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Id pick mossy over rapidan this time of year personaly. if you head up to to rapidan, its a rough road getting in without a suv. rapidan has better scenery for sure. if your ok with a drive, id suggest the jackson. above the dam its around 40 CFS and below dam it is about 200-300 CFS. there are some spots ive found for wading. if you are both good with covering water then you can hit a variety of spots on the jackson in a day. i live out by winchester and can get down there in abou 3 hours. if you end up down there and want some other advice, hit me up dannyt...@gmail.com. i spent my entire spring break in that part of the state. 7 days and never fished the same part of river and almost fished a different river each day.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Kevin Huntington <huntingt...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,A buddy and a I are going to take a day trip for some trout this weekend and are trying to decide between Mossy Creek and the Rapidan. We're cool with the couple hour drive to get there, so that's not an issue. But neither of us have ever fished either place, so just looking for input.I've heard Mossy trout are spooked very easily and it's a tough place to fish. But I also don't know if the water temp is still low enough this late in the summer for the Rapidan. We just want to catch a few trout and soak in some scenery.Any other river or stream suggestions are welcome too, we're just jonesing for some trout.Any thoughts or input from anyone would be great! Thanks!
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The landowners down there are a pain. Ive had a few run ins and when they call police they get laughed at. I normally stick to the points marked on one of the VDGIF boat launch sites.
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The Jackson is my homewater and it is a good trout fishery. There is a ton of good wading below the dam in the tailwaters, however, if you aren't up on your knowledge of the what sections are okay to fish and what sections aren't, I'd suggest doing a good amount of research before you go wandering down the river. There are some major landowner rights issues on the Jackson and you can find yourself in a lot of legal trouble if you don't respect them. Several landowners have brought hefty suits against anglers on the Jackson in recent years and, if history is any indication, you will lose that battle. That said, since it is just one day, you'll find plenty of trout in the tailwater immediately below the dam - more than enough water to keep you entertained for a day.
On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 12:17:11 PM UTC-4, Danny Barrett wrote:
Id pick mossy over rapidan this time of year personaly. if you head up to to rapidan, its a rough road getting in without a suv. rapidan has better scenery for sure. if your ok with a drive, id suggest the jackson. above the dam its around 40 CFS and below dam it is about 200-300 CFS. there are some spots ive found for wading. if you are both good with covering water then you can hit a variety of spots on the jackson in a day. i live out by winchester and can get down there in abou 3 hours. if you end up down there and want some other advice, hit me up dannyt...@gmail.com. i spent my entire spring break in that part of the state. 7 days and never fished the same part of river and almost fished a different river each day.
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Hello all,A buddy and a I are going to take a day trip for some trout this weekend and are trying to decide between Mossy Creek and the Rapidan. We're cool with the couple hour drive to get there, so that's not an issue. But neither of us have ever fished either place, so just looking for input.I've heard Mossy trout are spooked very easily and it's a tough place to fish. But I also don't know if the water temp is still low enough this late in the summer for the Rapidan. We just want to catch a few trout and soak in some scenery.Any other river or stream suggestions are welcome too, we're just jonesing for some trout.Any thoughts or input from anyone would be great! Thanks!
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To my knowledge no. When I've boated the Jackson. I used a brick and only used the boat to get down river and would jump out to wait ripples etc. The few real deep pools I'd anchor as best I could and grab sinking line.
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I should retract. No one really knows if fishing is ok, because the courts haven't ruled the validity. However, based on land owner claims and the original land grant, it only refers to the stream bed itself. The VADGIF did tell one developer he could not prevent fishing, only wading, after he posted signs indicating that. Unfortunately, they couldn't compel him to remove the sign in private property and the state won't get involved in litigation anyway.
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In March, the court did rule in favor of the landowner on the issue of wading - fishing, I don't know, but that ruling is enough to deter me. Another thing to note is that while the area covered in the land grant is not growing, the number of landowners who can make the claim is, as some of that property is developed and sold piecemeal. That could mean that while a landowner had a claim and previously chose not to enforce it, the new owners on the same sections can still make the claim, or at least that's what happened in the event that spurred the big controversy. All of that said, it is incredibly easy to avoid the off-limits sections and as many times as I have fished the Jackson, I've never found myself hard-pressed to find trout on the public sections. Indeed, every time I get to a sign on the bank, I am on that "one last cast, then I'm heading back in... well, one more cast" stage of the day. Plenty of trout and plenty of water to go around.Jeff, I can't remember the guy's name, but I worked at/hung out in whitewater shop, and he was pretty well-known for doing that stuff. It was generally known that he was all show and apparently had some sort of distant familial relation to the county sheriff. Every once in a while you'd hear of someone showing up at the take out with a deputy waiting for them telling them they'd get in trouble one day if they kept running it. Realistically, he probably had a more valid claim considering Bottom is probably not really classified as navigable.
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