First trip of 2010

[hennedup]

<p>I was finally able to get on the water for the first time since last OCT.&nbsp; Really all I can say about that is UGH!!&nbsp; Its been about 2 weeks and Im just now getting this on here.&nbsp; I was up and on the road for a 4 1/2hr drive.&nbsp; I was picking up a another kayak in northern part of VA.&nbsp; while I was up there hit a small unnamed river.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>I could tell its been several months since I had been on a yak.&nbsp; I was dropping things, couldnt get comfortable, and making way to much noise but the fish didnt seem to mind as 15mins after being on the water.&nbsp; I had my first fish of 2010 a 12&Prime; spotted bass!&nbsp; It was a mixed bag of spott&#39;s and largemouth.&nbsp; The fishing was great!! I caught a bunch of fish on hair jigs,jig-n-pig, and senko&#39;s with the biggest of the day being a heathy 16.25&Prime;er that hit a slow dragged jig-n-pig.&nbsp; I should have caught alot more fish than I did.&nbsp; My feet got cold and that is why I called it a day an paddled on out.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Here are a few pics from the trip</p>
<p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/hennedup/everything2014.jpg" alt="" /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/hennedup/everything2017.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/hennedup/everything2020.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[DoahRiverRat]

<p>Nice!! Good to see the spot biting this time of year. I&#39;d have take a 2 hour drive south to find one though...that is if I could get out of my driveway.</p>
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[Stump]

Very nice!!! Love the hat!<img title="Laugh" src="/site/wp-content/forum-smileys/sf-laugh.gif" alt="Laugh" />

[takers]

<p>nice job Tony!</p>
<p>I wont be hitting the water for awhile unless I take a long drive it seems. Everywhere around here is busting the banks and will be for quite some time.</p>
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<p>Hersch you looking forward to the next 5 inches coming tomorrow?</p>

[New River Rat]

<p></p><p>WTG, Tony. Here\'s an account of my first, and I kinda feel guilty about the way it happened. I went to my camper the middle of January to check to make sure everything was sound. Pretty much was. I took my sparkelybait stuff, sat on my porch and twisted up a few. Walked down to the river and saw all this slack water, eddie cuts, despite the river being about 8 feet too high. Went back to the truck, just happened to have my spinnerbait rod, grabbed two big black blades and headed back.</p><p>I slow-rolled everywhere I could, but this one area kept bringing me back. A huge sycamore was creating a nice slick and I knew there was a large piece of concrete beside the tree that had to be causing the current to stop.</p><p>The sparkelybait was a single #8 Colorado, all black. I sat the hook on a lot of grass and debris during this time. At one point he blade stopped turning, some resistance, and I went to set the hook on what I figured was more grass. I only had about 6 or 7 feet of line out with the bait about a foot from shore. I laid on it and a pretty dang nice smallie came flying towards me. Just like that, I had a smallie flopping around in the grass. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting anything, no camera, no tape, nothing. So I grabbed two twigs, laid the bass out, and put a twig at the head and tail. I released the fish, went to the truck, got my tape and measured a conservative 18.5”. I got me a smallie on a sparkelybaits in January from a flow that three days ago was covered in ice. I’m right tickled with this one!</p>

[hennedup]

<p>Hey NR RAT I would trade quanity for quality anyday.&nbsp; Congrats on a great smallie and I enjoyed reading your report.&nbsp;Welcome to the site and you should fit in just fine on this site.&nbsp; Those sparkelybait&#39;s that you like so much are&nbsp;what most &nbsp;of the guys on this site&nbsp; call there go to bait.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Tony</p>

[Redfish]

hennedup, thanks for the post....&#39;bout time someone got to actually fish...now if this rain will stay away for a few weeks, maybe we can all get to slingin some gear to the bass....great pics...

[ol' Feller]

<p>Good report...you&#39;ve got thicker skin than me bro!</p>
<p>What kind of gloves are you wearing?</p>

[waderjon]

Good job..Nice to see a fishing report for a change..I hope to be posting something this weekend..The weather is looking good <img title="Smile" src="/site/wp-content/forum-smileys/sf-smile.gif" alt="Smile" />

[hennedup]

<blockquote>ol Feller said:
<p>Good report...you&#39;ve got thicker skin than me bro!</p>
<p>What kind of gloves are you wearing?</p>
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<p>Im off next week so I hope to make it to a few winter holes to try and catch a smallie or two.&nbsp; Sometimes Ill wear a latex glove under my fingerless gloves.&nbsp; You can put vasoline (sp) on then the latex and it helps keep your fingers warm.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Tony</p>

[patrick reif]

<p>Tony, I was serious the last time we talked on the phone.&nbsp; The walleye hole I told you about is an easy drive from your house and you could leave the yak at home and just bank fish there.&nbsp; You&#39;ll need some heavier football jigs or dropshot rigs because of the tailrace, but the fish are stacked in there this time of year.&nbsp; Do what you want to, but if you go up there, I&#39;d bring a tub of nightcrawlers and some grubs...a spoon wouldn&#39;t hurt either</p>
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<p>The road leading down to the dam is likely to be maintained because of the power plant so it should be easy to make in your car.</p>
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<p>If I lived as close to it as you do, I&#39;d be there everyday I had off.&nbsp; These are a stocked fish so I&#39;d also bring a stringer.&nbsp; Let&#39;s face it, fried walleye=yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm</p>