New River

**KYAngler** · 02-28-2011, 02:09 PM

thinking about heading to the new in april...is the fishing picking up well in the radford area

**finstalker** · 02-28-2011, 07:03 PM

May head up this weekend. I'll post if I do any good.

**JustFishin** · 02-28-2011, 07:21 PM

finstalker,

Really, really, really hope you do better than we did on our last trip to the New. Looking forward to your post.

If it wasn't for some previous commitments I would definitely be there with you.

**Catawba** · 02-28-2011, 08:22 PM

We do have unfinished business up there now don't we? Depending on weather I might be up for a day trip. How far down river you going finstalker?

**bmp** · 03-01-2011, 12:32 AM

The New can be VERY tough to yak fish in April because of serious level fluxuations from AEP's dam at Claytor Lake. Not impossible, but very challenging as water levels can change rapidly. Later is more consistent than early in the month, but any day can have a flurry of big fish bites if you time the rise in water level right, and get off before it totally spikes. New River smallies are very tuned into the river level variations.

**Catawba** · 03-01-2011, 09:37 AM

Thanks for the info BMP. Will you be attending the James River rodeo in April? I have not fished the Radford area as it is a little out of my range for a day trip. I can get up river of Claytor.

**KYAngler** · 03-01-2011, 12:03 PM

anyone know the water temp there

**finstalker** · 03-01-2011, 08:16 PM

Mike, If the weather cooperates it will be around Foster Falls or Austinville.

**bmp** · 03-02-2011, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by Catawba

Thanks for the info BMP. Will you be attending the James River rodeo in April? I have not fished the Radford area as it is a little out of my range for a day trip. I can get up river of Claytor.

Mikey scheduled it this year for the week of my school system's spring break, so for now things look like a definite maybe. HAHAHAHA.

That is the plan at this point. Hope to arrive on Thursday.

**finstalker** · 03-06-2011, 02:41 AM

KYAngler, The temperature at Foster Falls was 46 degrees last week.

**takers** · 03-07-2011, 10:20 AM

its a mess right now....all gates on claytor and little river are open

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?03171000

**KYAngler** · 03-07-2011, 11:55 AM

is that site updated everyday...im heading that way april 1 hoping for some big smallies

**takers** · 03-07-2011, 12:14 PM

updated like every 30 mins or so here is a link to all the virginia gages it has 5 on the new river

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/va/nwis/current/?type=flow