I don't know about Bull Run - my home waters for striper fishing are the Cumberland river system in the Middle TN area, and the only steam plant I fish regularly is the TVA plant in Gallatin.

Our striper fishing here was actually better before the recent increase in rainfall. The water clarity was much better than usual, and I'm sure that was due to the dry weather in the summer and fall. We weren't catching any monsters, but very good numbers of fish in the 20-25 pound range. The only negative point is the high abundance of baitfish this year, which has made fishing with artificial lures a little tough (it's harder to fool a fish with a fake when there's so much real bait around). Live bait fishing has been very good though.

Since the heavy rain a few weeks ago, the river has stayed muddy and things have slowed down some. If we get a couple dry weeks and clarity improves I expect it will pick up again.

bd