Jim Hemby’s Lake Anna Striper Guide Services is Lake Anna’s Premier Striper Guide Service!
Large, Comfortable boats fishing up to 18 rods. Check out our daily catches on my journal at www.JimHemby.com. Email: jim_hemby@hotmail.com
I have been fishing for the last 50 plus years. My father started me off fishing every weekend since I was 5 years old fishing for Bass on the Potomac. In the 80’s I got into BASS Tournaments and fished on average 20 to 25 tournaments a year till I moved to Lake Anna in 1989 to build and operate a marina down lake [Pleasants Landing] with my wife.
Living on the water we fished together a lot for Bass until one day she hooked a 15 pound Striper on a jerkbait and that’s when I got hooked on Striper Fishing. I was always addicted to fishing but the thrill of locating and fighting Stripers made me go crazy!
After meeting and fishing with some friends who also were addicted [Anthony Hicks “Striperholic”, Danny Ratcliff “Baitrunner” and Gene Hord “a guide who knew every Striper by name back then”], I knew guiding for stripers would be my destiny.
I fished with artificial lures for 6 or 8 years until I realized what Gizzard Shad and Herring would do to a Striper. Now I always have a tank of bait on board along with my favorite lures.
I guided as an associate guide for another service on the lake for a couple of years before starting Lake Anna Striper Guide Service. Throughout the years my customer base has grown to the point that I had to bring on additional guides.
I team up on the water with my other guides to locate the schools of Stripers for our clients. I am the only guide on the lake who fishes for Stripers full time. My clients catch more Stripers than all other Guides clients… COMBINED.