Lake Anna boating and fishing on Saturday 10/11/2015

Got to the lake anna state park around 1pm after fighting through tons of traffic on Rt 95 going south. It was supposed to be an hour and half but it took us 2+hours. We hiked 2 trails when we got there. The 1.6 miles round trip Railroad ford trail along the lake next to the beach, and the 0.3 miles Old pond lake behind the visitor center. The morning weather was kind of cold and cloudy, but the sun started to show its face after we got to Lake Anna. The temperature started to rise to about 70ish, so it was a very nice warm afternoon. Amazingly, little to no wind, so it was a perfect afternoon for boating. Very very calm lake.

We found ourselves a picnic table under the shade and had our picnic sandwiches. It was delicious. The lake was calm and beautiful. It was the million dollar view and enjoyment but at just a few bucks door entrance to the park. We then went to launch my boat - wellcraft airslot 165 sport. We trolled for fish all the way to the visitor center on Rt 208, but didn't catch anything. So, we went past the Rt 208 bridge and sped home to the dock. We saw 2 fishermen fishing in the middle of lake so we stopped to join them after finding tons of stripe bass (my guess) in the fish finder

Hummingbird 200 DX. We didn't have any luck either after 20 minutes we called it a day and headed for the dock.

My starter was not engaged until 4th time after I opened the cover. Thanks God, we started the motor and just head straight to the dock. A very successful boating afternoon. I found my trailer light line broke, so we were hoping to rush home before dark. We got to tyson's corner in VA and pulled over by a state trooper. He asked for my license and told me my truck tail light was dark, and the boat trailer had no lights either. Bummer, I thought I was going to get a ticket. He asked me how long did I have to go? I said 1 more exit. He asked me to put on the emergency lights and he let me go. He said to me he was supposed to call for tow so I thanked him for giving me a break.

What a lucky day!
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