It would be hard to beat last weeks fishing.  Pete and Sandra fished with me for four days on the James and Staunton rivers.  Out of the four days Pete put two fish over 20 inches in the boat on poppers.  The best fish of the summer was caught by Sandra on the Staunton river. [...]

Catching fish bigger than 17 inches was tougher this week. All the unsettled weather has seem to get them off the banks. Yesterday morning fished well for a spell and John's third fish was 19 inches and his biggest to date.  The smallmouth bass are still eating on top and had one cough up a [...]

Smallmouth bass fishing continues to be good even with the low and very clear water conditions.  They are bit spooky when the fish are directly in the sunlight but if you focus on the shade you won't spook as many with your cast.  Cicadas are still around and falling on occasions from the trees to [...]