You're killing me Jeffrey. I'm jealous!..Cough, cough. I might be getting sick...might have to call in sick at work!!

Knew things would be tough this afternoon.....35 degree air temperature drop and gusty winds.....Went to the creek I visited earlier this month but only wound up with eight dink bass and a dozen small to medium gills......The one pictured looked like a seed that was working tight to the shoreline in some sand and gravel.....Got to get some rainy weather out of here tomorrow to hunt the full moon this weekend.......

It's almost time my Carolina Friends......I've caught some decent fish and stringers over the last month but things will generally work towards an early Summer peak from here.....It's Good Friday and I count down all winter for this day.......Most years we have experienced our last freeze by now in eastern North Carolina and the flowers are blooming which means millions of insects and so forth....Water temperatures have risen earlier this season than the last six.....we're solidly in the sixties for water tems in my region, they are shifting with the chilly nights and clear sunny days as well as a few more nagging cold fronts.....This has facilitated a better late evening bite than daybreak but I still consider it a free day anytime it starts on the water at Sunrise.....it can't always be about the fishing! Full moon today will counter the winds as far as water levels....Expect them to remain higher than normal but that brings the fish to the shallows from their staging areas......Once the Coppernose gills have started and they have, it translates to me that all species are moving.....they are clearly the species that prefer rising water temperatures this time of year.....Get on the water when you can and share your stories and photos with us if you would like......Good fishing to you all!

These are the waters I'm waiting on....These are beautiful waters to fish and they produce awesome stringers of gills and if you love big blue crabs like I do......cash in later this Summer on some of the best recreational crabbing in the country..........Boo-yah!

Well the full moon in April brought most of North Carolina a frost......I pulled up to the launch on the Cashie River near Windsor, North Carolina about fifteen minutes before Sunrise this morning and my thermometer read 36 degrees.......Got launched and I had decided overnight to fish some medium minnows first thing based on the colder conditions.....Worked out good as I put together a nice 20 fish Crappie limit in a little over an hour......Half were over 12 inches. Water Temperatures were at 57 degrees which I'm sure is a drop of 8 to 10 degrees from last week....This is the first Spring trip to this river this season but I fished only 20 miles East last Saturday and had water in the mid 60s.....Early season can be that way with chilly nights and Sunny days but we can't change it.......After reaching my Crappie limit I shifted my attack to the Live Cricket/Gulp Minnow fished at 18 inches deep and managed a clutch of medium gills.....I then shifted to the motor oil colored baby crawfish tipped with a cricket and managed a few more gills but the bass went nuts over this color and I caught a hand full of nice Largemouth and I wrapped it up at 12:00 with north winds blowing around 15 so things were getting tough in the region I was in...Temperatures over the next ten days are forecasted to be below normal so we'll have to watch things closely for steady water temperatures in the mid 60s.....

Good looking fish and photos Jeffrey. Looks like you had a good day on the water. I went to Mountain Island Lake yesterday. Was a good day on MIL. Lots of average bluegill. Caught a couple of 8" fish, but most were the usual 6" bluegill. Hopefully the water will warm up soon to bring those big coppernose gills up. 

The good thing is that you were able to get out Steve...these nights in the 30s and 40s will hold things up a bit but keep your fingers crossed....Thanks for sharing your fishing report.....

Thanks Jeffrey. Was very greatful to get out on the water yesterday. With all that is going on right now, every day out fishing is a blessing. The weather will warm soon, so will the water. Really wish I had time to head your way, but that will have to wait for now. Will get there, maybe in the early fall.

Don't rule it out...we have very good Fall fishing here in Northeast N.C.......September and October still produce great Bluegill memories.....Only thing that potentially hurts us is a Tropical Storm or passing Hurricane which stirs up the low oxygen swamp waters....

Will be there Jeffrey!

Picked up a few gills Sunday in the Knobbs Creek section of the river.....The bigger gills were fond of the slow sinking live cricket approach......so I removed the split shot and sent the cricket out there in 4 to 6 feet of water to slowly sink out and get hammered at the three to four foot layer.....Caught these guys on my telescopic and had a blast.....Water temperatures dropped back in to the high 50s but just a few days in the 80s and milder nights will bring a jump in water temperatures and increased Bluegill activity....

It will be a few more weeks before I bull rush my North Carolina Bluegill waters but reports I'm reading have a lot of fluxuation in water temperatures still with nights dropping into the 40s.....That's still the dominant pattern through the ten day forecast....Getting a good soaker in most of the state today through Monday and winds will be tricky around these weather systems.....Good luck and I'll be updating as soon as I return from the other Carolina!

Yes it has been an up and down spring this year with the temperatures. Just woke up from an all night, 22 hour shift at the "light factory". It's a lght rain here today. Hopefully the weather will warm next week. Would really love to see the bluegill activity pick up. Was out last weekend. Bluegill fishing was very slow and scarce. Where are you at in the "old South State" Jeffrey? Send photos.    

All the pictures from the last couple weeks are in my album "South Carolina Outdoors" Steve.....Catching some fish but not a lot of bluegill yet......Mainly Fliers and Crappie......I'm down in the Low Country near Charleston.......Got a few more weeks before I can complete this work.....

Charleston is one of my favorite places to be. Love fishing the Edisto River at Jacksonboro. Low Country living is my favorite. Enjoy yourself down there Jeffrey.

Thanks for the interest in the group Jim Cross.....have you been fishing any this spring?......I know the weather has been a challenge at home almost the entire month of April......Good things lay ahead..

me and a friend went to the perquimans river near Hertford NC yesterday caught about a dozen on popping bugs and about 7 Bass on my friend Berle Wilson caught was 16" (bass) heading out again saturday hopefully.

Good Luck to you guys Jim.....I see some 90s for Elizabeth City later this week so that's promising.....Has the water been at good levels recently or down from the prevailing winds out of the north/northeast.......That's a nice stringer in your profile picture as well Jim.....

i think the water was 62,  the water was up, although i had never fished the perquimans so i dont know what is normal. we caught most of the fish in one area but then the wind picked up and got on my nerves.

Thanks for the information Jim....you're kind of exposed to the sound right there in Hertford when that wind comes up.....It is a pretty river holding some very good Coppernose though....I fish it roughly a dozen times a year.....Lots of nice Warmouth too for fly fishing.....Good luck when you guys get back out...... 

Lots of 90s in the triangle and coastal North Carolina today...Will the water warm up prior to the full moon this weekend?

Hoping to get in a couple hours tomorrow with the sons. Maybe we'll luck up and get in one of Jeffrey's honey holes while he's not in town! lol

Good luck Roy....I would love to hear about a great fishing trip for you guys....I'd like to be fishing the supermoon at home but I should be able to get a few hours down here this weekend so I'll make do....I refuse to complain while I'm fortunate enough to have  a great job....I'll see you guys soon.........

Getting excited about returning home this week....Long range forecast looks really good......I really like 80s during the day and 60s at night....really favorable conditions to get some stability with our water temperatures and very comfortable for the anglers.......I've had fun in South Carolina the last month but it's time to get serious back in the saddle of the old Ebbtide on the Northeast N.C. rivers........Need to do some scouting after all my dad and nephew will be here in a month! I'll be updating more frequently here as soon as I return to the Harbor of Hospitality. Good luck to all my North Carolina fishing buddies as we near the best Bluegill fishing of the year!

While most of North Carolina was under torrential rain and thunderstorms today, I snuck in some fishing in the extreme Northeastern corner and what a great day......Not only did I catch some really fine bluegills I caught my personal best Flier Sunfish today as well in the Upper Pasquotank River....I was using brown crickets that I purchased and black field crickets that I caught last night at dusk in my yard....Caught over 50 Coppernose with a big football 10 incher taking big fish honors today.....Water temperatures are in the low to mid 70s which is awesome for freshwater fishing of all kinds especially the beloved Coppernose......Weather appears to be impacting our state through mid week but hopefully that will mean a great weekend..........Good luck out there and be safe....It's good to be back home in the Tarheel State..... Enjoy fishing North Carolina Style!

Weather touch and go here in North Carolina again today....dropped the chance of rain down to 40% so that means there's a 60% chance that I'll get out for a few hours later provided no pop up t-storms are lurking.....

Got out for a few hours after work this afternoon despite scattered thunderstorms in the area.....Caught some nice fish on the Little River down in the Deep Creek section.....Water temperatures are in the high 70s and the water on the Northern Albermarle Sound is high from recent rains and prevailing winds......Had a handful of live Black Crickets left so I fished them and finished with the store bought variety....Lots of fun and some nice fish......Fish are bedding in these local rivers.......

Didn't get out to a little after 5:00 this afternoon.....Went down to a little Honey Hole I fish on the Yeopim River near Bethel, North Carolina...The winds were terrible behind the front from yesterday so I anchored periodically and covered an area thoroughly before relocating....Fish were in 3 to 5 feet of water around Bulkheads and Docks.....A pink Charlie Slider 1/32 ounce tipped with a live brown cricket was the ticket.....This river has more standard bluegill than most of the rivers in the Northeastern portion of the state which are dominated by Coppernose Gills.....Fished for 2 hours and caught 40 and I kept 20 for a fish fry tomorrow night with company.......Biggest Gills today were 9 to 10 inches and I caught several Largemouth and a couple Small Seeds......Water temperature was @ 72 degrees with air temps in the mid 70s and heavy overcast but finally no rain...Saturday doesn't look good in the coastal region so I'm going somewhere for a few hours tomorrow afternoon in case Saturday is a loss....I like what I'm seeing.....great fishing North Carolina Style!

Very Challenging conditions out on the Little River this afternoon with 20 plus knots of wind and gusting higher....Water temperatures in the low 70s but I did find a few nice gills shallow using the Bubble-Gum Charlie Bee Slider tipped with live crickets....Had a couple nice Crappie and a pretty Warmouth today as well....Water was pushed out about a foot from the prevailing winds.....Weekend doesn't look good for the coastal sections of the state....Good Luck to all of you Fishing North Carolina Style!

It's not even Hurricane Season yet......Really...Looks like a blow early next week friends!

Alberto is out of here....Time for everyone that wants to get out over the Memorial Day weekend to bring their plans together...despite an unstable week in the triangle and along the coast, it appears that we'll be blessed with some sesonable weather for the weekend that will make time on the water very rewarding.....May go over an anchor in the redneck yacht club on Winslow's Beach or I may just catch some gills, cook some steaks on the barbie and relax in the pool....Who knows, maybe some bolied crawfish or fried softshell crabs will work also....Whatever the case I'll be sure to remember those who have fought for freedom and wish you all a great weekend Fishing North Carolina Style......

What a great month May has been fishing in North Carolina. Every river I've been to this season has produced.......As always for me, the Pasquotank River rules! Took a friend Doc and his son Matt yeterday and we slammed multiple species......We actually fished through three different "toad stanglers" and wound up catching over 100 sunfish which included all three of our personal best Fliers. We had 9 Crappie, 2 Channel Cats, a Bullhead, a Bowfin and a Coontail......All four bass we caught were under 14 inches so they were returned for the good of the species.....What a great time and water temperatures are holding right in the peak range wtih no heat waves yet......Already have our second named storm in the Atlantic basin, this time Beryl is going to visit Georgia first and then shoot back up the coast.....hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come.....Happy Memorial Day Weekend to you all......Good Luck fishing North Carolina Style!

Very nice report and fish!

Are you going to develope a 'flier fryer'?

Just wonderin'...

Looking forward to a great June fishing North Carolina style.....family on the way so things should start hoppinh later this week.... 

Hope the weather lets up for you over there Jeffrey. See where you have been pounded pretty good last week with all those storms. Have fun and stay safe. Maybe!!!.... one day this work will let up and we can go fishing.

Welcome Jonathan, glad to have you!

Glad to be here!!!  To answer your question about the tournment last weekend, we caught 60+ gills just none large enough to put us in the money. 7.5 lbs for 20 fish. 10lbs won it this year. Computer wouldn't let my reply to your post on my picture for some reason but would here...

My family got in to town yesterday and we got out for our first trip today on the Pasquotank.......Air temperature was 53 degrees as we headed to Bojangles for a Cajun Filet Chicken biscuit this morning.....Water temperatures were as low as 69 degrees in locations that were near 80 late May...In addition, recent heavy rains and subsequent runoff had the lower river stained slightly, these two factors accounted for a little slower bite...Temperatures are forecast to rebound into the high 80s and 90s starting tomorrow.....Water temperatures will rebound and fishing will bounce back.........We still had a nice 40 gill creel and a couple largemouth bass......We employed several methods today, popping bugs, live crickets and pink jigs tipped with crickets caught 99% of today's catch....We're working on our weekend plan.....big bass tournament this weekend on the Perquiman's so we'll probably skip that river Saturday......May go to the North River or Tull's Bay this weekend....Either way, we'll have a good time fishing in North Carolina!

Good pictures, as always. Have fun this weekend!

Appreciate it Steve....

Thanks for sharing Jim.....that cool snap pushed the fish out but they are starting to return shallow now.....If this week isn't a total washout, fishing should improve in the northeast region of the state....We put together a decent mess on the Perquimans yesterday but we worked for them....covered a lot of ground....

Had a great Father's Day fishing with Pop and Dan down on the Pasquotank.......Had four sunfish that were in the one pound class....All fish today were caught on the Gronaw Grass Shrimp tipped with a live cricket....Water temperatures in the mid 70s and the water began coming back in as we were heading for the dock.....Forecast looks great so the fishing should improve daily from here......Three Cheers and good luck Fishing North Carolina Style!

Pop had a scheduled rest day today so Dan and I got out to the Stables this afternoon for some Bruisers......We had a great time catching 80 gills that were all released......Water levels approached normal and temperatures are approaching 80 degrees.....Great conditions for big bluegill fishing North Carolina Style.......GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!

Fishing continues to be excellent in the Albemarle Region of North Carolina.......A heat wave has come with the first day of Summer which promises to bring water temperatures in the low 80s and sustained high water.......No need to worry here, air temperatures drop back to 80s for the weekend and into next week.....Featured Member Jim Gronaw was kind enough to send me some Pink hair jigs and Grass Shrimp jigs and the field test has been great...Hundreds of fish in all different species the last ten days proved that these baits are a killer in the black water rivers of the North Carolina swamps.....Good Luck to you all Fishing North Carolina Style....

My father and my nephew Dan headed back to Louisiana today after a great 2012 Summer vacation on the Albemarle of North Carolina.....We fished the following rivers during the three weeks they were here. Pasquotank, Perquimans, Yeopim, Northwest, North and Little Rivers hold great populations of Sunfish and we experienced great fun on each of them this June......Pasquotank is still at the top for Size and Quantity of gills, followed closely by the North and Little Rivers.....Each of them caught two personal bests a piece, my dad a Gill and a Flier, Dan with a big gill and a 17 ounce Yellow Perch....We averaged 53 gills a trip for the entire month of June and Wore a jacket as late as 6/19 and swam in 88 degree water just 11 days later...Go figure! We have done this several years in a row with great anticipation for the next.....I'm thankful for any fishing time I can share with these guys because they are truly Big Bluegill fanatics like me.....They're not even out of the Carolinas yet and I'm already dreaming of the next time......Fishing North Carolina Style will do that to you!

Jeff Congrats on what really sounds like a great vacation.  You really got around and thanks for all the beautiful photos!

Thanks Mark.....back to the shipyard grind.....but long days give me the time I need to continue fishing, but I really like to get out there with my dad every chance I get........I like messing with the different cameras I have......

Well my family has returned to Louisiana safely so I'm back to my solo fishing once again.. I invited a friend and his son but they declined because of the staggering heat.....Got out at first light after a Cajun Filet Chicken Biscuit from Bojangles....I arrived at the launch and four other trailers were there already....Seems some locals had a little bass tourney underway. Shot the breeze a couple minutes and launches the Ebbtide and headed North to the Beaver Pond.....I changed up my game plan after monitoring water temperatures around 85 to 87 near this locale......I went to Honey Hole Creek and began there....Neat little place especially when the water is falling out of the swamp and it was this morning.....I tipped my Gronaw Grass Shrimp and immediately had a fish on the first cast, a medium gill.....Tipped her again and chunked her in again and the float vanished with a plunge......I set the hook and knew it was solid.....a few big turns and some zipping drag lead the fish along side the boat.....I could barely see the float in the dark water and I gave it another lift and a big bodied Channel cat surfaced briefly but was in no way ready to surrender....he decided to make another run and with this lunge he parted the hook on my 400 plus fish jig.....I then tied on a pink headed hair jig and began to catch some nice fish until once again a big Channel Cat crushed the jig and our battle began.....I got him next to the boat and he was fighting very similar to the last big cat.......Drag zipping and pole wobbling.....I attempted to raise him towards the surface and another hook gave up the ghost....I then put on another pink jig with red rubber legs and I caught a Warmouth, a Bass, a couple good eating Channels and some nice gills...Even a good little Crappie took the offering......It was about 8:00 and heating up so I decided to hit the stables for an hour and this was the right move.....Water was 87 degrees there as well but the Olive Grass Shrimp tipped with a cricket was a killer along the walls in this region.....Fished another hour and I was drenched just fishing my telescopic so I put her in the wind and picked up at a little after 10:00...Only the tourney guys and a few personal watercraft were still out......What a heat wave it has been for everyone.......Had a good time and I'm heading back tomorrow......Fish are beginning their move a little deeper with these sustained water temperatures in the high 80s....Good Luck fishing North Carolina Style.....

Invited a friend out for a trip on the North River in extreme Northeastern North Carolina and we had a blast.....We grabbed three tubes of crickets and headed out for some fun....Ended up catching well over a hundred gills and kept a nice mess for a fish fry......Also caught seven bass and Don's first Bowfin ever.....Had several nice 10 plus gills of the Coppernose variety.....Water temperatures at 83 degrees and air temps were around 90...Not a bad day considering it's mid Summer! Good luck fishing North Carolina Style!