Fishing North Carolina Style

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 16, 2013 at 5:05pm

Got out today in Northeast N.C. ahead of the latest winter weather to bless us with a couple inches of the white stuff.....The winds were up early so I passed on hitting the river today and instead I borrowed a page from the Bank Busters book and hit a local sand pit here in Pasquotank County.......It is roughly five acres and is 12 feet at the deepest......The land owner has graciously given me permission to fish so I headed to the South side along the wooded shore to get out of some of the wind........The Grass Shrimp have been hard to come by with the recent skim ice so I got a few wigglers to tip some micro jigs from Tooty's batch....There is dead grass beds and flooded willows along this bank so I began at five feet and immediately I was greeted by Mr. Whiskers and that was a common theme today......17 times that I actually landed the fish it was a channel cat and I lost several big ones because of the smaller baits....I also was surprised to catch 2 smaller common carp along with 5 largemouth bass and 11 dink gills.....biggest was 7".....I have caught pound class Coppernose in this pit but couldn't bring any to bite today.....I mopped the bottom in the area I fished but no joy.....the smaller gills were still hitting softly but the predators were very aggressive as well as the carp......Water temperatures were a touch below 50 degrees so it's still going to be a while before things really begin to pick up......I had fun and kept a few channel cats for a tasty dinner this week.......Looking forward to good times in Carolina......

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 15, 2013 at 4:00pm

Most of the rivers in Northeast N.C. are still slightly stained from up to 6 inches of rain since the beginning of February......Water temperatures around the Albemarle Sound are hanging around the lower 50's with some creeks as high as 54 degrees today.......we will struggle to keep them there as a closing cold front will drive these temps back into the 40s and give us more precipitation.....I always shoot for the new moon in March for Crappie pushing shallow and early staging gills.......I'm really excited about the approach of another spring and all that brings to us sunfish anglers.......Good luck to you all and I look forward to any updates you may have in your region of the state.....Hope you all enjoy "Fishing North Carolina Style".......

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 15, 2013 at 3:53pm

Welcome to the group Chris......great to have another northeastern N.C. member talking bluegill.......

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 11, 2013 at 9:33am

Another round of wind and rain today after most of coastal North Carolina received 2 to 3 inches from winter storm Nemo........Water temperatures are fluxuating between the lower 40s and mid 40s with current conditions......Many local rivers are slightly stained from recent run-offs especially surrounding creeks. We're roughly 5 weeks from the first day of Spring so things should begin to improve....Eager to get back out, I have changed the line on most of my poles, lubricated my reels as required.....I'm also reading all the articles I can to gain an advantage on early staging gills as these fish will be the first fish I contact in numbers.....Looking forward to getting back out and sharing testimony and reports here on Bigbluegill.com.....Good luck everyone when you get the chance to get out!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 4, 2013 at 6:27pm

Nice report David......things will pick up for us all in the coming weeks.....thanks for sharing with the members.....

Comment by David Wester on February 4, 2013 at 10:21am

Jeffrey, I don't go by a date as much as water temps. I was out last week and the water temp was 44. I don't expect much action until it gets into the low-mid 50's. I was out after the heavy rains we got hoping the refill would bring the fish in a bit shallower. Not so. I checked all my known stumps/trees and docks but the fish finder wasn't showing anything in the 8-10ft areas that I usually find them in. All fish we showing in 20-30ft of water. I marked a spot or 2 and both straight jigged over them and threw a couple of wax worm tipped hair jigs under a slip bobber at different depths- without catching a single fish. I figure we need about 2 weeks of 60 degree weather before any real action takes place.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 4, 2013 at 10:00am

Some would dispute the claim, but Winter continues to be a difficult time in most locations of North Carolina to catch decent Sunfish numbers. I braved harsh conditions alone Saturday afternoon to fish the North River near Thoroughfare Island and fishing was tough.....I battled for a few decent Crappie and dink yellow perch but questioned my decision often as the gusty North winds pounded several boat anglers along with the Bluegill Chariot....I communicated with several anglers daring these conditions because of short days and heavy workloads.....all small stringers fishing a variety of techniques from spider rigging to long casting.......live bait to soft plastics....it really didn't matter on this day, the only thing that did was having enough clothes on to survive the trip....I read as many fishing reports as I can but prefer to make my own history when it comes to fishing......Small comfort when I returned home from this trip was to find out the ground hog predicted an early spring....I'm not ready to change my count down date from Good Friday yet...but there is always reasons to hope...Hang on Carolina friends....fishing will pick up very soon and we'll all have a reason to celebrate the new year.....Good Luck and look forward to your inputs...

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 3, 2013 at 5:09pm

Welcome David......look forward to anything you can add about Fishing North Carolina Style!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 31, 2013 at 4:41pm

See the below link for a nice write up on catching big bluegills in North Carolina waters........ 

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 31, 2013 at 4:39pm

Bluegills0502.pdf

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