Fishing this month has been pretty good despite the rains we have been getting.
Rappahannock River--smallmouth bass are reportedly hitting fairly well upstream of Frederickburg. Fish the edges or seams of current as the fish are in the summer pattern. Redbreast sunfish are hitting beetle spins and live bait in eddies, along log jams and other structure in those same areas.
Further downriver, some anglers are catching snakeheads. Bass anglers are reportedly getting into decent fish on blowdowns with plastics and spinnerbaits. The shad are pretty much done. Some striper are being caught (and hopefully released). Catfish are in the spawning mode but can be caught as evident by the picture above. Jaylen and Nate caught a decent stringer in King George this week.
Potomac River--bass are reportedly hitting on the edge of the vegetation on lipless cranks and other cranks. Flip finesse worms in the pockets. Topwater works early and late as it will most of the summer. Weedless frogs are a good starting point. Try the creeks for the best action.
Further downriver there are no reports of croaker yet. That is sad. Ten years ago we were thick with croaker by June. There are some smaller striper being caught well downriver. Catfish are all the way to the mouth of the river!
Lake Anna reports show crappie have gone deep. Some nice bass are being caught on points with jigs and plastics. Striper are early and late on live bait and some hybrids are also in the mix. Use a cast net to catch your own shad for bait if you are able. They work better than minnows.
Ponds are giving up crappie, bass and nice bream right now. Some ponds are seeing bream coming off the beds while some are still on the beds.
Rappahannock River--smallmouth bass are reportedly hitting fairly well upstream of Frederickburg. Fish the edges or seams of current as the fish are in the summer pattern. Redbreast sunfish are hitting beetle spins and live bait in eddies, along log jams and other structure in those same areas.
Further downriver, some anglers are catching snakeheads. Bass anglers are reportedly getting into decent fish on blowdowns with plastics and spinnerbaits. The shad are pretty much done. Some striper are being caught (and hopefully released). Catfish are in the spawning mode but can be caught as evident by the picture above. Jaylen and Nate caught a decent stringer in King George this week.
Potomac River--bass are reportedly hitting on the edge of the vegetation on lipless cranks and other cranks. Flip finesse worms in the pockets. Topwater works early and late as it will most of the summer. Weedless frogs are a good starting point. Try the creeks for the best action.
Further downriver there are no reports of croaker yet. That is sad. Ten years ago we were thick with croaker by June. There are some smaller striper being caught well downriver. Catfish are all the way to the mouth of the river!
Lake Anna reports show crappie have gone deep. Some nice bass are being caught on points with jigs and plastics. Striper are early and late on live bait and some hybrids are also in the mix. Use a cast net to catch your own shad for bait if you are able. They work better than minnows.
Ponds are giving up crappie, bass and nice bream right now. Some ponds are seeing bream coming off the beds while some are still on the beds.
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