Fishing North Carolina Style

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on December 30, 2015 at 5:45pm

Been a crazy December for weather almost everywhere in America and definitely here in North Carolina........El Nino' is historically a wet period in the mid Atlantic and we have seen the rain.......many of the lakes have left their banks and flooded out launches......Norman has risen some eight feet in just over a week........crazy to say the least.....as for the tidal waters we are able to recover much quicker than the lakes will.....the crappie were relatively still shallow around Thanksgiving and a few cold nights had them heading for the basin only to return shallow as the water temps in most of the Albemarle has reached as high as 65 and was still 61 to 62 today!  Gills had moved to deeper water but suspended with the warming trend and have been pretty active in several local river systems........The Yellow Perch traditionally spawn in late January around the Albemarle but they have been located in several rivers staging in the spawning grounds........I've taken several citation perch in the last few days..........Here's a handful of pictures documenting my week off for the holidays.......if you don't like brackish water you just haven't been with the right anglers.........don't give up on it.......

My friend Chris joined me this past Sunday for a little pole and line fishing and he promptly caught his personal best crappie....

Comment by Richard on December 26, 2015 at 7:23pm

Thanks, Jeffrey. You are the legend!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on December 26, 2015 at 2:25pm

Welcome to the group Richard........look forward to any inputs you may have to offer about the Tarheel State.............

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on November 30, 2015 at 5:43pm

Got out on a Piedmont flow on Saturday. It was an adventure; we did not realize how much fine silt mud there still was from the recent flooding. We had a heck of a time getting on and off the river. The water was up, but not crazy high and relatively clear. Tough day though; I caught one bass around 11", 2 bream around 7" and one around 5". None of the other 3 guys caught anything so I felt like I did okay. I geared way down - a green/black 3/4 grub on a beetle spin. It was a good day out on the river, probably the last of the year.

Comment by Steve Crowder on November 30, 2015 at 3:25pm

Went out to Mountain Island Lake Sunday. Could not find a fish anywhere. Nobody else caught a fish. I imagine the front passing through caused the fish to go deep. But was still a good day on the water. After being off the water since September, everything thing is well again!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 22, 2015 at 3:25pm

Thanks Dick........We do have a great variety of species here that I love Carl.......something is normally hitting around here and it's nice to know the water and trends so good now......

Comment by carl hendrix on November 22, 2015 at 2:33pm

Jeffery;; you live in the very best area of the country to fish in !!  huge blue gills ;; plus crappie !!  even a big bass or two to even it out !!

Comment by dick tabbert on November 22, 2015 at 11:18am

You got them crappies dialed in my friend.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 22, 2015 at 11:12am

Here's a few shots from the last couple weeks in the Northeastern portion of the state....

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 22, 2015 at 11:08am

Mild November weather has provided local anglers on the Albemarle some bonus fishing this season.........The fall crappie bite is well under way and water temps still near 60 on the 22nd of the month has most other species still willing to hit an offering...........good luck and hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving.......Good luck fishing North Carolina Style......

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