Occoquan Reservoir

[jsnyd86]

I don't expect to get much traffic on this, but maybe some reservoir Angler's have some insight. I was looking for crappie waiting for the sun to go down to go after the top water bass bite. I went fishing Friday afternoon-evening and the top water temp was 76. I found that pretty high for the weather we've been having. Carp were all over (never seen many there) and I barely caught anything. I was throwing a very small crappie crankbait and 2" twister tail grubs. Fish tacos were on the menu but I struck out big time.
Is there a pattern I should be looking for? I wasn't marking much in deeper water and thought the crappie would be shallow.


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[Huntrava]

I fish the reservoir almost exclusively, both at Fountainhead and Bull Run, and have never had much luck catching crappie other than as bycatch.

[jsnyd86]

I fish the other end once in a while. I live right down the street so after work trips are pretty easy. Last summer I found their deep summer hole where they also stay in winter. I have a general idea of where they are but I couldn't get anything going, including bass. The water is pretty high and warm so maybe that's throwing it off? Do you know if they plan to empty it a bit?


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[Turtle135]

there is a thread dedicated to the Occoquan Reservoir on Bass Resource, might be some useful information there:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fis...ately/?page=26