Nice group of fish there. I love kayak fishing!

Good one !

Well,
All I can say is it can seem difficult at times. But remember the object should be to enjoy oneself or enjoying time on the water with family or friends.
Talk to other anglers. Most people will be happy to discuss fishing with you but some may be a bit guarded on specifics. You don’t necessarily have to ask exactly what they are using or exactly where they caught fish but more of what presentations and type of conditions like depths or structures where they located fish or maybe lure colors that they seemed to have more success with. Experiment with presentations. Some are more involved than others. Personally I think trying something like Texas rigging is a great start. It’s easy to tie, is weedless so you can through it in most any place, works at all depths and in most situations. You can T-rig a wide range of lure choices like worm, lizards, grubs, craws, etc. Experiment with different retrieval methods, fast, slow, jigging, dead sticking, etc.
Try different Crank baits to gain an understanding of what different bill shapes and lengths do to their wobble and depths they can reach. Try different cadences to see what entices a bite. Because remember, in the end the fish will tell you what they want.
One thing I do on those days where I can’t seem to get a bite is play a little game of target practice with my casting. Aim for a leaf, between two pads, under those branches. Once your accuracy gets better, your hook up percentages should increase because you’ll gain confidence in putting that lure in those sweet spots.
Read articles at places like this forum or magazines or YouTube.
Most of all, Just relax and have Fun!

Good morning. The wife and I hope to get the kayaks out today for a little R and F (fishing of course). It’s going to be 50 degrees, sunny and light wind. Wish us luck’
Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Bite!

Thanks Fred. Good tip

Actually one of my favorite Beers is produced here in Virginia by Triple Crossing Brewery. "Falcon Smash" a wonderfully cloudy and hoppy IPA with a dank hop character from dry hopping of Falconer's Flight hops of the pacific north west, along with some other varieties and fermented with a house ale strain.
I do enjoy a nice Stout, Milk and Coffee stouts and also some Imperial Stouts, nothing with too high of an ABV, one that comes to mind is brewed here in Va. by Center of the Universe brewery called Duderino. Crafted with the movie "The Big Lebowski" in mind. In the movie Jeff Bridges plays " the Dude" who drinks white Russians, hence it's crafted as a white Russian stout. It's kind of a big deal around Richmond when it's released.
But of course I can still enjoy a cold crisp Yeungling

I grew up in Pennsylvania on Yuengling of course but once I moved to Virginia, the Micro breweries where popping up everywhere offering a seemingly unlimited variety of styles.
I started with Porters for some reason then the next logical step was Stouts with a much wider range of flavors and ABV's. I tripped around for a while ( literally stumbling home sometimes) on Belgiums and Saisons. I next joined a local brew club, The James River Homebrewers, which is I believe the oldest group of it's kind in America.
Hankering to create something flavorful myself I chose to create an Octoberfest style brew. I toiled meticulously over every detail to make sure my first attempt was palatable. When it was ready I brought my new found treasure of time to my first brewers meeting. This by the way is an amazing adventure in the world of beer ! Everyone brings their wares to be tasted and tested by friends and of course the ultimate beer snobs or experts depending on who you ask.
Back to my beer for a moment. Though it was considered an "Octoberfest" which really is supposed to be made with lager yeast, It came with Ale yeast for the simple fact that in order to use Lager yeast you have to keep it at a constant temperature of about 52 degrees, which living in an apartment at the time could not be accomplished because I didn't have any place to fit a six gallon bucket of homebrew chilled.
That is why it came with Ale yeast, ale yeast just needs room temperature i.e. 72 degrees to work it's magic and Magic it was!
Back to the meeting. My friend and I showed up with our golden liquid elixirs, he brought an IPA he made on his maiden voyage into brewing just the month before me.
We meandered around tasting the fine offerings of the rooms inhabitants and occasionally offering my attempt at beer fame. A couple of the best beer judges ( honest beer judges at real events) were motioned over to try our brew. They tasted my buddies IPA first, offering kind comments and some constructive criticisms, then tasted my Octoberfest. Both eyed it intently, smelled it's aroma then swished and swirled it across their taste buds. They both conferred privately for a brief moment then Surprisingly one of them said, " We both agree, the color, clarity and crispness of this fine brew is quite pleasing to the palate. This is one of the finest Pale Ales we have tasted here !" Of course my friend jumped in a bit annoyed because he was brewing longer than me and felt a bit slighted, " But it's an Octoberfest ! The consummate expert replied, "That may have been what was intended but the final product of any brewing experiment, because after all, that is what we all are, scientists of the beer world creating experiments in flavor. IT IS what it IS in its's final form! How long have you been brewing my boy ?" I said, " This is my first attempt at brewing sir." " First attempt ?? Spot On My Friend ! Spot On !!"
Of course my friend was less than amused when for the rest of the night I referred to my new found vessel of golden goodness as, " A Pale Ale".
For the rest of the evening it was well received from all in attendance, especially when someone would call a fellow homebrewer over to taste and revel in it's alluring attributes. All much to the dismay of my Buddie. I asked him for another taste of his brew, thought for a moment then I told him," For what it's worth, I think your IPA is Bitter, and Dank, Dank as any IPA I have ever tasted ! ( in the world of IPA beer, for some reason, that the best compliment you could make). All was right in the world again and so started my trek into the world of Beer!

Oh, by the way, I know this was a long way around answering your question, I like Bourbon...

Actually it was a Bronze Sculpture in a park full of amazing Art work out in Loveland Colorado. My wife and I were there visiting her father in November on our Honeymoon.
It made a great photo op I couldn't pass up on.

I used to live in South Jersey, Mantua.

I miss fishing for Bass and Catfish in the Delaware river and all the creeks leading into it, Greenwhich lake and the ditches, Alcyon lake in Pitman, Elmer, Menatico Ponds, the DOD, Union Lake, Parvin, Malaga lake, Daretown, and for Trout at Giampietros pond, Iona lake for Brown trout,Swedesboro lake for Brookies, The Maurice River, Shaws Mill in Millville, or further north at Manasquan.

Ahhh! An amazing ride down memory lane !!!
Thanks CRK !

Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for the input.
The way I have been doing it is below the video on YouTube it say "share". I click on that and it offers the Link with "copy" next to it. You can copy it from there or it also offers other places like Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc to copy it to.
I copy it then paste it on the forum but only the hyperlink (Url) shows. The good thing is it still allows anyone to open it from the forum but I was hoping to have the Video Thumbnail I guess you call it appear instead of or along with that Link.

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Welcome Jaydee
A fellow Commonwealther here.
It's been a while since I fished Lake Anna with my kayak and Jon boat out of the State Park there.
I think I also fished from Christopher Run Campground.
I've Been to Green Mountain Lake I think it was called with a friend from Ruckersville.
And Fished the Maury and for Trout out there in Albemarle county.
Beautiful country out there in Charlottesville

Thank you Fred

Wow ! Here in Virginia there are strick rules on keeping Stripers.
Only one a day, In the rivers leading to the Chesapeake Bay they have to be a minimum 20 inches, One a Day.
In the Bay area they have to be a minimum of 24 inches, still only one a day.

Hey there,
I have been trying to post things from YouTube but all I get is the hyperlink. There must be a way
Any help would be greatly appreciated.