Roanoke Valley and Salem Virginia Featured Fishing Sites
Site #1: Smith Mountain Lake
Description: Carvins Cove is an 800-acre reservoir located 10 minutes from downtown Roanoke. The fishing at Carvins Cove is very good and has been for years. There are numerous rock and brush piles throughout the lake that provide great cover for bass and crappie. There are also plenty of rocky banks to target largemouth and smallmouth bass. Species: Bass, Crappie, Large and Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Striped Bass, and Muskie.
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Site #2: Carvins Cove
Description: South of Roanoke 50 minutes, Phillpot Reservoir is relatively small in surface area but rich in shoreline. Backed up behind the Army Corps of Engineers Phillpot Dam project, the reservoir is deep and boasts lots of small coves providing great cover for the resident populations of bass and walleye. Access is very good with public boat ramps at Fairystone State Park and various locations throughout the Fairystone Farms Wildlife Management Areas. Species: Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass, Walleye.
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Site #3: Philpott Reservoir
Description: Nestled among Bolar, Oliver and Little mountains Lake Moomaw is a jewel about 90 minutes drive north of Roanoke. Because it is completely surrounded by the George Washington National Forest this beautiful lake has been spared the chronic overdevelopment of the other public reservoirs in Southwest Virginia. Access to the entire lake is open but boat ramps are primarily undeveloped and suited only to watercraft that can be carried with the exception one small marina operated at the southern tip of the lake. The lake is quite deep and boasts healthy populations of reproducing brown and rainbow trout. The state periodically stocks both large and smallmouth bass to supplement the existing populations. Species: Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow and Brown Trout. |
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