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Lake Anna Fishing Report April 15th 2018

Posted by melvin on April 19, 2018

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Lake Anna Fishing Report April 15th 2018:

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7 LB LAKE ANNA BASS AT HIGH POINT MARINA

 

Heads up bass fishing fans! The big fish are biting on Lake Anna according to our friends at High Point Marina. Seeing is believing (see photo above) Scroll down to read their official fishing report for April 15th 2018.  

 

Official Lake Anna Fishing Report April 15th, 2018:

 

McCotter's Lake Anna Guide Service Fishing Report Brought To You By High Point Marina Lake Anna, VA.

 
Lake Anna, Va. - Water temperatures have risen to the magic 60-degree mark throughout Lake Anna and bass, crappie and striper all spawning. The shallow water bite is on and it's time to get ready for some of the biggest fish of the year. Here's what you can expect on your next visit.
 
Largemouth Bass - Anna's largemouths are moving to shallow wood in the mid and down lake region to spawn. You can try for them using soft plastic jerkbaits, shaky worms and wacky-rigged stickbaits. The bigger females will be nearby and will often hit the shaky worms or jigs fished slightly deeper. The hottest zone is from the 208 bridge down to the power plant. Don't fish "chocolate pudding" bottoms, but instead target the first third or middle third of coves with harder bottom substrate. You can also try buzzbaits and topwater poppers (really!) when you have some good shallow cover present. The fish in the up lake region won't spawn until early May, but you can still catch them using Tiger Shad spinnerbaits, Bandit crankbaits and jigs. Down lake bass are spawning on docks and stumps in coves like Valentines, Duke's and Fisherman's Cove. You might also check out the coves between Dike 1 and Dike 2.
 
Striper - Good live bait fishing is occurring in the region above Harris Bridge. The Sandbar region has fish feeding every morning now. Watch the remaining birds to show you the fish. Pull jumbo shiners or gizzard shad on side planers and free lines and you'll catch 'em. It's pretty easy. The same goes for the flats above Stubbs Bridge, the mouth of Terry's Run and the region above Henry's Point in the Pamunkey Branch. Lure fishing has been tricky. Large swimbaits and some suspending jerkbaits are your best bets fished right on the banks or in shallow water over humps and points.
 
Crappie - Some of the best fishing of the season is underway. Fish shallow wood, rocks and grass lines if you want the biggest slabs. This first spawn will go fast with fish already on grass lines and beaverhuts. Use 1-2" jigs on 1/32-oz. heads on six-pound test line if you like to cast. Slip bobbers and minnows in 2-4' are good, too. Hot zones are the top of the North Anna, the upper Pamunkey Branch and the upper portion of Terry's Run. Mid lake crappie are fewer but bigger if you can find them. Many citations are  being caught.
 
Thank you for reading this Lake Anna Fishing Report For April 15th 2018.
 
Tight Lines & Heavy Limits,
 
Melvin Smitson
 

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