Fishin At Enclave Apartments In Midlothian 2024
racer894 reply :
Anyone ever fished here? Its right across for the Mid-lothian Mines Park, a Chesterfield County park...I fish here all the time. Always can catch nice catfish there (3-5lb) also caught a few good bass all from the bridge in the back of the pond.
If you havent been its a pretty nice place...Paved trail all the way around. You can park on the right side of the apartments and walk down to it. Its right down Wooldridge Road off Midlothian.
Sam reply :
Nope, but there are lots of great apartment and office complex ponds all over the greater Richmond geographical area.
Keep fishing them and sending in those reports. 
grayAG reply :
I go to this pond all the time. Usually small beetle-spins,grubs, topwaters or worms work well. most of my bass come from near the bank by the 1st dock(looking from Woolridge Rd) . don't think ive caught anything by the bridge. What lures do you use there?
racer894 reply :
For the catfish I use bread and a hook, let it sit for a min or 2 then the cork disappears!
For the bass, I use swimming shad. They are called "Mister Shad"
http://www.mistertwister.com/information/mister-shad/800#description
I have never fished that dock up there. Where are you casting to catch bass, and whats the best you have pulled out of there?
grayAG reply :
You can either cast from the straight bank to the dock area, or cast on the dock out towards the bank. Small grubs work great in that spot. Most of the good bass ive caught are about 14-16 inches. One time though, I caught a bigger one accidentally. i was fly-fishing from the dock and put my rod down. The line went through the cracks and a fish grabbed the fly. It was definitely larger than the other ones, but i had to cut the line because i couldn't get to it. it was probably the one big fish that doesn't get caught often.
Tallent88 reply :
very very nice pond scenery nice cover i went to dicks sporting good and bought my first bait caster today and i went there to get the hang of casting it i caught two 1 pounders about 12 inches in length both on whit spinner bait near 1st dock to the left i only casted about 10 times i was just dropping by to cast a couple times i had to get home b4 it got to late but lots of pond to fish i will be going back tomm or thursday ;D
racer894 reply :
I will be there tomorrow more than likely to wet a line at the dock and try my luck! I am getting into fishing more, kinda a newbie.
Anyways, have you seen any snakes here? I saw the biggest one I have ever seen in the wild last time I was there! 
I just let it be. Also, there are an abundance of turtles and bream. It would be easy to get a net full of them if anyone wanted baitfish.
Tallent88 reply :
pics obviously not showing off just want ppl to see whats out there pretty easy catches
Tallent88 reply :
another a little smaller
racer894 reply :
I thought it would be appropriate to share some pictures with you all since I am above the 10 post count and can now post links!
The pond itself, late fall or so
First bass caught here
First bass again
Another smaller bass
The very first time i casted into the pond, I caught this little guy
Catfish caught from back of bridge on bread!
A friend caught this cat
Friends cat again
Hope you all enjoy the pics!
Tallent88 reply :
pounds are on the left fyi lol :'(
Tallent88 reply :
nice fish man ill have more bass pics by fri !!! 
whats the best spot there for bass
Tallent88 reply :
speaking of my new pole i am looking to ge rid of a quantium spinning reel with a 6ft tenactive rod i pad 60 1 month ago looking to get 25 for it its strung with stren 10 pound flouracarbon line pm me if intrested i can get pics
racer894 reply :
hey pspbass, the pics you posted dont look like around the pond at the enclave apartments. Are you fishin the bigger red circled pond or the one across the street in the grove subdivision circled in blue?
Sam reply :
I may try my luck at the pond later this afternoon.
Let me know if you will be around the area.
Sam reply :
Wife and I are heading to Pops Marina in Toano this PM to see what they have left from their going out of business sale and to check out Fishing Pro Tech and Hooters.
Tomorrow (Thursday) I have late meetings with Cigna Insurance Company on a client's renewal and Friday we are going to dinner with my fishing buddy and his family so if I hit these ponds it will be either over the weekend or next week.
Just wanted you guys who fish it know as I will not be out there to meet you.
racer894 reply :
I went this morning, didnt catch anything, got one hit back by the bridge. I was only there about 30 mins.
I went exploring after that across the street (Wooldridge)to the Grove, there is a pond over there on the right that has a fountain in the middle and a a dock and a gazebo that overlook the pond. Looks like it can be fished all around it, and the only sign I saw was dont feed the geese.
Also, down Midlothian behind Fridays, Famous Daves (before you get to Tackle Express) there is a pond but it is overgrown as I found out, at least what I saw of it
grayAG reply :
Nice pics! I had no idea the cats could be that big! I'm actually going there tonight. The pond in the Grove has good #'s of crappie and bluegill, but i don't think it has many good bass.
Tallent88 reply :
you still going out tomm racer ? i should be there ;D
Tallent88 reply :
neither just realized that i posted completly wrong pics when i hit brows i selected randomly i guess haha whoops thos are from the highlands got a bunch from there but its private :-/
racer894 reply :
I may head out there in a while man
racer894 reply :
Hey pspbass...I think I might have missed u at enclave today, I went around 11am and stayed till 1, had a job interview at 4 I had to get ready for, which ended up bein a waste of my time. Got a few hits but couldn't catch anything.
We should exchange #'s or something so we can better plan when we are gonna be fishin and meet up. If you want you can shoot me a message with yours.
Tallent88 reply :
went out to enclave today from 5 -9 caught 9 bass all on the white worm haha i switched up numerous times but kept creeping back to what worked ! pretty fun day seems like a young pond tonnssssssss of brim every where nibble nibble nibble your appendages are gone ! here is some pics nothing of size caught 1 2 pounder he was right under didn't get a pic though here are some less than 1.5 pounds fishing for catfish would be fun out here people feed them so they come right up to baits and even top water bait got a cool picture of one chasing white worm right off shore
Tallent88 reply :
small one
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another small one same spot
Tallent88 reply :
cat right off shore so weird to me
racer894 reply :
Quotewent out to enclave today from 5 -9 caught 9 bass all on the white worm haha i switched up numerous times but kept creeping back to what worked ! pretty fun day seems like a young pond tonnssssssss of brim every where nibble nibble nibble your appendages are gone ! here is some pics nothing of size caught 1 2 pounder he was right under didn't get a pic though here are some less than 1.5 pounds fishing for catfish would be fun out here people feed them so they come right up to baits and even top water bait got a cool picture of one chasing white worm right off shore
Nice, I was there from 7 till it started getting dark, but didnt see you.
hookingem reply :
I hate letting that grove pond out of the bag. Not the one your fishing the one in the grove holds some nice fish! heres a little taste of what can be had in there. And we have caught much bigger than this :-?
QuoteI went this morning, didnt catch anything, got one hit back by the bridge. I was only there about 30 mins.I went exploring after that across the street (Wooldridge)to the Grove, there is a pond over there on the right that has a fountain in the middle and a a dock and a gazebo that overlook the pond. Looks like it can be fished all around it, and the only sign I saw was dont feed the geese.
Also, down Midlothian behind Fridays, Famous Daves (before you get to Tackle Express) there is a pond but it is overgrown as I found out, at least what I saw of it
racer894 reply :
WOW. What did you catch that on?!
hookingem reply :
In that pond we have caught 9 5s 4 6s and 1 7. mostly on 6 pound flourocarbon thats my best hint for ya!
QuoteWOW. What did you catch that on?!
racer894 reply :
I looked that up, and its the kind of line you use, hah I am no professional at fishing, so that doesn't mean much to me. I guess I will have to try this pond out, maybe tonight!
hookingem reply :
yeah its the kind of line i use on a dropshot rig
QuoteI looked that up, and its the kind of line you use, hah I am no professional at fishing, so that doesn't mean much to me. I guess I will have to try this pond out, maybe tonight!
grayAG reply :
QuoteIn that pond we have caught 9 5s 4 6s and 1 7. mostly on 6 pound flourocarbon thats my best hint for ya!QuoteWOW. What did you catch that on?!
haha..i was way wrong about that pond...some guy told me one time there wasn't much in there..i'll have to head there soon.
grayAG reply :
QuoteQuotewent out to enclave today from 5 -9 caught 9 bass all on the white worm haha i switched up numerous times but kept creeping back to what worked ! pretty fun day seems like a young pond tonnssssssss of brim every where nibble nibble nibble your appendages are gone ! here is some pics nothing of size caught 1 2 pounder he was right under didn't get a pic though here are some less than 1.5 pounds fishing for catfish would be fun out here people feed them so they come right up to baits and even top water bait got a cool picture of one chasing white worm right off shoreNice, I was there from 7 till it started getting dark, but didnt see you.
that's weird..i was there from 6-7:30 last night, but i didn't catch a thing on the bridge.
Tallent88 reply :
i also didnt catch a thing on the bridge all along the banks and the dock up near the parking !
just as a reminder i was kinda keeping this to myself but i caught one bigger than that at the grove please please if you go here pick up your trash be respectful and catch and release !!! so we can all fish there another day the one i caught at the grove was a asolid 7 bigger than this one
Tallent88 reply :
lets all get together one day this weekend and see who catches the biggest fish between these two ponds haha !
racer894 reply :
The grove pond was applying no fishing signs today at the gazebo and i got a dirty look from the woman, so i left without fishing. 
grayAG reply :
Do you mean no fishing for the gazebo area or the whole pond?
racer894 reply :
hopefully just gazebo
hookingem reply :
ive caught more than a few nices ones in the grove it was much better last year now its all about new ponds!
Quotei also didnt catch a thing on the bridge all along the banks and the dock up near the parking !just as a reminder i was kinda keeping this to myself but i caught one bigger than that at the grove please please if you go here pick up your trash be respectful and catch and release !!!
racer894 reply :
Quotelets all get together one day this weekend and see who catches the biggest fish between these two ponds haha !
Maybe tomorrow evening? I am going to a private pond in Amelia tomorrow morning and fishing for a few hours.
Tallent88 reply :
sounds good let us know how you did
racer894 reply :
QuoteQuotelets all get together one day this weekend and see who catches the biggest fish between these two ponds haha !Maybe tomorrow evening? I am going to a private pond in Amelia tomorrow morning and fishing for a few hours.
I had fun at the private pond this morning, it didn't produce like usual but caught 2 good, around 4lb bass, 5 other 1-2 pounders, about 6 nice crappie, and 2 bluegill. The owner didn't know how the bluegill got in his pond, haha. Here are 2 pictures of the biggest bass, its all i took.
hookingem reply :
Did you weigh those fish? they are nice ones no doubt about it, but i dont know if they are 4 pounds maybe just a bad picture either way nice catch!
QuoteQuoteQuotelets all get together one day this weekend and see who catches the biggest fish between these two ponds haha !Maybe tomorrow evening? I am going to a private pond in Amelia tomorrow morning and fishing for a few hours.
I had fun at the private pond this morning, it didn't produce like usual but caught 2 good, around 4lb bass, 5 other 1-2 pounders, about 6 nice crappie, and 2 bluegill. The owner didn't know how the bluegill got in his pond, haha. Here are 2 pictures of the biggest bass, its all i took.
Tallent88 reply :
i agrre nice catch but when we finally meet up i have a scale you can have i just bought a berkely digital you can have my analog one still pretty accurate if i had to guess that one was a nice two pounder i had the same problem when i 1st started bass fishing it takes alot of bass to make even a pound lol 
these two here are right under two pounds caught them today ill post them in like 5 min
Tallent88 reply :
1/12
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1/14
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1/14
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1/7
Tallent88 reply :
big daddy right here weighed in at a wopping 9 ounces haha we finished the day with 22 of them those four right round two pounds being our best but had a blast catching them ;D
Tallent88 reply :
these where also a private pond not enclave
Tallent88 reply :
everybody in midlo we need to meet up and have a little fish off at a decent size place throw in like 20 peice and highest pounds of 4 fish wins !!!!!
racer894 reply :
Quotei agrre nice catch but when we finally meet up i have a scale you can have i just bought a berkely digital you can have my analog one still pretty accurate if i had to guess that one was a nice two pounder i had the same problem when i 1st started bass fishing it takes alot of bass to make even a pound lol
Hah yea I don't have a scale or anything, I am just a beginner. I might be interested in that Quantum reel that you mentioned in another post you wanted to sell as well. Gotta get me a new tacklebox as well, my one tray box just isn't cutting it anymore.
cmatthews6485 reply :
do any of you guys ever fish in the west end are or just in midlothian
racer894 reply :
Quotedo any of you guys ever fish in the west end are or just in midlothian
I'm interested in fishing the west end area after joining this forum!
Tallent88 reply :
yeah im looking to go bassing in the west in shortly learning local spots 1st the grove did have the no fishing / feeding gees signs up today :'(
grayAG reply :
> That doesn't make any sense, cause they actually stock that pond.
Sam reply :
grayAG,
There are lots of places to fish in the West End of Richmond.
Get the free 2010 Fishing in Virginia booklet from DG&IF at Walmart and look in the back section for a list of the places to fish.
I took a weekday off from work about three years ago and fished all of the places in your area listed in the book. I was surprised at the locations and how nice some of them are. I had no idea they were there.
There are some nice ponds around apartment complexes both above and below the I-295, too. Check out the Twin Hickory ponds.
There is also a pond off Staples Mill Road right after you go under I-64 heading north. The apartment complex is on your left. I don't think it is fished very much, if at all, and I have always wondered about trying my luck on this body of water.
Try your luck at Innsbrook, too. Hit the pond by the office buildings off Cox Road and then go back to Lake Rooty. I do not care for Rooty but some of the guys have done well there.
Be sure to have a valid Virginia fishing license as some of the waters are patrolled.
And don't forget your needle nose pliers.
Get an ADC mapbook of Greater Richmond and you can see many lakes and ponds sprinkled throughout the area.
We have a number of guys who fish on your side of the river and maybe you can catch up with some of them and go to their favorite ponds and lakes to fish.
Take care.
WdyCrankbait reply :
I have fished that place plenty, never caught a thing out of there! I think there is a spring in the lake that feeds it, because it is always murky.
grayAG reply :
Sam- I was saying that the 'no fishing' signs don't make sense, not the West End fishing. I already have the VDGIF booklet and have hit some of the spots. I'll have to try some of the ones you mention. Where is Twin Hickory? Thanks.
Sam reply :
Gray, that makes sense.
Twin Hickory is on the other side of I-295 and Innsbrook.
You go out Nuckols Road on the north side of I-295 and turn left onto Twin Hickory Road.
There are a few ponds on the property.
Nice lake in Wyndham, too. I want to fish it but have not had the chance to go back since I helped them with their insurance two years ago.
There are ponds on the two Country Club of Virginia golf courses off Daniels Road and I want to try them when the course is closed. You may want to try your luck with them as I hear they have some nice bass in them.
Take River Road to Gaskins Road and then onto James River Golf Course Road for the first one and bear right onto Daniels Road off Gaskins past the James River Golf Course Road and you will go right through the second course.
Have you tried Youngers Pond in Bryan Park?
And how about the pond in the cemetery where Route 288 crosses Route 6 (Patterson Avenue)? There is a pond in that cemetery that I would love to fish to see if anything worthwhile is in it. Place is Greenwood Memorial Gardens and it is supposed to have one big and one small pond.
Lots of places to fish north of the James. Get that ADC mapbook of Greater Richmond and look for all the ponds and lakes sprinkled throughout the area.
PM me on how you do.
racer894 reply :
I really want to try some of these West End ponds one day if it cools off enough to go. It sounds like many of them are better to fish off hours/on weekends due to business operations and their location. I am just worried about getting in trouble for fishing in some of these locations with trespassing and such. :
grayAG reply :
racer894 and pspbass- I stopped by Grove Pond last night and the signs out there only say "Do Not Feed The Geese". They don't have "No Fishing" on them.
Sam- Thanks for all the info. I can't really go out to those ponds now, but I will definitely try them sometime.
grayAG reply :
Heading out to Grove Pond tonight if anyone wants to stop by.
racer894 reply :
I may head out tonight, see how they are biting after this mini storm moves through...
racer894 reply :
Fished Enclave tonight and caught my first fish on a plastic bait 
. It was a baby brush hog, watermelon color, texas rigged, weightless. Aint really worth puttin a picture up but I guess I will. 8-)
Tallent88 reply :
Congrats on the platics try with a slip weight and see how you like that just work it slow you can feel everything on a light or meduim action pole caught this one today white brush hog he was 3.2 on Berkeley lip grip just looks small in pic haha don't they all ;D
Tallent88 reply :
two three pounders i caught this weekend cool pics so i decided to post
Tallent88 reply :
mouth shot
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another decent one same day
Tallent88 reply :
buddy fish same day
Reel_Kaotic reply :
@ reelcrazy: where were you in these last photos? Interested in finding new fishing locations to take my jon boat.
Tallent88 reply :
woodland pond off beach
Reel_Kaotic reply :
Are you able to put in a small boat? If so, where at? I'm familiar with the area, I frequently fish swift creek lake.
racer894 reply :
Went to Enclave tonight with my dad. I caught 2 bass and lost 2. One was REALLY nice and waited till I pulled the bait out the water to strike. > My dad had one on and was fighting with it until it snapped his line, it was a VERY nice one.
grayAG reply :
How big is very nice? What were you using?
racer894 reply :
Bumping this thread, time sure does fly!
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