Catfishing on the James ? ? Not looking for trophy fish

[Tom Powers]

So I am not really interested in catching trophy fish. I am interested in catching 2 to 5 pound fish for the table.

In years gone by (OK many many years gone by) I used to fish on the Chickahominy River up near the RT 5 bridge. Is it still good up there.

What kind of baits what kind of locations?

What time of day is best?

I am looking at taking one of my sons out to put some "freshwater" meat in the cooler. I am not looking for someone's secret trophy fish hole. I just want to catch a few dozen or two keeper cats for the table.

Oh and what is the deal with launching at the park? I don't mind paying the $8.00 but I would hate to drag my boat up there to find out that I can't launch for some reason.

Thanks for any advice.

Tom

[WVBowhunter]

Hi Tom,,,yep plenty of those cats around the boat houses down river a bit and near those boat houses on the right,,I launched from Rivers Rest camp ground Sat afternoon and payed the fee :thumbup: so your good to go there. We picked up dozens of channel cats a little up river on the James in the gill net at sturgeion point. You wont have any problem catching a cooler full of little blues and nice channels -- we put the channels back for ya :clapping2: