We launced just after daylight and Mike spotted some schooling action upstream. We all headed that way and Mike and Jeff were tearing up the stripers. I couldnt buy a bite. They were having nothing to do with the topwater lures I had brought. Very frustrating. I was glad for them but still very frustrating. Finally I dug a little deeper in my box and found a lure I had forgot was in there. A clear chug bug. Man! I prayed and thought that would be the lure. First cast . Bam! A striper was on. I ended up with about 15 stripers from 3 - 7 lbs on the ole chug bug. This bite lasted about an hour and I think we could of caught them longer but a long float lay ahead, so we headed down. . Mike actually caught some on the longrod but I couldnt get there to take a photo, without messing up his spot..
Well done Mike!
Here are 2 of the stripers I caught.
My best bass of the day
This redbreast nailed my spinnerbait.
Mike w/an avg bass we caught today
Me and one of the many bass we caught.
Here is the big one of the day
We were floating down the river in a channel between 2 Islands when I heard some rustling in the woods on the Island. All of the sudden , this beast is standing there and he doesnt look happy that we are around.
He may have been the highlight of the day.
Here is a nice pic of the water that we were catching bass in.
A great day on the water with some great freinds. Its hard to beat topwater stripers and Largemoughts on buzzers and spinnerbaits. We also saw lots of wildlife. Herons, ducks, geese , ospreys, and 1 lone eagle and the lone goat. Also saw some big gar, big monster carp and saw some big and i do mean big freshwater drum.
Mack
5 comments:
Never heard of people catching stripers in a river in the summer. Is this on the Cape Fear?
Another great report Mack. Keep em coming man I love the Goat. Yall caught some nice fish too. Congrats !!
Mack, throw Kevin a bone. I'm sure he'd like to land a summer striper on the long rod.
I'm itching to go back to this river, preferably this weekend.
was going to throw him a bone, just not on my comments where everyone can see.....kevin, it was on the eno.....just kiddin, i will pm u on ncangler.......
Yessir, that is some fun right there! Congrats on all the fine catches.
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