spur of the moment went to the rock on the demand to get some fresh crappie ill never complain about that.

it was either High rock where i know i could wear em out, or Norman where i MIGHT catch 2 lol no brainer off to the rock i went. no one aroudn wanted to go so i went solo.

put boat in water at 12:30 and thought for sure i made a mistake! she was whitecapping out there. the wind was blowing perfect right down the throat of 2nd creek. found 500 yds of water that was "somewhat" shielded from the wind so that was my only option. had boat on the trailer at 4 sharp with 20 keepers and probably released another 30. keepers for the most part were the 9-11 inch variety. i wanted some whole fryers sooo in the well they stayed. had 5 that went over a pound and 2 in the 1 1/2 lb range. today i probably caught more 3-4 inch fish then i have in all of my 10 trips to high rock combined.

highlight of the day was the personal best Channel Cat that i caught. i thought for sure i had a potential state record, but she came up a few pounds short. almost 15 1/2 pounds it weighed....record from what i heard was in the 18 lb range. shes still out there swimming today! damn good fight on 4 lb line going with the wind thank goodness for rods that can handle big fish, cause if it was an ugly stick, i might of never got it in


anyways water temp was steady at 56 degrees, and caught all long line trolling. very few on the spider rig today. they ate up anything chartreuse today! any other color they just looked at. trolled over 16-20 ft of water.

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you are more of a man than me for facing that WIND.

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Hey that was a great information filled report. Do you mind if I borrow some of it for a report on NC Sportsman?

Maynard Edwards

not a prob.....anytime.


my first pass through the school that i marked i had 6 fish on at once on my longlines....but after that it was steady picking.

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some of you guys are pure, plain and simple fishing machines.....great report thanks Pete.

You said that right. 6 on at the same time. If it were anything but fishing that would drive me insane

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sounds like a great trip....btw...i found your stripers pete

i bout know where they are, just dont have the time at the moment.

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nice catch and report..

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i dont know if its just me or the rock is treating me good, but all the boats out there were havin a hard time ffrom the looks of it. talked to 3 different people. 1 guy and his partner only had 6 fish all day, another had 3, and a boat with 3 people had 13 and they fished all day......better to be lucky i guess

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