How The Last Three Months Stack Up On The Albemarle.........2016

[Jeffrey D. Abney]

As we close out what I consider to be peak on the Albemarle region of coastal North Carolina for Bluegill fishing, I wanted to take a glance back over the last three months and see how things went. Here's what I discovered for 2016:

 In May I fished 15 times for a total of 1,024 gills.........the largest creel was 120 and the lowest was 25........That worked out to an average bluegill creel of 68 for these fishing adventures in May.........I personally rate MAY as the third best month in my region........

In June we had our traditional Abney Family Fishing Vacation which included two weeks off for me but that only equated to 17 fishing trips for a total for 1,229 gills in June.  The highest creel was 116  and the lowest was 17........This gave me an average of 72 gills a trip during this period..........June is the second best month on the Albemarle in my opinion......

Finally I closed out July earlier today with my 15th trip for a total 1,146 gills.....the highest creel was 146 and the lowest was 16.........this gave me an average of 76 gills per trip in July..........Heat can be a factor and negatively impact the month of July but with more than 20 years of recorded data I have topped 1,000 in 16 of the last 20 years and caught a personal monthly best total of 2,102 in July 2003, the year I retired from the Military and took the entire month off.........

This remains a great place to live and truly a bluegill angler's paradise.........I'm going to work a few more years and I will then spit my time between the Albemarle and Pamlico regions of coastal North Carolina.........dreams are part of a healthy balance........when they come true it's a great thing..........

[Kelly Peterson]

Simply awesome!

[Jason Tallman]

Very Well said, I love fishing in the Albemarle regions.

[Jeffrey D. Abney]

As for the entire year I'm sitting at 4,306 gills which is 1,016 ahead of 2015 on August the 1st.........I attribute some of this to resting crappie fishing this entire summer.......The bug will bite me soon for some shallow crappie when water temps begin to fall back in September but we'll see what August brings first.......