DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BAIT SHOP FOR ALL THE EARLY SRING TACKLE I USE What a strange spring. Talking to a lot of the bass guys around the lake and even some of the striper guides it sounds like this is one of the most off spring bites this lake has experienced. Now there is no way to know what happened but as an avid angler and a person tha...

DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BAIT SHOP FOR ALL THE EARLY SRING TACKLE I USE It’s an early spring again this year with stained water warming trends and all species of fish on the move. Flowers are blooming and the trees are not far behind. The bass are ahead and we should see some bass on beds in late March unless we get a massive late spring cold...

DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BAIT SHOP FOR ALL THE EARLY WINTER TACKLE I USE Well that cold water lasted all of 10 days LOL. Looks to be setting up that we are getting another warmer spring with rising water temperatures. This is a good and bad thing depending on how you look at it. The good is that a lot bass are already starting their movements...

DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BAIT SHOP FOR ALL THE EARLY WINTER TACKLE I USE OMG it’s finally happening!!!!! We have cold water lots of wet days in the forecast and the fish are putting on the feedbag really heavy. Winter fishing is one of my favorite times to fish in VA. Some of the days have high temperatures close to 50 degrees and the fish wi...

DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BAIT SHOP FOR ALL THE EARLY WINTER TACKLE I USE I’m starting to feel like a broken record on how bad we need a cold snap but i’ll say it again for this report. The fish are stacked and so ready to eat but the water temps are just holding in that strange 55-59 degree range. This is causing a lot of the largemouth and s...

DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BAIT SHOP FOR ALL THE LATE FALL TACKLE I USE The water is GIN clear and that can make things tough but don’t be discouraged….. Wind is your friend and it’s transition time for the weather so it comes and goes every few days! Late fall fishing can be a struggle depending on lake conditions and those conditions can be d...

DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BAIT SHOP FOR ALL THE EARLY FALL TACKLE I USE DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BAITSHOP FOR MY EARLY FALL LURE LIST. It’s time to start thinking about the Moon!!!! We are turning the corner and starting to head into true fall fishing with all species of fish putting on the feedbag to prepare for the colder months ahead....

DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BAIT SHOP FOR ALL THE EARLY FALL TACKLE I USE DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BAITSHOP FOR MY EARLY FALL LURE LIST. It’s an El Niño weather pattern this year and we are already seeing the effects on the fishing water temp and how they are biting. Bring it on!!!!! I’m ready for some big changes in the fish this fall as w...

Largemouth bass on the dropshot off the rocks.

August is one of my favorite times to fish out here. That might seem against the grain since most fishing handbooks tell you summer time fishing is tough but I love solving the puzzle daily. Water temps are now back on track with what they have been the last few years with morning temps right around the 80-82 mark and 84-85 durning the evening win...

July bring on the heat baby!!!!! We have had one strange spring but we are finally getting some super hot days (heat index over 100) and that is putting the fish back on track to where they should be. The bass fishing is getting really good the stripers are back in the tree tops and the bream and crappie fishing is loaded up. July gets a lot of sl...

June is here and it’s going to be a lot of fish movements. After having a strange weather month for May with two really big cold fronts the heat is finally here. Our fish have been in a long holding pattern of protecting fry chasing shad and believe it or not still spawning. Our water temps are hovering around the low to mid 70’s which is a few de...

May is an exciting time to fish at Smith Mountain Lake as many species of fish become more active as the water temperature continues to warm up. One phenomenon that occurs in May is the shad spawn which can make for some great fishing opportunities. The shad spawn usually occurs in May when the water temperature reaches around 65-70 degrees. Durin...

April is an excellent month for fishing at Smith Mountain Lake. The water temperature starts to warm up and many species of fish become more active. Nature will show you signs of when the fish are going to start moving like dogwoods blooming grass growing and trees starting to bud. The weather will start to be stable for long stretches with random...

Smith Mountain Lake is a great place for fishing especially for those looking to catch largemouth bass smallmouth bass stripers and crappie. With already warming temperatures in early February you are going to see all species of fish be on the move to shallower water. Largemouth Bass are usually found in areas near drop-offs where flats meet on th...

I hope this fishing report finds you well and ready to wet a line at beautiful Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. January is a great time to target largemouth bass smallmouth bass stripers and crappie in the lake. We have seen large temperature swings again this fall and early winter that have made the fishing somewhat of a roller coaster but the fi...

Sorry i’ve been a little MIA this report guys. I had lots of travel and family time. The fishing has been slightly off at SML this fall. The AEP crew dropped the water for an incoming hurricane that never showed up and that threw the fish for a loop for sure. Now that we are in a true winter temperature the fishing is about to get much much much b...

VA weather has been so up and down the last two falls. We seem to get a great cooling trend in October that kicks fall off then a warming trend and high pressure systems keep unusually warm air temps and low chance of rain. This causes the water temps to dip at night and rise as much as 4-6 degrees during the sunny days which can cause the fish to...

This year could be a really special October. We are having some strong Arctic high pressure systems coming south that are bringing low temperatures into the 40’s at night which is pretty early for this time of year. This will have the fish on the move a little faster this year so be ready to check some areas that you may have overlooked in the las...

Who’s ready for fall??? The cooler weather is here early this year with nightly lows in the lower 60’s for the first week of September. The fish are moving every day and getting active. We had a somewhat hot summer but nothing compared to last years. Water temps topped out around 81-83 and at least for me that bass never really moved out that deep...