Fishing near Laymantown in Botetourt County, VA

2.5 Rating based on 2 Reviews
  • 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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Laymantown Fishing Photos

Second cast with artificial lizard near Laymantown

Second cast with artificial lizard

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Big Brown near Laymantown

Big Brown

Smith Park
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Stocked Trout near Laymantown

Stocked Trout

Taken on the stocked section of Craigs Creek near Blacksburg, VA
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Top Fishing Spots near Laymantown

Tinker Creek
Tinker Creek

Avg. Rating: 0
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Carvin Cove Reservoir
Carvin Cove Reservoir

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
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Niagara Resivoir
Niagara Resivoir

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# Reviews:
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Roanoke River
Roanoke River

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# Reviews:
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Roanoke River
Roanoke River

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# Reviews:
Views: 545

McFalls Creek
McFalls Creek

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# Reviews:
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Laymantown Area Fish Species

Recent Laymantown Fishing Reports

5/28/10 Fishing Report May 28, 2010

5/28/10

Carvins Cove -

bass fishing Carvins Cove...

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One that got away Fishing Report Jun 27, 2009

One that got away

Carvins Cove -

Carvins Cove trolling late morning....

Avg. Rating: 3
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05312011 Fishing Report Jun 01, 2011

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Carvins Cove -

Fished Carvins Cove multiple days for bass
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Carvins Cove 3/20/09 Fishing Report Mar 21, 2009

Carvins Cove 3/20/09

Carvins Cove -

Water temperature was 51.
Water was a little off color.
I fished for four hours...

Avg. Rating: 3
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Carvins Cove 9/11/9 Fishing Report Sep 11, 2009

Carvins Cove 9/11/9

Carvins Cove -

Trolled Carvins Cove for about 3 hours this morning. I caught a 17 inch largemouth, a 17 inch smallmouth, and a 10 inch large mouth. Also lost a big...

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Carvins Cove 04/04/09 Fishing Report Apr 04, 2009

Carvins Cove 04/04/09

Carvins Cove -

Trolled mostly with no luck. Very windy day. The lake had noticeable color (brown) from recent rains....

Avg. Rating: 3
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Baits and Tackle used near Laymantown

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  • Trolled Crankbaits
  • crankbaits
  • dd22
  • 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
  • Spinnerbait

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

  • trolling deep divers
  • Trolled deep diving crankbaits between 15'-22'.
  • They were hitting a Cabelas walleye lure.
  • Trolled deep
  • Trolled deep diving crankbaits near shoreline in lower part of the lake.
  • Poe's 300 in lgmouth pattern
  • Fished a deep diving crankbait on both rods. Caught one fish on a DD22. Just one but a reasonably nice one.
  • Fished my favorite Carvins Cove crankbaits behind a moving boat. The bite was consistant each day with several fish being lost.
  • Trolled
  • 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.
  • Green/white spinner bait

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