Fishing near Ashland in Hanover County, VA
- Most Caught Species: American Shad, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish
- # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 5
- # of reports within 25 miles: 10
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Ashland Fishing Photos
James River Cat
Just fishing the James River near Browns Island!Added by: justtexguy
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Average Lake Caroline Largemouth
I ended up catching several of these on both a Wacky Worm rig and a white rooster tail.Added by: jahnman
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Big Boy off the Point
After a few jumps and several minutes, a friend of mine got this baby close enough to the boat to lip him.Added by: jahnman
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Lunker Largemouth
Lunker was caught right off the point shown in about 6 feet of water.Added by: jahnman
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Lunker Largemouth
Lunker was caught right off the point shown in about 6 feet of water.Added by: jahnman
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Top Fishing Spots near Ashland
South Anna River
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Lake Caroline
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Elliots Pond
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Broaddus Pond
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Mattaponi River
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Ashland Area Fish Species
Recent Ashland Fishing Reports
Aug 27, 2008
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James River Fly Fishing at the Fall LineJames River Below Williams Dam - Spent a day on the James River just south of Williams and the 'Z' dam, caught around 19 smallmouth on imitation crawfish and black woolly bugg... |
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Jun 26, 2008
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My worm tripRichmond,VA - - Browns Island - I went to Browns Island this morning . . and caught 3 catfish,2 smallmouth,and 1 small carp . . all on worms from the walking bridge there!Got some pi... |
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May 19, 2009
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Lake Caroline LargemouthLadysmith, VA - Fished private Lake Caroline weekend of May 9, 2009--caught several nice largemouth myself, while a friend of mine caught a gorgeous 5 pounder.... |
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May 18, 2009
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James River StriperRichmond, VA - Fished the banks of the James next to the Mayo bridge at peak low tide in the heat of the day with 2-3oz diamond spoons. Caught 14 in an hour and 45 ... |
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Apr 19, 2009
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James River shad 1James River - Fishing for Shad on the James River... |
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Apr 09, 2010
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Shad RunJames River - Fished the James River in Richmond for the annual shad run.... |
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Baits and Tackle used near Ashland
Wet Fly Check Prices
- Used crawfish imitation available from Orvis at Broad Street, and black woolly buggers
Check Prices
- dart and maribu
- dart and spoon
Nightcrawler Check Prices
- slip bobber
split shot
small hook
10# test line
Saltwater Spoon Check Prices
- 2-3oz Diamond spoon
Worm Check Prices
- Rig was apparently called a Wacky Worm--a 6in sinking plastic worm (blue in this case) was rigged with no additional weight right in the middle with a 1/0 hook and lightly jerked through structure.
Marabou / Bucktail Jig Check Prices
- Tried shad darts and spoons with little luck. Then I turned to a double marabou jig rig (white) and began catching fish steadily. It was not fast and furious but it was steady. Fly rodders were doing the best using sinking line. Clay tried his fly rod with floating line with very poor results, especially compared to their every cast output.
- Fished a dart & spoon rig.
Plastic Swimbait Check Prices
- Shakey Head