Thread: Heads up trout fishing dates

&nbsp; &nbsp;If you offered me a million dollars I am not sure I could give you a good answere to local crappie fishing.&nbsp; I want to try Opposum lake again after many years of not fishing it. Also the breast of Pinchot can produce crappies starting this time of year. The problem is almost all of them are very small and way to many guys fishing for them. Lake Mead, North of Hanover is a private gated comunity that has great crappie fishing in late April - May. You need to know someone to get in to fish it.<br>&nbsp;I enjoy going in Va. starting this time of year. Beaver Dam Swamp resevior near Glouchester Va. produces some big fish including many decent size crappie. As soon as the air tempetures stablize the crappie run up into the small creek. You can bank fish it and do very well. However all the locals know it and you will have a lot of friends to comunicate with. From my experiences most of the guys are friendly and willing to give everyone some fishing area in this short stretch of bank fishing. In early to mid March the water will continue to warm and the upper area of the Chickahominy will turn on with crappie and white bass. We launch from Ed Allens and go up lake about 4 or 5 miles into the creek area. Third is the spillway behind Diaschund lake. We are not alowed to bank fish but if you have a canoe or kayak you can launch at the church about a mile down stream and paddle up to the breast. I have done very well there in early April.&nbsp;

I just thought about a tip a young man gave me at the show I did this weekend.

Bald Eagle state park: He fishes off of the fishing pier and under the bridge that goes into Howard. Usually starting in April through summer. He seemed reliable so this may be a good tip, Perhaps someone else can verify or correct my information.