VIRGINIA

Fishing Report Provided by
Bobcat's Bait and Tackle
Buggs Island/Kerr Lake

June 29, 2009

Striper: Fishing is excellent from Ivy Hill to the Dam. Some fishermen are catching fish trolling different presentations including bucktails, sutton spoons and deep running baits such as Stretch Mann's and Cotton Cordell Deep Red Fin's. Some fishermen are vertical jigging spoons in 30 to 40 foot. Some are being caught early morning with big Pop'R's. Most of the fishermen are limiting out.

Catfish: Good blues are scattered out from Clarksville all the way up both the Staunton and Dan rivers. Fish can be caught on live shad and bream, and also on cut shad and crappie. The bigger flatheads are still mostly in the rivers but should be beginning to work back towards the lake. Live bream is still the bait of choice but you can also use stink bait, chicken livers, nightcrawlers etc..

Crappie: Crappie fishing has been excellent. Fish are being caught on deep brush and bridge pilings 15 to 25 feet. Some are being caught with white bucktails, plastic baits and live minnows.

Bass: Bass are being found 10 to 25 feet deep carolina rigging small plastics such as the Zoom mag finesse. Crankbaits are also working well at certain times of day. Fish can be caught early morning and late evenings with topwater baits such as spooks, pop'rs and sammy's.

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