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Yeah, inshore fishing here has just bottomed out this year, no doubt and by all accounts. Still plenty of some things, like tiny croaker and spot, and probably Spanish Mackerel out in the open water. Don't know how the cobia folk are doing, but I see the big trailers so they're likely having some success in the usual places. The three trout I caught yesterday were more than most folks have managed, but I also had an unusual number of bites that cut up my fluke but didn't stay hooked. I'm thinking young of the year trout, too small to get on the hook. That's easily explained by the winter cold kills that really clobbered the trout here and south, that there would be few trout, but what about all those redfish hanging out in the 757 and not moving north? The bait in the rivers is monumental, with nothing chasing. The very few reds caught inshore tend to be bigger fish with the smaller fish we've had in numbers the last several years being almost totally absent. Personally, for my enjoyment anyway, I'd rather catch 16-24" reds regularly than catching a 27-30" red once or twice a year. Crabbers are hurting as well. As absurd as it may be, I'm counting on the Hokies to rescue my fall. Ever notice how fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
Dont forget we have a retired numbers... but yeah... 34 is a lot
2-2 against them my 4 years
Good solid advice, more helpful than I was, thanks Chris. Might hit you up for some wading advice on the 'Doah so I could get out with my great nephew in Staunton. 16 and more into fishing than other teen ager stuff but nobody in his family fishes but me. I may be thinking about moving over that way in another couple of years, but I don't know much about the fishing around there other than the river and Mossy Creek.
Maybe he needs room for carseats? Although I think that is a NASCAR Camry
🏝NO BAD DAYS🏖🤙
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11 months 3 weeks
# | All future games at ODU canceled - 2028 game in Blacksburg also canceled Pfft, what could go wrong??
Those are some seriously hot temps. Wild that you are having such bad fishing, because it seems to be on fire down south at the mouth of the Bay.
If you want to float, call SmittyVT. His website is:
His crew specializes in fly fishing and they are fishing the New upstream of Claytor but might meet you closer to BBurg.
If you want some spots to wade that would be alright for a ten year old, shoot me an email. knotthereelworld (at) gmail.com. I'm happy to text you some pin drops not far from Blacksburg. All three are pretty darn shallow, particularly this time of the year. I just checked the current flows and they are at 2.49 feet, which is pretty standard low flows for this time of the year. If you're dead set on running the john boat, put in at the Pembroke ramp and run all the way up till it shallows out. You can fish for small mouth and sunfish there and it's a pretty float down with the cliffs for a solid mile. You wouldn't need to shuttle.
If I were you, I'd wade fish and toss white or grey senkos and have a ball on small to medium size smallmouth.
Not sure where you live or are coming from but the Shenandoah is a great place to learn to fish for smallmouth and very easy to wade. Tons of small, willing fish. I can send you some pin drops there too. If you're near Richmond, I can pin drop you some very easily wadable spots perfect for a kid.
BEARDS > PEOPLE
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11 months 3 weeks
# | All future games at ODU canceled - 2028 game in Blacksburg also canceled VPIhokieME took the words out of my mouth. Addition by subtraction.
BEARDS > PEOPLE
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11 months 3 weeks
# | All future games at ODU canceled - 2028 game in Blacksburg also canceled at this point, I'd take that
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11 months 3 weeks
# | All future games at ODU canceled - 2028 game in Blacksburg also canceled 🤮
CONSIDER IT DONE
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11 months 3 weeks
# | All future games at ODU canceled - 2028 game in Blacksburg also canceled I, for one, would rather see strong program match ups all the way in our OOC schedule. Let us play the USC's, the Alabama's, the OSU's again and again. Let us play a strong Boise St type on a neutral site.
I have never enjoyed playing low level competition regardless of our state of football affairs.
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11 months 3 weeks
# | All future games at ODU canceled - 2028 game in Blacksburg also canceled great, now the only g5 school we should even consider playing at is Marshall as a thanks for 2018 and even then it should be a 2 and 1 schedule. Let's get some either real games or easy wins at home.
We cant dress 105 for games, we can only dress 70 for ACC games unless that changed this year
miami lost all those recievers that caught any ball with in a country mile of them
Norvell is a good coach but hasn't recruited well enough and has a number of issues and their QB sucks.
SOUP OR SALAD?
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11 months 3 weeks
# | All future games at ODU canceled - 2028 game in Blacksburg also canceled Ya I had an in-depth conversation while on a get away with my wife about cost/benefit analysis of our anticipated trip to Atlanta vs staying in town and doing up the Vandy game in style and the thought of traveling to another game (we've lost every game I've traveled to with the exception on one) to have a long trip home bummed after spending a ton of money wore heavy on me. I told her I could live with myself a lot better if we skipped the game and we won vs going and likely getting humiliated.
Not to mention how impossible it is to recruit in your first season of dynasty. I usually do RTG first but it was impossible even when I was a high 4 star recruit (lost my 5 star on senior night sadly). Then in dynasty I am barely beating FCS teams and JMU with 0 chance of landing any recruits. I am targeting 3 star VA players and not even making top 8. It's almost a good thing I don't make it to the visit stages because half the priorities are orange and red.
shame this didn't happen in the 8 years I was living in Houston
I couldn't sleep at night contemplating this Villanova to VT pipeline...if only we could've snagged Jay Wright too!
If we were offered to go to the B1G, we would take it an heartbeat.
Time for us to break out the Hokies O&M Sonata and steal some UNC recruits
Corrected, still hurts.
That's 2026 class.
Wholeheartedly agree. At least if we lose to a respectable team, we can harbor a grudge for years over this or that call or play, rather than trying to totally forget a ridiculous loss to a mediocre bunch.