Post by VFR on Mar 11, 2023 10:44:46 GMT -5
Planer Board Trolling for Striped Bass on Lake Anna Can be Like Cardio
By Alex McCrickard
When anglers think about striped bass in Virginia, the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries immediately come to mind. Or perhaps its surf fishing on the Eastern Shore or in the waves off Virginia Beach.
Striped bass are anadromous—spending most of their lives in the saltwater environment but returning to freshwater to spawn. However, in addition to our anadromous striped bass population in the Chesapeake Bay and along the Atlantic Coast, Virginia boasts some of the best inland land-locked striped bass opportunities you can find in the east. You don’t have to travel to the Chesapeake Bay or its tidal tributaries to find striped bass in Virginia. Large impoundments like Smith Mountain Lake, Buggs Island Lake, and Lake Anna, to name a few, provide excellent land-locked striped bass opportunities that some anglers overlook. Read more.....
By Alex McCrickard
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Bill Thompson and his planer board trolling setup on Lake Anna
Bill Thompson and his planer board trolling setup on Lake Anna
When anglers think about striped bass in Virginia, the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries immediately come to mind. Or perhaps its surf fishing on the Eastern Shore or in the waves off Virginia Beach.
Striped bass are anadromous—spending most of their lives in the saltwater environment but returning to freshwater to spawn. However, in addition to our anadromous striped bass population in the Chesapeake Bay and along the Atlantic Coast, Virginia boasts some of the best inland land-locked striped bass opportunities you can find in the east. You don’t have to travel to the Chesapeake Bay or its tidal tributaries to find striped bass in Virginia. Large impoundments like Smith Mountain Lake, Buggs Island Lake, and Lake Anna, to name a few, provide excellent land-locked striped bass opportunities that some anglers overlook. Read more.....