Thread: N/W river report

fished 4 hrs this a/m wiyh not great success. ended up with 12 keepers. water temp 43 and stained. o yea air temp 24 no pattern fish scattered. all this cold rain has shocked the fish. it will get better tite lines jim.b

good job Jim all this cold shocking us fisherman a bit too!!!! So how did ya find them tightlining ,casting to structure , running points, luck!!!!

Jim I almost went down there to test my lower unit out but decided it was too cold. Glad you found a few. Lower unit still not working so I may end up needing a new one. I have a friend coming back out to look at it again.

Once I get the boat back up again we will have to head out in my boat to repay the favor.


Mike

I fished NWR past the Carolina line today and picked up 10 nice size specks up to 1.4 lb. Fished for about 2 hours and left them biting in the afternoon.Caught all the fish at 10 foot with minnows on a naked gold and red hook. My brother went earlier and finished with 31 nice specks for the day. Biggest went just shy of 1.5 lbs. Water was starting to clear up.

WTG Jim, glad you got into some. Sorry your not going to make the bash. Hope to see you soon.

It seems like the crappie on the NWR are a little bigger this year to me what do you guys think!! I have not been fishing there long but last year I didn't catch very many or 10 in.

i like these reports. My boat is ready to be picked up. i will be below the line soon!!!!:D

Originally Posted by dustdew

I fished NWR past the Carolina line today and picked up 10 nice size specks up to 1.4 lb. Fished for about 2 hours and left them biting in the afternoon.Caught all the fish at 10 foot with minnows on a naked gold and red hook. My brother went earlier and finished with 31 nice specks for the day. Biggest went just shy of 1.5 lbs. Water was starting to clear up.

my good buddy fished past the N/C line and did a lot better! water temp was 4 degrees warmer and a lot clearer down by moyock creek. i still need to get my N/C fishing permit for the year. i did take my own advice and spent 2 hrs checking out new waters and found 4 brush piles in 12 ft of water and caught my biggest fish off one of the piles it's 6:45 and i wish i was heading to the bash. tite lines JIM.B

Originally Posted by NavyAngler

It seems like the crappie on the NWR are a little bigger this year to me what do you guys think!! I have not been fishing there long but last year I didn't catch very many or 10 in.

I definitely agree with you. The specks are bigger than what they have been the past few years. These we are catching are quality fish a lot like we used to catch years ago.

dennis have you been to I-town yet?