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Comment by Leo Nguyen on January 25, 2012 at 7:30pm

David, all fishes are truly worthy as a catch, and eaten, unless proven to be unhealthy as a meal. I'm more concern of giant gars and gators making meals out of our boys..hahahaha..would love the chance to catch the gars, or any fishable species.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 25, 2012 at 6:59pm

@ Leo - the gar can be a nuisance to some, but they are fun to catch. When I know they are lurking around, I usually try to catch one. I follow the Gronaw Doctrine, which simply states, "All fish are worthy."

One of the ways they are caught is with modified spinner baits. You take a 6" length of 1/2" woven poly rope and unbraid all but the last inch or so of it. You have to get it shredded pretty good, too, so it is more like a length of fluffy hair than rope. Then you impale the still woven section on the spinner baits hook.

Gar have very hard and bony mouths, which are hard to sink a hook into. This method takes advantage of their needle-like teeth - which get tangled in the shredded rope so you can land the fish!

Many people eat them, too, and they are reputedly good fare once you have mastered the difficult skinning process. I haven't tried them, but I hope to.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 25, 2012 at 2:35pm

I don't mind the low water this time of year Dave but I don't like it in the Spring and Summer when the fish start to Spawn.....you know how that Northeast wind affects us! I'm down in Charleston this week with work, I'll stop by and see you next week...We got another cold front coming through later this week that doesn't look good for wetting a line.....

Comment by Dave Jackson on January 25, 2012 at 2:32pm

Leo, If you are talking about the picture of the fog on the creek then yes, that is the wake from the boat. That was taken from the rear of the boat. I thought that you were refering to the photo of the sunrise and the mirror like water. 

Comment by Dave Jackson on January 25, 2012 at 2:30pm

Jeff, Water is way down. You have to be careful motoring out of the creek due to all of the submerged  STUFF!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on January 25, 2012 at 12:10pm

Those are wakes on the edge were from the motor and not wind right? What an awesome adventure for the spring and summer time. Hope no gar, snake or gator chase while you fish.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 25, 2012 at 12:03pm

The fog held on most of this day Dave......I see the water is down everywhere in Northeast N.C. .....You can see the dark water mark in this shot of Indiantown Creek....This is the creek where the North Carolina State Record Yellow Perch was landed.....