We arrived at the private ramp at aprx 1pm and the journey was on. The main river was slightly stained but not bad. We threw rigs consisting of 2 pink headed chartreuse jigs, the bottom weighing 1/8 oz and the top 1/16 oz. Water tempature in the river was 52 degrees and after trying several spots and then the mouth of a tributary without any hits we headed up the creek which was a toasty 56 degrees.
Here we are making our way up this tributary. Larry Dalberg can plug Jack Links Jerky so what the heck, here is my son plugging Old Trapper Jerky!
This creek is pretty unique as it is blackwater with some cypreess trees and also has areas of rocky bluffs. I spent many afternoons on this creek in the 90's after work catching Bream, Bass, Cats and Shad.
Here is a nice Bald Cypress tree as we head upstream.
After getting no hits on my shad rigs I decided to start throwing a spinnerbait for bass. This was my reward on my second cast!
I then put on a Yellow Shyster hoping to get a Jack ( Chain Pickeral ) out of this creek and this little guy hammered it.
After heading back downstream to the river I pulled this little guy out of a ditch feeding the river.
No Shad today but I would rather spend time with my son vs catching alot of shad. There is always Weldon and Wiggins Mill. Almost forgot, we saw 5 deer feeding along side the river and several wood ducks and I personally saw 1 of the woodies up close as he about took my head off zooming down the creek!.
Mack
4 comments:
Wish I could have joined you on this one. Did your son catch any or did you hog them all again? :)
He right now doesnt have the patience to shad fish unless they are hitting often. I only hog the fish when Steve and you are the partners! LOL...
Need help. I have two days a month to fish the Uwharrie River, and I'm somewhat of a novice. I'm using plastic worms, Rooster Tails and Jitterbugs, and most of my catches are catfish (5 to 7 lbs.) Any tips for fishing large and smallmouth bass on shallow (2' to 6') river? I fish from kayak, which is great fun. I just want to land bass instead of catfish.
i use a buzzbait alot, a spinnerbait alot, a pop r, and a rapala....even though i use a lot of baits these are problay the 4 i use the most.....Mack
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