Chick/James River

[BassAddict]

I fished a tournament each of the last 2 weekends. This past weekend we stayed in the James. Caught most of our fish on Green Pumpkin/Blue Flake Babybrushhogs. I've been using a red bullet weight lately and that seemed to be the only way to get a bite. My brother was in the front of the boat flipping the same bait without a red weight and couldn't get bit. Strange! We still only had 5 that went 7.44 lbs.
The weekend before my dad and I fished and stayed in the Chick. Caught 2 early on a Spro Frog. Caught 2 on the brushhog and one on a spinnerbait. All small. 5 fish went 6.50. We just can't get a decent fish to bite to save our life. Talking to several other guys it's been slow in general. You just have to get lucky and get 1 or 2 big bites then grind it out. I'm ready for Fall (to deer hunt! LOL) and hopefully some better fishing on the rivers!!!