A decent striper bite is being reported in the mornings from the mouth of the river and south to California Bay. Early morning and late afternoon are always great times to catch fish this time of year, but dont overlook late morning for great fishing as well. The smallmouth bass here dont get a ton of pressure and there are some really nice sized fish currently being caught. Then add a four to five inch Gulp! the Cobia bite continues to improve with several fish over 40in being caught. Striper fishing remains good near schools of shad. Sunfish are being caught regularly with bobber-rigged worms near the floating pier. Anglers fishing for catfish can expect to catch increasing numbers of blue cats in this river over time. Patagonia Elite Series tournament anglers did well on some solid fish during a recent contest at Patagonia Lake. Bass are biting on top water baits early morning and evening. Poppers, Sammys, and Buzzbaits are working well for both smallmouth and largemouth over gravel flats and submerged weedbeds in the morning and late afternoon. In the last week we weighed in one Cobia that was 67lb 9oz. All of these species are important economic and recreational resources of the Chesapeake Bay. Largemouth bass are providing plenty of action on small white or shad colored jerkbaits like the Pointer 78 or 100. Accustomed to the brawny rivers of Hampton Roads, my first impression of the upcoming tour area was cute: the wooded southern shore and its few stately homes would be connected by a short, 10 minute open water crossing to the slightly more developed northern shore. The Cobia bite has continued to improve with several legal fish over 40in being caught. Fished this weekend in the Piankatank and around Gwynn's Island. Either use a bobber with an 18 leader or let the worm slowly sink on its own without weights for a deeper, more natural presentation for larger fish. A few reports are starting to come from successful catfish anglers who have been using nightcrawlers from shore. Lake Level 448.95 and Average Daytime Water Temp 78 Degrees. With the winds slowing down this week, look to Windmill Bar for Cobia that are being brought in with live eels and chumming. Flounder can be found on this edge, and also along the edges of the hump around the red #12 marker just to the north-east. An above-average number of quality bass are being caught including a recent 26 giant estimated over 10 pounds! There are a lot of Rockfish schooled up in shallow water and are fun to catch on topwater baits early in the morning. Evening/night fishing for bigger channel and flathead catfish has been excellent. On clear sunny days, anglers are finding smallmouth with dropshotted Roboworms in desert craw and bold bluegill rigged on 8lb test with a 3/16oz dropshot weight. The Alamo Lake bass have been hanging out in deep water where most success has come from drop shot or Texas-rigged presentations. Anglers are also catching walleye with 4 beaver tails fished very slowly. During the middle of the day, Roper Lake bass anglers are doing well drop shotting deeper water. In the Dragon Run can be found such varieties of fish as bass . Right now, we're heading into fall and during the next several months bass will feed heavily on shad. Look for fish on beds or amid the lakes ample cover. Redear fishing with nightcrawlers around submerged grass beds is producing some quality fish over 2lbs. Your likelihood of finding fish is dependent on your ability to locate schools so if youre not having luck in one of the aforementioned areas, try a different one. These anadromous species spend a majority of their adult lives in the ocean and Chesapeake Bay, making annual spring spawning runs up freshwater rivers and streams such as the Dragon. Bass may be feeding below and their transition structure might be nearby. Saw a few folks catching what also looked like small stripers. Use night crawlers or mealworms from the floating piers for eager sunfish and bluegill. Look for seagulls diving for the schools of shad just below the surface. We have heard of some Speckled Trout and Puppy Drum getting caught in the area. Anyone interested in fishing Piankatank River or waters within the wider area around Poquoson should consult with local resources before heading out to fish. The Piankatank is a beautiful winding river with long stretches of Bass school up near hard cover like rocks, wood, and other somewhat permanent hard structures after leaving their summer areas. The biggest fish was a 5.69-pound largemouth, although several in the four-pound range were also caught. If you like fishing with live bait, nightcrawlers are working well near shore. Name last changed on May 3, 2022. On January 1st, 2012, VMRC enacted a regulation which makes it unlawful to be in possession of river herring while on tidal waters. The stripers have been chasing shad around the North Windsor Basin area in the early morning and late afternoon hours. Trout from previous stockings are still being caught on garlic scented Power Bait and small Mepps or Rooster Tail type spinners at both Roper and Dankworth ponds. Fish 15-20 feet down near brush lines. Fishing for striped bass is fair. Anglers are reporting Cobia catch of all size a few keepers meeting the 42 inch requirement. Flipping Texas-rigged creature baits into the tule pockets, dropshotting worms near the bank, and throwing wacky-rigged Senkos seem to be the go-to methods right now. Things have been slow inside many of the rivers, but the Elizabeth River has been giving up some keepers. Fishing Location Type: Stream, Middlesex County Bays (4) 1-2oz spoons, Pointer 100s & 128/158s in Chartreuse Shad, and 1oz white Ratl Traps have been producing quality fish. They are really going after dragonflies and can be seen leaping out of the water regularly throughout the day to gulp one down. A few Speckled Trout and Red Drum are in shallow waters, both are responding to mirror lures and soft baits. If they evade you, it can be a real crash and burn kind of day, and every angler has had at least one of those! Bass have recently been seen feeding on dragonflies in the backs of coves. What is the best access for the area with a 14' Jon? Nestled on the Piankatank River is a community which has evolved into an integral part of Middlesex County distinguished history. 2017. We are currently out of bait at the park store and should be replenished around the middle of the month. Bluegills are biting on meal worms and earthworms fished about 18"-24" under a bobber. A forum community dedicated to Mid Atlantic fishing and sporting enthusiasts. Cobia are still striking on live eels while chumming and site casting. Carp anglers are reporting success with cornin the evenings. A vast majority of stripers have been coming from mouth of the river and south to Black Rock cove. The catfish have also moved up and are very accessible from shore. Anglers throwing dark Chatterbaits and medium diving crank baits along the cattails are enticing quite a few hungry bass to strike. Piankatank River is a river in Atlantic Coastal Plain, VA. View a map of this area and more on Natural Atlas. Is Piankatank River open to fishing, and if so, what can you catch there? Trout fishing isnt quite as hot here as it is at Roper, but anglers are picking up some trout with garlic scented Power Bait or nightcrawlers. Additional information can be found on the VMRC website (http://www.mrc.state.va.us/regulations/fr1260.shtm). Shad spawn at night against the bank, then disperse as the sun comes up. Write your reply. Sign up here to get the weekly FishTalk Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic fishing reports in your email inbox, every Friday by noon. Bass fishing has been slow but keep in mind this relatively small lake warms up quickly in the spring and they should spawn sooner than larger lakes in Arizona. Spot are starting to bite while bottom fishing with bloodworms. Use a 4' throw net (the largest legal size) or a snag hook to catch shad and cast near active schools. Nightcrawlers or mealworms are your best bet. IM heading up there this weekend for a camping trip and lookin to fish. Other bass anglers have reported success with Texas-rigged worms in green or blue. Catfish come up to shallower areas at night to feed and can be caught from shore with regularity. Striper fishing continues to be good if you can locate the shad. ..Piankatank River/Dragon Run: The 1 st set of power lines . Spanish Mackerel the bite has improved. Virginia Fishing Report. The spinnerbait bite is good upriver on points where cattails turn into backwater channels. Boating Report. The lower Colorado River accessed from Buckskin Mountain and River Island State Parks offers some of the BEST smallmouth bass fishing in Arizona! Look for grassy areas in shallow waters while using soft baits and mirror lures. Midday boils producing 3 to 5lb stripers near the Chalk Cliffs were reported during the last week as well. Water temperatures are pushing 80 degrees and bottom fishing is doing better. All of the rain we had in May and the first part of June has put so much fresh water in the rivers that it has had a negative effect on the bottom fishing. As the day progresses, change focus to submerged weed beds (8-15 feet) with Carolina rigged plastics like Brush Hogs, curly tail Power Worms, and Senkos. Visible Anyone can find this group. At Dankworth Pond, a few trout are still being picked up with PowerBait but most anglers have already switched their focus to bass and sunfish. Sunfish and bluegill are being caught regularly with nightcrawlers by the floating piers. as for the access for a jon boat, if you are in the camp ground you can get in there or the public ramp on harcum road, a bit of a run the dragon from there, but very do able. Nonetheless, most bass anglers are reporting slow fishing conditions here. There have been multiple reports of 4-6-pound largemouth bass caught while dropshotting deeper water. Be sure to drop into the Tackle Shop @ J&W Seafood where we have in stock all of your Rockfish fishing gear from Stretches, Storm Lures, Umbrella Rigs, Swim Shads and much more. For smallmouth bass, try deep diving brown or red crawdad colored crankbaits (8-15ft) around rocks or gravel/rock shorelines where smallmouth are actively hunting crawdads. Try throwing Smoke Sparkle or Green Pumpkin Hula grubs rigged on a 3/8oz football jig fished around rocky points and gravel shorelines in 6 to 15ft of water. The bluegill bite has slowed some, but mealworm or nightcrawler presentations off the fishing piers are still picking up fish. Roadrunner lures and minnows are currently responsible for most of the crappie being caught. Some Spanish Mackerel have been picked up trolling Clark spoons. Look for boils and cast shad style baits such as a Pointer 128/158, White Rat-L-Traps, Poppers, or spook style topwater lures no longer than 6" long. Crappie fishing has been decent the last two weeks. Conrad was born in Phoenix and began fishing many of the local lakes with his father from a very early age. Guide, All Rights Reserved. Make sure you visit our Facebook Page&Instagram Page for pictures of local catch and our fishing reports. A good number of quality 5-pound plus channel catfish are being caught with cut baits like anchovies or mackerel fished on the bottom. 5.3 mi Mill Creek (Grey Point), Rappahannock River 5.5 mi Jackson Creek, Deltaville, Piankatank River 6.7 mi Belleville, Mobjack Bay 10.0 mi Mobjack, East River, Mobjack Bay 10.3 mi Windmill Point, Rappahannock River 11.7 mi Windmill Point Light, Chesapeake Bay 11.8 mi Millenbeck, Corrotoman River, Rappahannock River The black crappie are starting to school up in 12-25' of water. Bass fishing has been a little slower here and we suggest trying your luck at Roper for a better chance with the bass. Crawdad colored crankbaits and jerkbaits are working well around rocks or gravel/rock shorelines where smallmouth are hunting crawdads. Shad imitation lures have also been producing a few fish. The bass will chase bait towards the creeks, and in the backs of the first pockets near the mouth of the creek, or even in flats with hard cover. The redear sunfish bite is slow unless you can locate the deep winter schools with sonar in 25 to 40ft of water off main lake points. Largemouth bass are hitting on shad colored deep diving cranks and 2 hook Alabama rigs. No reports of catfish being caught. 10462 S River Heights Dr. South Jordan, UT CHANGE STORE. Try a dropshot rig. Nick has been an entrepreneur since the age of 23, and started FishIn48 in 2018 to tie one of his businesses to his lifelong passion of fishing. Selection for participation in the study among . Spanish Mackerel are hitting on Clark Spoons and Drone Spoons. [emailprotected] Black Rock cove north to the entrance to the river has been the best place to search for the boils. Summer night fishing typically produces some decent fish for patient anglers using a variety of baits like liver, shrimp, or prepared dough baits. Regardless, youre not going to catch them from the couch so get out there looking for schools of Arizona bass! any one here ever fished the piankatank river also known as dragon run up near thousand trails campground this time of year. The Dragon begins as a non-tidal blackwater stream surrounded by vast areas of flooded woodlands, cypress swamps, and freshwater marshes, where access is limited to a few bridge crossings. The lower Dragon also supports excellent populations of channel catfish and white catfish, however in recent years blue catfish have begun to replace these two species in the fish community, and anglers can expect to increasing numbers of blue catfish relative to channel and white catfish. Anglers are experiencing some boil action from 6am-8am. The two best times to fish are when it's raining and when it's not. Smallmouth bass are hitting Shad colored jerkbaits like the Staysee 90, or white/shad pattern Rat-L-Traps. Remember it's called fishing, not catching! For shore fishing you can use any of these methods. The murky conditions have reduced a normally much larger strike zone to less than 12 so try to retrieve lures slower than normal to give the fish a chance to hone in and strike it. Garlic scented Power Bait fished on the bottom or nightcrawlers under a bobber are your best bets in the mornings and mid-late afternoons. Remember Cobia Season opens June 1st. Piankatank River has the following amenities based off of 1 review left by our users. Night crawlers and live shad suspended under bobbers has been working well. Havasus largemouth bass are biting best on tubes and Senkos rigged as light as possible, fished around tule/cattail shade pockets during sunny times of the day. This is a reliably weedy spot that should be checked out each and every time you fish Mobjack. Let's face it, there's a lot we can learn and share from one another like what bait or lure is generating the best results. These tactics have been productive recently in and around the south side of the island, south to Havasu Palms. Right now, stripers are hitting shallow running lures and topwater baits like the Pointer 128,158s, Super Spooks and Pencil Poppers in the morning during the first hour of light or so. An angler recently reported catching and releasing nearly 100 bluegills during an early June tripThis is a great time of year to get kids hooked on fishing! Guide, All Rights Reserved. Review for Piankatank River - Fishing Bay. Fish fast and cover water quickly until you get that first bite, then slow down and work that spot hard to catch more schooled up fish. You really dont have to cast far from shore to get in on some great catfish action at Alamo! You may receive a phone call, text, or email from Responsive Management asking you to participate in a survey about your fishing participation and experiences. Carp fishing has been excellent with anglers using homemade dough baits consisting of cornmeal mixed with jello landing carp in excess of 20lbs. The predicted tide times today on Saturday 14 January 2023 for Dixie, Piankatank River are: first high tide at 3:10am, first low tide at 10:07am, second high tide at 3:23pm, second low tide at 10:19pm. Small to mid-sized stripers are chasing schools of shad in the mornings. The cell and Wolftrap are holding a lot of Spade fish especially the Cell. The catfish bite is finally picking up and reports of double-digit flathead catfish have started coming in! 2023 Rudow's FishTalk LLC, Fishing Mobjack Bay and the Piankatank River. Bronzeye and popper topwater frogs are working well just before sunset. Average Daytime Water Temp 79 degrees. The bait of choice has been bloodworms and FishBites. Wind & weather forecast Hartfield/Piankatank River Forecast Superforecast Report Statistics Tides Webcams Daily forecast as Tables Bird's-eye Print this forecast Embed this forecast Last update: 23:46 local time This forecast is based on the GFS model How are tides calculated? One angler reported catching a few bass on the north side of the pond finessing a green worm. Anglers serious about catching bass should go to nearby Roper Lake. Poppers and frog imitation baits are triggering strikes for anglers. Search for boils from Black Rock & Calif. Bay north to the river entrance. Garlic scented prepared dough baits like Berkley Power Bait and nightcrawler seem to be working well. Recently large schools of shad have been congregating at the south end of the lake near Havasu Springs and Site 6. Bass in the 1-3-pound range have been biting crankbaits, dropshotted worms, and one angler reported decent success on Dankworth bass with nightcrawlers. No reports of catfish at either location but the action for these bottom-dwellers will heat up soon! We hope these tips will help you have an awesome day on the water. Focus around primary and secondary points where schooling smallies move up to chase shad or feed on crawdads. Try a variety of colors, depths, and retrieve speed until you find what the fish prefer on any given day. Trout fishing has been pretty good at Roper Lake and Dankworth pond. The Spade fish are still at The Cell and Wolftrap but a lot are small. About: - The Piankatank flows in a southeasterly direction through Virginia's Middle Peninsula emptying into the Chesapeake Bay at Gwynn's Island. . The GPS coordinates for this Stream are 37.5359669 (latitude), -76.2957755 (longitude) and the approximate elevation is unknown feet (unknown meters) above sea level. Secondary points with hard cover are also great areas to check out. Anglers have reported catching crappie on crank baits down around 15-30 feet of water above brush line. Cobia fishing is still wide open. The topwater bite is HOT right now for hungry bass exploiting large populations of shad up on the flats towards the river end. Recreational Classifieds | After the first stocking, anglers are reporting success with spinners, garlic scented Powerbait, and small marshmallows fished on light line in the 46-pound range. Trolling Super Spooks, Sassy Shads and Rat-L-Traps in white or chrome/blue working best. Plenty of sunfish are being caught off the floating piers with nightcrawlers. Bass fishing is pretty hot right now at Roper Lake! The daytime Striper bite is still a little tough unless anglers are focusing their effort on twilight hours. Look for seagulls diving on the schools of shad coming to the surface. Spade Fish are at the Cell and also Wolftrap with some of them reaching from 6 to 8 lbs. There are few reports from the river side of the lake. Smallmouth bass are keeping anglers busy! Mill Creek (Grey Point), Rappahannock River, Most visited spots in United States of America. The Alamo Lake catfish are biting pretty well for anglers on shore or from a boat and seem to currently prefer night crawlers or anchovies. There should be some really nice size fish here in September. 08/25/2022Report By: John Galbraith ofBass Tackle Master But all is not lost.. Permits can be obtained online hereor at an MRC Licensing Agent. n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; Plenty of sunfish and bluegill can be caught here from the shoreline using mealworms and nightcrawlers. Anglers using cut bait like anchovies or sardines are catching fish too but this method is producing smaller limits than using artificial lures. Bass fishing has slowed down a little but anglers have still been catching bass on top water baits and crankbaits while chasing boils and fishing off points. Standard catfish offerings like hot dogs, nightcrawlers, uncooked shrimp, and prepared dough baits are working well fished on the bottom. IM heading up there this weekend for a camping trip and lookin to fish. Throw hollow frog imitation baits, buzz baits, or flukes near cover. Striped Bass action is decent and observant anglers can find boils of stripers chasing shad in the morning and late afternoon. Crappie fishing is fair at night under lights. Anglers unfamiliar with the Dragon may want to limit themselves to fishing in the vicinity of bridge crossings where relatively deep channels provide good pool habitat for chain pickerel and other species. Latitude: 37.5359669N PIANKATANK RIVER/DRAGON RUN SWAMP - Bass, pickerel and bowfin are taking any plastic bait in Dragon Run. Bass anglers are still doing well at Roper by catching a number of fish in the 1-4 pound range. The Patagonia Elite Anglers tournament this month was met with hot weather and killer bass fishing. Please consider creating a new thread. Lake Havasu stripers are currently in pre-spawn mode and will spawn mid-April thru most of May. Reviewed by: Pete ScubaPete, A Pretty Penny, on May 24, 2021 Vessel Type: Power LOA: 42' Draft: 3.5 . Spanish Mackerel bite still strong on Clark Spoons & Drone Spoons. The charter boats have had good catches of #2 spot in the mouth of the rapahonac river where there is more salinity. Some catfish anglers are catching fish on shrimp, hot dogs, and prepared stink baits as well. The Havasu flathead cats are biting well too! The weather was overcast as I began this trip from the Twig Ferry boat landing. Both species are feeding heavily before the lake cools off for winter. Lake Level 448.10 and average Daytime water temp 65 degrees. Anglers are reporting decent action while using drop shot and creature baits in about 15-20 feet of water. 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