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Lake Mattamuskeet Pump House
This pump house is a historical symbol built in the early 1900s to pump out the oldest natural lake in North Carolina for farming. The lake has been allowed to fill back in and is part of a National Wildlife Refuge.....I bank fish these canals for big bluegill while enjoying a beautiful outdoor location with so much history.....Check it out if you're ever in coastal North Carolina......The canal with the reflection was dug by hand in the 1800s to a depth of 9 feet to support natural drainage before the pump house was engineered....
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Comment by Derrick Bustle on January 17, 2012 at 8:55pm
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thats odd cause they started to get really active before spawn here at the end of February . they then spawn in late march..See we dont have stuff like that around me..Its State Parks but their not very nice..I went to Hanging rock this past summer and seen coppernose's so big i thought they were bass.
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 17, 2012 at 8:31pm
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Lots of good roads throughout the refuge to access many good locations on the main lake and the canal system.....
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Derrick there is miles and miles of canals in this Refuge that were used back in the early 1900s to keep the 120 thousand acre lake drained for fertile farmland.....Lake Mattamuskeet averages 4 to 6 feet below sea level so these canals were dug 9 feet deep and 40 feet wide to naturally gravity drain the lake bed.....Bass normally spawn in eastern North Carolina in April.....These canals are relatively bare of big structure but have spillways throughout which make for great bass fishing when the water is moving.....
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that would be great. Just gotta get the time..lol...can you tell me anything about the pond..like when they start to spawn and the structure..and probably the depth
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Go for it Derrick....you're ahead of the game by living in North Carolina already.......Come on down, we'll go together!
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I see all that Bass structure..I want to fish that bad..i bet i can get some beautiful fish.
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Thanks......just a great day trip....I live 88 miles from this lake so I go down in the Summer and catch Bluegill, Catfish, Largemouth Bass and giant Blue Crabs all in the same spot on the same trip.....great destination in Hyde County North Carolina........
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Comment by JBplusThuy on January 17, 2012 at 5:53pm
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Simply beautiful! That's a poster-quality photo!
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