2013 NORTH CAROLINA COPPERNOSE CALENDAR........A Sampling of a Great Year......The Dirty Dozen

[Jeffrey D. Abney]

January......Liked the dark shades in an otherwise light colored fish......

February....My mother was born in February and we shared the water on two nice trips in 2013 and she put it on us this day.......Great Fish Donice!

March.....this fish could hide my entire hand.....what a tall brute with subtle banding.....looks like a mount..

April.....showers, flowers and frisbee gills......no solo shots of the fish in my left hand because of bad weather.....what a beast......

May.....enough said.....part of a 100 fish day........

[Jeffrey D. Abney]

Thanks John.....this was still your idea originally......

[John Sheehan]

Great Coppernose  calendar Jeff ! 

[Jeffrey D. Abney]

Thanks Tooty and Carl......the Stables is man made and it's only downfall will be development at some point.....things are still moving relatively slow in this region compared to many of our nation's lakes and reservoirs, so hopefully it'll continue to be a little honey hole for a few years to come.......I read a recent fishing report in a local paper and the writer insisted that the salinity was too high in most of this region to promote great Bass and Bluegill fishing......I encourage him to keep publishing stories like that because more people read that paper than my testimony.......In some ways you wouldn't believe gills would be in a certain area but when it comes to BRACKISH water you have to experiment.......All  of the fish in this blog are from brackish water...... 

[carl hendrix]

nothing better than a family getting together and going fishing!! Many congrats to you and your family

[DAVID L EITUTIS]

Great pics again Jeffrey and sure would like to see the stables just once in my lifetime buddy !!!!!!!!

[Jeffrey D. Abney]

June on the Pasquotank....really!

July......most on telescopic or spin casting gear.....

August......Love the Summer time on the Albemarle....

September......beast in the rain.....

October....monster from the Stables.......

November.....a toad on the pink stuff......

December.......Happy 2014 Everyone......hope you all catch some great fish this year.......This is a small tribute to my favorite species hands down......the Coppernose Bluegill.......Thanks Bruce and all members making it happen behind the scenes......We have something great here folks and it's always fun to check things out daily and share the Bluegill life......