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 Small Mouth near Ashland

James River Small Mouth

She ain't big ,but she's pretty!
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James River Cat near Ashland

James River Cat

Just fishing the James River near Browns Island!
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Average Lake Caroline Largemouth near Ashland

Average Lake Caroline Largemouth

I ended up catching several of these on both a Wacky Worm rig and a white rooster tail.
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Big Boy off the Point near Ashland

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.
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Lunker Largemouth near Ashland

Lunker Largemouth

Lunker was caught right off the point shown in about 6 feet of water.
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Lunker Largemouth near Ashland

Lunker Largemouth

Lunker was caught right off the point shown in about 6 feet of water.
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Top Fishing Spots near Ashland

South Anna River
South Anna River

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Lake Caroline
Lake Caroline

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Elliots Pond
Elliots Pond

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Broaddus Pond
Broaddus Pond

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Mattaponi River
Mattaponi River

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Ashland Area Fish Species

Recent Ashland Fishing Reports

James River Fly Fishing at the Fall Line Fishing Report Aug 27, 2008

James River Fly Fishing at the Fall Line

James 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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My worm trip Fishing Report Jun 26, 2008

My worm trip

Richmond,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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Lake Caroline Largemouth Fishing Report May 19, 2009

Lake Caroline Largemouth

Ladysmith, 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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James River Striper Fishing Report May 18, 2009

James River Striper

Richmond, 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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James River shad 1 Fishing Report Apr 19, 2009

James River shad 1

James River -

Fishing for Shad on the James River...

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Shad Run Fishing Report Apr 09, 2010

Shad Run

James 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

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