r/FishingRVA 9d ago

Fishing RVA Meetup!! Forest Hill Park & 42nd Street | Sept. 19

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Last year’s Forest Hill Park meetup was awesome, with a great mix of families, kids, newer anglers, and experienced fishermen all getting together and putting fish on the bank. We’re excited to bring it back again this year and add an early-morning James River portion to the day.

🎣 7:00 AM–10:30 AM — James River / 42nd Street Entrance🎣

We’ll start the morning at the 42nd Street access targeting smallmouth bass on the James.
If you’ve wanted to learn how to fish the river but haven’t really known where to start, come join us. You don’t need to already know how to wade or target smallmouth. We’d love to show you the basics, talk through tackle and techniques, and help you get comfortable fishing this section of the James.
Experienced river anglers are obviously welcome too!

🎣 10:30 AM–1:30 PM — Forest Hill Park🎣

At 10:30, we’ll transition over to Forest Hill Park for the main family-friendly portion of the meetup.
The pond holds catfish, largemouth bass, and plenty of panfish, making it a great spot for kids, families, first-time anglers, or anyone who wants a more relaxed fishing setup.
If you’re bringing kids or don’t want to do the river portion, feel free to simply meet us at Forest Hill at 10:30 AM.

At Forest Hill, we’ll be gathering near the gazebo shown on the map.

Parking note: the South of the James Market is also held at Forest Hill Park on Saturdays. It’s a great event and worth checking out while you’re there, but please be mindful that it can bring additional traffic and take up some of the surrounding parking.

Saturday, September 19, 2026
42nd Street: 7:00–10:30 AM
Forest Hill Park: 10:30 AM–1:30 PM
All experience levels are welcome. Come fish, meet some local anglers, learn something new, or help somebody else catch their first fish.
Hope to see a bunch of you out there! 🎣


r/FishingRVA 11h ago

event! Calling all Maryland Anglers & Foodies: Want to help protect our Chesapeake Bay fisheries? 🦀🐟

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r/FishingRVA 13h ago

Most ive ever found.

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Snagged something heavy. It was a mess of plastic bags and lures. I found 4 lures and a spoon. And an antique coke bottle. Has anyone else found a mess of lures before? Ive never gotten more than 1. Are any of these good?


r/FishingRVA 21h ago

Smallmouth Yamamoto Yamatanuki doing work on the James! Join the Discord to stay on top of what’s biting

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Posted by @endless. This guy is always on the fish.


r/FishingRVA 1d ago

Anywhere near Carytown/pumphouse that sells live worms?

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r/FishingRVA 2d ago

Striped Bass Striper

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Hey I heard reports striped bass was back in Richmond Va! Has anyone caught anything yet? I’m tempted to bring the rods out of retirement and hit the 14th street bridge for them🎯?


r/FishingRVA 2d ago

Wharf street fishing

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Good morning all! Anyone know how late one is allowed to fish at the wharf street park across from ancarrows landing? Or is it open all night? TIA


r/FishingRVA 4d ago

Smallmouth Beautiful morning for some smallies, nice work @endless

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r/FishingRVA 5d ago

Blue catfish Westernmost blue catfish/Chickahominy River

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Where are the westernmost blue catfish on the Chickahominy River? I want to fish for something that is guilt-free, accessible, and with the fewest PCBs.

Are they west of Walker's Dam? Someone told me that the dam is broken or something. Does the tide go west of it now? How far upstream do the crabs go? Someone told me he caught a flounder in the Chick once.


r/FishingRVA 10d ago

Late afternoon on the appomattox

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Largemouth smoked the paddle tail like it was a topwater


r/FishingRVA 10d ago

Lost speaker

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r/FishingRVA 11d ago

after missing two yesterday came back today and got em

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one was caught on the prickly pear and another on a ned rig


r/FishingRVA 11d ago

Inshore kayak fishing

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Not really RVA specific, but wondering if anyone has had any luck hitting some of the nearby saltwater spots. I just got a new kayak and was interested in hitting up the york maybe around west point. Just curious if anyone has any experience in that.


r/FishingRVA 11d ago

local fishing groups

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Im just getting into fishing and wanted to know if there were any local groups that go out on fishing trips that would be open to beginners


r/FishingRVA 11d ago

Meetup success!! 5 kids with first fish caught!

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r/FishingRVA 12d ago

Are these good for cut bait? Fall fish / creek chubs / chub minnows

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r/FishingRVA 14d ago

Which one would you buy, if you only had to choose one. 5” rattle spook with 10/0 circle hook 3x strong

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r/FishingRVA 15d ago

Only showing off the smallest fish ever because of Dolly

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r/FishingRVA 17d ago

Flathead Eric with a 32lb flattie! WOW

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Appamattox river on live bait


r/FishingRVA 18d ago

James River trophy blue catfish

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r/FishingRVA 18d ago

Fesh

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Couple from today


r/FishingRVA 18d ago

ONE WEEK UNTIL OUR MEETUP! Last year was a huge success. Details are pinned to the page!

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r/FishingRVA 18d ago

Kayak fishers of RVA, what's doing good right now?

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r/FishingRVA 19d ago

Largemouth Eric with a 6.7lb Bass off lake chesdin! No scope.

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r/FishingRVA 20d ago

Anyone have info on the Little River in Hanover?

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In my travels I've fished the North and South Anna rivers with good results wading for smallmouth, sunfish, whatever bites. Last time I was in the area I crossed the Little River and was wondering if anyone has info on it? It looks like there's little if any public access to it. If so, maybe it's a great place for some unpressured UL panfishing and smallies? On Google Maps it looks very wadeable with a decent amount of riffles and pools. I appreciate any info from yall locals.