Started cold and windy for the weekly pilgrimage to the Chickahominy Reservoir. It stayed windy and the fish didn't want to play. I did manage a couple of chain pickeral on the new rod. The osprey weren't as active as last week. The reservoir was up about 4" from the week's rains. The bream spots were not active. I don't think I did any worse than most of the other few boats that were buzzing up and down the river. You can always tell when the fish aren't active from the sounds of folks moving. Them as don't catch upstream move downstream, while them as ain't catching upstream move down-stream. Last year, the blue and silver Little Cleo spoon was a killer for pickeral in May and June. Not so this year.
I didn't go back into goose-ville. There is an area upriver that looks like a canada goose nesting area. You have to beat them off with a stick. I did have fun watching a blue heron try to look just like the dead tree branches that were behind it. The grass and weeds are growing, so many of these places will not be accessable in a few weeks.
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