Fredericksburg crappie ?

papermouth scaler · #1 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 08:55 AM

I have a friend that just moved to Fredericksburg Va. and as I drove there I noticed a sigh pointing to lake Anna state park, indicating that Lake Anna is close, anyone here in that area know of other good lakes, or is lake anna the spot he should be focusing on for crappie.

Thanks

Barnacle Bill · #2 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 12:41 PM

I've never fished there but I have heard that Lake Anna is suppose to be very good for crappie fishing. In fact the Jan issue of Virginia Game and Fish has an article about it.

ReelFun · #3 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by IBNFSHN

I've never fished there but I have heard that Lake Anna is suppose to be very good for crappie fishing. In fact the Jan issue of Virginia Game and Fish has an article about it.

Beat me to it Bill. Great minds think alike.

Besides that article all the atention Virginia gets as far as crappie cotains one of two things, the words Kerr or Anna. Look at the "where to fish section" on the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries website. The 2003 Biologists section under lake Anna is interesting. Also on the site the one place it states that a good number of crappie come from is the Christopher Run area of the North Anna arm.

squirrel hunter · #4 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 03:01 PM

I fished Lake Anna about 10 years ago with a guide named Chris McCotter. We were bass fishing, (don't tell anyone) but he guided for crappie also and said it was good.
He is now a writer as I've seen his articles in "Woods and Waters". He would be a good source of info. for your friend.

dave · #5 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 03:53 PM

lake ann is the best everybody go up there because kerr sucks.

lake ann is a very good crappie lake it has some nice 1.5 to 2.5lb crappie i think there is a limit on the lake as while as a length.

Barnacle Bill · #6 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dave

lake ann is the best everybody go up there because kerr sucks.

lake ann is a very good crappie lake it has some nice 1.5 to 2.5lb crappie i think there is a limit on the lake as while as a length.

http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing...age=6&zoom=100
25 total per day. No length limit.

tahoe 50 · #7 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 06:20 PM

sounds like someone don't want us out at Kerr.

Maybe like to keep them for himself.

dave
in currituck

Barnacle Bill · #8 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by tahoe 50

sounds like someone don't want us out at Kerr.

Maybe like to keep them for himself.

dave
in currituck

He's just jealous because some of us catch the big ones.

fishdoc · #9 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 07:17 PM

naw, it ain't that we don't want y'all to fish it...just that we done caught all the bigguns out of it and don't want y'all to waste a trip down here!

dave · #10 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 08:56 PM

fishdoc hit the nail on the head.