Fishing North Carolina Style

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 15, 2013 at 4:58pm

Go give them hell David.....Hope you have a great time!

Comment by David Wester on April 15, 2013 at 4:56pm

Heading out in the morning. My first time out since the major warmup. Stay tuned for report.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 15, 2013 at 9:07am

Had a great weekend on the Northeast North Carolina waters.....Fished with friends and kids both days on two different rivers with similar results on both.....Water temperatures averaged 70 degrees on both and despite sunny skies both days we caught a nice mixed bag of Largemouth, Crappie and solid Gills. We are in that heavy tree pollen phase which puts a slick on the water it's so heavy....After a few passing April showers this morning, we are looking at the possibility of several overcast days which will make for great fishing with the peak water conditions......My best bluegill bite of the season was yesterday afternoon as the bites became stronger and the fish fought harder. I live for this time of year and hope you all get a chance to get on some gills soon.....Look forward to some good results throughout the state....Enjoy your time on the water and share the experience with some others if given the chance....Good luck fishing North Carolina Style.....

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 14, 2013 at 5:54pm

Thank you Mark....it's a great time of the year for me and the fishing has taken off with the warm up......

Comment by Mark Stine on April 14, 2013 at 12:07pm

looks like a good time was had by all! congrats on a great day!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 13, 2013 at 7:23pm

I had the pleasure of taking my friend Doc and his son Matt today and we headed out on the Yeopim River this morning after a cold front went through overnight. Air temps were in the low 50s and this knocked the water temps down to 69 from 76 but it certainly didn't impact the Crappie bite and some decent gills and Largemouth helped to make it a great day.......

We had three gills over 10 inches today out of sixteen total...

My friend got his personal best Largemouth today at 5 pounds ...

We had some beautiful Slabs today and chunky Largemouth as well..

My friends got some good eats out of today's mixed bag....

Big gill of the day was 10.25" .............

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 13, 2013 at 11:27am

Thanks David....we got lucky in my region with just a little wind damage here and there......Had another great trip today...Will file a full report later this evening after I get back from a family outing....42 Crappie, 16 Gills and 5 Largemouth including a 20.5" personal Best for my friend and coworker Doc........

Comment by David Wester on April 13, 2013 at 11:12am

Jeffrey, congrats on the mention in the In Fisherman Panfish Guide. I look forward to more of your reports. It seems you all on the east coast got some bad storms this week.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 11, 2013 at 8:38am

For yesterday's fish David, I used a small variety of jigs/ledheds in the 1/64 to 1/80 ounce range....I added the Chartreuse Shad 1" minnow by Gulp to a yellow jig head and tipped with a live cricket for the majority of the fish.  I also employed a small lead head jig with just a cricket once the gills got active and it proved very successful. I caught the largest Crappie, a bass and a couple gills on a river Critter jig I call the Green Darner...I posted a picture of this jig in the "jig fishing under a float discussion". I will tend to size up all the way to 1/32 ounce as the water warms and the fish become more aggressive....I missed several larger fish yesterday as a result of using smaller terminal tackle....Good luck and don't rule out throwing a tipped jig on your next outing, might just surprise you......

Comment by David Wester on April 10, 2013 at 8:33pm

What did you catch them with?

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