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Bassin' - Best Bass Lakes in NVA
Monday, August 07, 2006

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Wade Fishing the Rappahannock River of Virginia (more info)

Wade Fishing the Rapidan River of Virginia (more info)

Wade and Shoreline Fishing the Potomac River for Smallmouth Bass (more info)

Trout and Smallmouth Fishing on the North Branch of the Potomac (more info)

Extracted from this link
http://www.roanoke.com/outdoors/billcochran/field/wb/wb/xp-23602

Here is the link to the original report.

Based on this, I need to trek down to Lake Orange and give it a whirl. I strongly disagree with Lake Brittle as a selection - the fact that it is on the list makes me wonder if he had a hard time coming up with 10 lakes. Anyway, here they are:

BEST BASS LAKES IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

"John Odenkirk, a Department of Game and Inland Fisheries fish biologist, has ranked major reservoirs in Northern Virginia after sampling the largemouth bass population. Here is his top10 ranking for big bass habitat:

1. Burke Lake, 218 acres, Fairfax County. This public lake has a phenomenal bass population, never mind that it is in D.C.’s backyard

2. Mountain Run Reservoir, a 75-acre lake in Culpeper County, is called the district’s “sleeper” bass lake by Odenkirk.

3. Occoquan Reservoir, 2,100 acres, Fairfax County.

4. Motts Reservoir, 160 acres, Spotsylvania County.

5. Lake Orange, 124 acres, Orange County, no other reservoir in the region comes close to growing as many bass 20 inches and over.

6. Pelham Reservoir, 255 acres, Culpeper County.

7. Lake Anna, 9,600 acres, near Charlottesville.

8. Brittle Lake, 77 acres, Fauqier County.

9. Abel Lake, 185 acres, Fauquier County.

10. Curtis Lake, 91 acres, Stafford County."

Purchase Switchfisher's books using the links to Amazon below for:

Wade Fishing the Rapidan River of Virginia (more info)

Wade and Shoreline Fishing the Potomac River for Smallmouth Bass (more info)

Trout and Smallmouth Fishing on the North Branch of the Potomac (more info)

Unless stated otherwise, this article was authored by Steve Moore

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