ANy body ring perch fishing on the Mattoponi yet ?

[Michael Wayne]

:clap::clap: going to try Monday ,, if not raining :clapping2:

[nervous wreck]

Fished the Pamunkey on 2/12 and had no luck. Water temp was 35.4 deg. Beautiful afternoon for fishing. We tried jiggin , minnows , silver buddies , grubs. Gonna try again this weekend. Will report more promptly this time.

[longestjd]

Cleaned and respooled all my rods yesterday for the upcoming fish runs. Went to green top last night and resupplied for he season. I'm going this afternoon in Aylett. I'll post how things go! I've been bottled up far too long because of the snow!

[ontherivah]

Good for you. Keep us posted and good luck!!

[SANFLEA]

i might give the chick a try this weekend . wonder what the h2o temp will be ...... let me know how you did from aylett .

[longestjd]

Big goose egg in Aylett. Fished all afternoon from the bank: small & medium minnows, worms, beetle spins, shad spoons (had luck with them last year), and a few other little spin baits. I got a couple hits on small minnows attached to a beetle spin, but that was probably a blue gill. I can't believe I didn't even catch a bowfin or a cat.

Oh well, I think I might try again sunday afternoon, but I think the water is too high and cold that far up river. Anybody have any ideas what water temps might be? It seems none of the data stations around me are reporting that anymore...

I was talking with a buddy today, does anyone know if fish traps are legal in VA?

[longestjd]

Oh, by the way, I fished the incoming tide, but the water was still rolling quick downstream, and there were still some ice chunks floating around here and there. I hope this cold weather and snow don't screw up the herring, shad and rockfish this spring!

[bassmstr]

went fishing today 2/24/10 on mattoponi, overcast and drizzling rain, went down river from walkerton about 2 miles, water temp 40.5, fished all day 15-25 ft., no perch, minnows and jigs

[longestjd]

Was planning on going fishing off the banks in aylett, either yesterday or today, but water levels have been ridiculously high. I wonder when the water levels will be somewhat normal again...

[e1s2x5]

I went fishing in the mattaponi at Aylett this past weekend and the water levels were normal, not high. Didn't catch anything or get any bites. Buddy caught six, one of which was a citation. A guy I talked to said he had fished the Chick last week and caught 26 with 11 being citations.

[longestjd]

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?01674500

I think the water is as high as it's going to get, hopefully it will start coming down over the next day or two. I'll post the next time I give her a try.

[longestjd]

Went again today, nada.
I think I'll go again tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to sunday thru tuesday, the weather should be great!

[Michael Wayne]

I'll be out there Monday a.m. 19 foot center console Pro Master
I hope you share some good news on your trip today

[longestjd]

Nothin' doin. Pulled in a couple of little bass, and they hit hard.
Wood ducks are back out and starting to pair up.
And it it looks like water levels are coming back to almost normal levels, though you still cant see the tide coming in in aylett.

[longestjd]

Fished from the bank yesterday and today, nada. Waters getting better, though there is still a lot of gunk flowing downstream. Got checked friday and saturday by the conservation police.

I'm betting things will be perfect and the fish will arrive just before the first drops come this wed.

[T-Bird's Girl]

Fishd sat. Morning between aylett n walkerton from 630 am til 200. Caught 1 yela 1 bass n bout 6 pd bowfin Then fishd on my pier for coupl hours. Nothin. Fishd on my pier bout 1 mile from aylett sunday. Nothin. Saw guy weighn 1 n at kjs. Said he caught 14 sat. His was huge. B tryn every evening

[T-Bird's Girl]

Also game warden hot n heavy! Pretty cool guy. Im glad to c him out!!! Keep people lagal like i am. He s at aylett everyday

[klott]

thanks for the reports, longestjd. Keep up the good work!

[longestjd]

Nothin again from the bank today about 3 miles downriver from aylett. Probably going to paddle from Beulah to Zoar tomorrow, not expecting any fish.

[bassmstr]

went 3/10/10, put in at walkerton and went up river, water was about 47 degrees, caught 5 perch with the biggest being about 11 inches,, 16-22 ft. caught 1 bass in 8 ft. I also snagged a turtle in about 15ft of water with a silver buddy???

[klott]

good report, bassmstr. i'll bet the turtle had you wondering!!! so, you didn't get as far as the narrows? any aylett reports?

[clem1288]

went yesterday off the bank near aylett. caught 4 in about 8-10 feet of water. Biggest was 12 inches.

[klott]

And then the rains came. It's all happening so sporatically and late, I don't think we're going to have a decent YP run on the Western Shore this season. Hope I'm wrong.

[Mr Whiskers]

i ran into big scat wallace 33170on the river-- he seemed to be doing ok.

[trashman]

nice mess of pan stinkers, whiskers. TCBY for the WEHC

[longestjd]

Fishing from the bank a few miles below Aylett. Got my first YP today, just one. And I got one blue cat. Got 3 blue cats yesterday. Water is running HARD. Hopefully it will be closer to normal by this weekend.