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Old 08-19-2013, 08:47 AM
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What's up everybody. As some of you may know, I got stationed here in Norfolk, Va. I'm dying to catch fish again since I'm all golfed out basically. I'm looking into buying a kayak for freshwater and paddle around a few saltwater inlets here around the Hampton Roads area.

I haven't yet gotten a license for Virginia which I am most likely going to do today and look into a few baits that work for redfish and specks in this area. Also gonna pick up a rule book to read up on before I go coonssa on these fish here.

Now for the long shot question; has anyone whether military or not ever fished in Virginia freshwater and saltwater before?

Also I did catch a fish in a pond here on base and have no clue as to what it is.
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Old 08-19-2013, 09:50 AM
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Looks like a small mouth Iron Man, what did it taste like?


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Old 08-19-2013, 11:20 AM
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Looks like a small mouth Iron Man, what did it taste like?


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I don't trust these northern fish to my stomach. They might be good for me lol...

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Old 08-19-2013, 12:41 PM
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Not a small mouth. Maybe some kind of hybrid striper or white bass.
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Old 08-19-2013, 05:05 PM
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I lived in maryland for about 20 years, fished all over that area.

Your gonna laugh but in that neck of the woods that fish is called a white perch, It's caught in brackish / salt waters, and is very very similar to what we would call a white bass down here.

Good fishing to be had around the hampton roads area, you have striper runs yearly as well as your regular fare of salt and brackish fish. Also there are some freshwater lakes / oversized ponds not far from little creek which offer good bass and other freshwater fishing.

You are within striking distance of some of the best monster catfishing area's. James river around Richmond is home to Mega Blue cats with fish regularly topping 70lbs

Potomac river just up the road, holds a much higher number of big cats (there are many days that you can go out and catch 20+ 20-40lb fish in a single day) but the cats are not quite as big as they are on the james.

Wouldn't keep any of the bigger fish from either of these rivers though... heaven only knows what kind of pollutants they have seen in those waters.
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