Fishing near Vinton in Roanoke County, VA

2.5 Rating based on 2 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 19
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 71
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Vinton Fishing Photos

Big Brown near Vinton

Big Brown

Smith Park
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Second cast with artificial lizard near Vinton

Second cast with artificial lizard

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Stocked Trout near Vinton

Stocked Trout

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

Niagara Resivoir
Niagara Resivoir

Avg. Rating: 0
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Roanoke River
Roanoke River

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# Reviews:
Views: 423

Tinker Creek
Tinker Creek

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# Reviews:
Views: 1470

Carvin Cove Reservoir
Carvin Cove Reservoir

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
Views: 2124

Roanoke River
Roanoke River

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 545

Maggodee Creek
Maggodee Creek

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# Reviews:
Views: 339

Vinton Area Fish Species

Recent Vinton Fishing Reports

Niagara Resivoir Fishing Report Jun 16, 2009

Niagara Resivoir

Roanoke River -

Bottom of the dam...

Avg. Rating: 2
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Heritage Day Fishing Report Apr 04, 2009

Heritage Day

Tinker Creek -

Fished for trout this morning. I tried multiple artificial baits. A Superduper was the only lure to get bites. I caught only one brown trout and lo...

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1 Views:
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Created by: bigjim
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Roanoke River 5-8-09 Fishing Report May 11, 2009

Roanoke River 5-8-09

Roanoke River (city) -

Trout fishing the Roanoke River.
The River was stocked yesterday but the water was high, closing the bridge. It was muddy and very fast. I caug...

Avg. Rating: 3
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Roanoke River 5/19/09 Fishing Report May 19, 2009

Roanoke River 5/19/09

Roanoke River -

Trout fishing the Roanoke with artificial lures with my son Clay....

Avg. Rating: 3
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Brownies 5/20/09 Fishing Report May 20, 2009

Brownies 5/20/09

Roanoke River (city) -

Trout fishing the roanoke river...

Avg. Rating: 3
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04062011 Fishing Report Apr 06, 2011

04062011

Roanoke River - Roanoke -

Trout fishing the Roanoke River...

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Baits and Tackle used near Vinton

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  • 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
  • Panter Martin spinner
  • crankbaits
  • dd22
  • Trolled Crankbaits
  • trolling crankbaits
  • Spinnerbait
  • trolling crankbaits.
    Silver and black back caught both fish.
  • Super Duper
    White/black/red

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.

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

Worm Check Prices

  • watermelon 5"

Grub Check Prices

  • Salt/Pepper Kalin

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Caught the biggest one on an XPS minnow and another 3 on a tiny gold crankbait. Clay caught 4 on a panther martin.
  • fire tiger
  • dd22
  • DD22
  • DD22 - White
  • Poe's 300 in lgmouth pattern
  • 15'-17'
  • deep diving crankbait
  • trolled deep diving crankbaits.
  • Fished a deep diving crankbait on both rods. Caught one fish on a DD22. Just one but a reasonably nice one.

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Caught while bassfishing on spinnerbaits and a crankbait
  • Tandem spinner baits.
    Willowleaf
    chart.
  • Only caught one fish and it was on a spinner bait.
  • tandem willow leaf/ chart/white
  • Chart. willowleaf tandem
  • Green/white spinner bait

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