Luray and Front Royal recommendations

[Spencer Newman]

I've been volunteering at vaccination clinics in Luray and Front Royal.  I only volunteer a half day, and it's hard not to think about fishing when you drive over the rivers, etc.  I haven't fished the area at all.  Any advice on where to start?

[Owen Williams]

Thanks for doing this important work!

It's about a half hour drive from either Luray or Front Royal, but for the last two summers, I've been loving the intimacy of the North Fork, especially Seven Bends State Park near Woodstock, which has two main access points. The smallmouth aren't huge, but the water is varied over this short stretch, and it's wadeable anytime the flow is below 500 on the Strasburg USGS gauge. 

[Yambag Nelson]

Its kind of early but both forks of the shenandoah are great for smallmouth.  There are a number of operations near front royal that rent canoes and will shuttle you.  Not sure if they are open yet.  

You are also close to the park and the brook trout fishing is starting to pick up.

On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 3:37:39 PM UTC-4 j.spence...@gmail.com wrote:

[Luke Morrison]

I fish both forks frequently and can definitely steer you to some wonderful spots: parking, reasonably easy wading and decent fishing. 

I’d argue the fishing WAS great but has suffered severely over the past 5-10 years specifically due to high water events during spawn. There are still plenty of smallies, fallfish, brim - even rock bass are making a slight comeback however the size and overall numbers are down. I find the south fork to be fishing best between elkton and Luray.

Give me a shout on my cell, happy to share info and get you on fish. I’ll be fishing the north fork Shenandoah all weekend.

Luke Morrison

202-271-5420 

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On Mar 26, 2021, at 9:24 AM, Yambag Nelson <northstreet...@gmail.com> wrote:

Its kind of early but both forks of the shenandoah are great for smallmouth.  There are a number of operations near front royal that rent canoes and will shuttle you.  Not sure if they are open yet.  

You are also close to the park and the brook trout fishing is starting to pick up.

On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 3:37:39 PM UTC-4 j.spence...@gmail.com wrote:

I've been volunteering at vaccination clinics in Luray and Front Royal.  I only volunteer a half day, and it's hard not to think about fishing when you drive over the rivers, etc.  I haven't fished the area at all.  Any advice on where to start?

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[Spencer Newman]

I'll check out Seven Bends.  It's only about 40 minutes from the clinic, so I could easily go before or after a shift for a couple hours.

They haven't released many April dates yet for the clinic, so I'm not sure which location I might volunteer at next or when, but Luke I'll give you a call once I know.  Thanks!

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[Spencer Newman]

I've got some cicadas Rob Snowwhite tied that'd I'd like to try on the smallies when it gets crazy.  Never fished a cicada brood before.