Fishing near Blue Ridge in Botetourt County, VA
- Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Muskellunge, Bluegill
- # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 18
- # of reports within 25 miles: 69
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Stocked Trout
Taken on the stocked section of Craigs Creek near Blacksburg, VAAdded by: bigehokie
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Top Fishing Spots near Blue Ridge
Tinker Creek
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Carvin Cove Reservoir
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Niagara Resivoir
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Roanoke River
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McFalls Creek
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Big Otter River
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Blue Ridge Area Fish Species
Recent Blue Ridge Fishing Reports
May 28, 2010
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5/28/10Carvins Cove - bass fishing Carvins Cove... |
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Mar 21, 2009
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Carvins Cove 3/20/09Carvins Cove - Water temperature was 51. |
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Apr 04, 2009
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Carvins Cove 04/04/09Carvins Cove - Trolled mostly with no luck. Very windy day. The lake had noticeable color (brown) from recent rains.... |
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Jun 01, 2011
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05312011Carvins Cove - Fished Carvins Cove multiple days for bass |
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Sep 06, 2010
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09062010Carvins Cove - Trolled again at Carvins Cove. What a difference a day makes. Yesterday the big ones were biting regularly. Today it was much slower and the larges... |
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Jun 27, 2009
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One that got awayCarvins Cove - Carvins Cove trolling late morning.... |
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Baits and Tackle used near Blue Ridge
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- dd22
- Trolled Crankbaits
- crankbaits
- trolling crankbaits
- trolling crankbaits.
Silver and black back caught both fish. - Crank bait, trolled
- Panter Martin spinner
- Caught only one fish in the high, muddy water. It was right under the bridge and it was caught on a small crankbait.
- Caught on a minnow crankbait
fx1 - Large Rapala Crankbait
Firetiger
Soft Swimbait Check Prices
- any rubber
Roundhead Jig Check Prices
- with a fluke
- 1/2 ounce jig with a fluke in 35' of water.
Topwater Bait Check Prices
- popper
Lure (Other) Check Prices
- Black and white w/red Superduper.
- anything big
In-Line Spinner Check Prices
- Panther Martin spinner
- Used a gold Panther Martin for most of the fish, however the biggest fish came on a Crankbait
- Panther Martin spinners and an assortment of crank baits. Everything worked.
Lizard Check Prices
- pumpkin lizard and broken back repalas
- pumkin 6in
Worm Check Prices
- watermelon 5"
Grub Check Prices
- Salt/Pepper Kalin
Crankbait Check Prices
- Trolled deep diving crankbaits between 15'-22'.
- Trolled deep
- Trolled deep diving crankbaits near shoreline in lower part of the lake.
- trolling deep divers
- trolled crankbaits and a few fish on spinner baits in the backs of coves.
- They were hitting a Cabelas walleye lure.
- Trolled
- Fished my favorite Carvins Cove crankbaits behind a moving boat. The bite was consistant each day with several fish being lost.
- Fished a deep diving crankbait on both rods. Caught one fish on a DD22. Just one but a reasonably nice one.
- deep diver
Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices
- Only caught one fish and it was on a spinner bait.
- tandem willow leaf/ chart/white
- Chart. willowleaf tandem
- Caught while bassfishing on spinnerbaits and a crankbait
- Tandem spinner baits.
Willowleaf
chart.