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Hey Fish Folks, has the water receded enough that we can get on to Belles Church Pier at Jordan again, and get onto the catwalk at Jordan dam's spillway provided the water there has slowed? I'm...

Hooray! People cheat enough already on the 10 inch limit. Imagine how worse it would be if -- with an 8 inch limit -- they cheated even on this! Stay the course! Speak up! So many of us did! Hope...

Crappiepappy, you're right that a crappie probably wouldn't break those lines. My thing is not wanting line to break after I've snagged it on something and sometimes additional nicks in the line are...

Thanks, Pete. I've been trying out braid because four pound and six pound mono break on snags when I'm fishing for crappie and hit a largemouth or catfish. So I just thought I'd try braid to see if...

Gobbler, I usually just stick with mono, especially Stren, until in the last few years Stren just went downhill for me, so I thought I'd try braid. It's too expensive to buy any more of, though. I...

Maybe it's the braid on this one reel. I have braid on another reel and it hasn't broken so much like this. Just gets tangled up so bad. Ms. Catfish

I'll doublecheck the line guide. Maybe that's what doing it. Ms. Catfish.

OK, thanks,NewYakker. Ms. Catfish.

I always thought that braided line was strong. But I have two pound braid (equal to much stronger mono, I thought) that after use four or five times while crappie fishing began to break. This was a...

Well, I talked with one of the NC Wildlife biologists regarding this possible change. I said that the crappie size limit should either stay at the 10-inch limit at Jordan or increase -- not go down...

Wow! Great catches! Were you all in boats or were some of you on the banks or at Belles Church pier? Ms. Catfish

Say Everybody, where can a bank fisherman go at Harris to catch crappie? I've been to both boat ramps off and on over the last few years but never caught anything, and I've been to the little pier...

Rest in peace, Monk, with tight lines forever. I think I stopped by his table at the Fishing and Boat show at the fairgrounds a number of times in the past. Didn't see him this year. Ms. Catfish

Thanks, Photon, for verifying that this ticketing for illegal fishing did indeed occur. Those folks who are so concerned about welfare recipients and free licenses, calm down. The theme of this...

Thanks, Big Crappie 2, for your observation. If they got caught once perhaps they'll get caught again doing something else illegal. Ms. Catfish

Thanks, ShoalDonkey. Ms. Catfish

Thanks, Cardedo. Who gets a free license? The military? Veterans? Disabled? Senior citizens? After a lifetime of paying for my licenses I was happy to finally get so old I was able to have one that...

Thanks, JordanLimit, for your post. as an old lady fisherwoman I'm glad to see game wardens come around. But I don't know about the biggest problem with illegal fishing being with bank fishermen....

Hello. At least two people have told me about two episodes in which fishermen AND women were ticketed at Belles Church Pier recently for having in their possession bags and bags of illegal (too...

Hi, Folks. I was fishing at Falls Lake Highway 50 boat launch area last Saturday in the light rain. I was fishing in the little cove below the highway where a little spit of land juts out. White...

Hi, Folks! I've been trying to solve this problem for years and have wasted many a cork in the process. Sometimes I can't get those little round batteries out of the corks. They've been put in okay...

I meandered out to Falls Lake today and was surprised and saddened to see how far down the water at the Highway 50 Boat Launch had fallen. Now you can walk from the boat launch all the way to the...

Hi Folks,
The forecast calls for northwest winds on the coast around Morehead and Emerald Isle for Monday and maybe Tuesday. How long do you figure it'll take for the fish to start biting again...

Chuck, when I read this post, I thought, "do what?" Glad I kept reading! Good joke!
Ms. Catfish

Chief,
How do you cook those crappie eggs? My grandmother used to cook sturgeon eggs when she lived in MO, and she even cooked carp eggs. In those days in MO the carp tasted good. I don't remember...

Hi Crappie Folks,
Being a bank fisherperson and a senior citizen, I have to look at places where I can access likely spots by foot, with my vehicle fairly close. I'm voting for Falls because I can...

Spitzerone, your insight about a woman and bait and crappie works both ways, you know. You give a man the right bait and he'll give up his car, his house, his money, and even his best fishin' pole!...

Hello Hawkman, Stratosguy, papadave, Redboat, jry2598, anchorpuller and all,
I learned more about these little red/orange/gold minnows than I thought I ever would. So much knowledge! I knew that...

Hi Hawkman,
Thanks for posting this link. I see that they're called "rosy reds," "fathead," and a lot of other names. This was very helpful. I'll pass along the info to the NC Wildlife person I'd...

Hello, Crappie Experts,
From time to time one or another baithouse in the Jordan Lake area has sold me those little gold or orange-colored minnows rather than the greyish looking ones I'm used to. ...