and remember the moment. Here are a few. From the top clockwise......My wonderful wife of 37 years, Linda, with Hank Parker at a fishing show in 2003; a 5 lb 12 oz. bass at Lake Anna in August, 2000 and a 25 lb. rockfish on the Chesapeake Bay in 1999.

A few river fish from today.

Lee and I went today for about 5 hrs. on the Potomac. Biggest was 4 lb. 8 oz........next 3 lb. 11 oz....and so on. The frog bite is on pretty good.

August Tournament Calendar

http://va-outdoors.com/calendar.php

Doug Ball Memorial Fish Hab Construction

Today, Chris McCotter gathered around 20 guys and gals and we all volunteered to construct 11 Berkley fish habs in the name of Doug Ball. Doug passsed away in May, 2008 and was an avid fisherman / guide for many years on Lake Anna. While I personally did not know Doug, I have heard some nice stories about his ability to always catch fish on Lake Anna. The structures will be placed by VDGIF on Tuesday at the old fish structure #5 downlake across from Dike 1 and a marker bouy installed with Doug's name on it.