A Hybrid Kinda Day

Heard from several reports that the Hybrids and Stripers were pretty active in several of the local rivers so I went today to a spot where I used to catch them back in the 1990's. Fished from 3 -Dark.
Air Temp when arrived aprox 74 degs  and when I left 68 degrees,  Water temp was 70 degrees.
I Caught aprox 10 from 4 1/2 lbs to aprox 7 lbs.  All were hybrids except for 1 very small Striper.
I also caught 1 decent chub of a Spotted bass on the Chug Bug.

All of them made good strong runs

Here is a list of the lures they hit .

1. 4 inch Gotcha Curlytail with Flake on a 3/8 Gotcha Chartresue head. This is what the bigger one Hit.

2. Black Chug Bug with red mouth. caught a couple on this one and lost a really big one on it.

3. Booyah 3/8 oz Chartreuse/White Spinnerbait with the pink tubing on trailer hook. This was the top producer.
[b]Note- see the pink tubing on the trailer hook?  that really makes the hybrids hit it.  works in front of a lipless crank also very well.  see[/b] http://mackinncblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-few-lipless-crankbait-tips.html

Hybrids are kinda like Smallies in that they luv Chartreuse.

Boat Used today was my OT 158 as my Fishing partner was "Pete" and thus i need the bigger boat.

Wasn't another fisherman out there except Blue Herons ,White Egrets, kingfishers and some opsreys.
Also saw some ducks and Geese.

"Pete"

Mack

Haw River Float 9/5/14

Nat's Dad called me Wednesday Sept the 3rd to see if I wanted to fish a spot we hadn't been to since last year. We had fished upstream and down but not here so I jumped at this chance to fish here.

Friday afternoon was the day. ND was mainly throwing a Spro Swimbait and his average size bass he was catching was better than mine.  I started off with a pearl fluke and a white buzzer and wasn't gettin any luv. I finally switched to a Cordell Spot and a White Spinnerbait on another rod. The average size I was catching went  up and I ended up with a good solid 5 lber. We probably had 15 bass a piece which is ok as a good day on this river will get you 20-40 bass.  We also caught a lot of  Redbreast , 1 crappie, and the only white perch I have caught this far upstream.

Wildlife seen was lots of Geese, Woodducks, Great Blue Herons, Little Green Herons, White Egrets, lot of Ospreys, and 2 big Bald Eagles which we got to see 1 snag a fish out of the river.

A really good day on the water.

Mack

Great Pee Dee !!!

This past weekend  9/28/14  Jeff (Fish Whisperer)  and  I made a 7 mile float on the Great Pee Dee River.  We launched at daylight and made the takeout at 2 pm. This section is right above the fall line and there are long shoals on this 7 mile stretch. This stretch is also home to several Indian Fish weirs that the Pee Dee Indians made many moons ago. This float was about as scenic as it gets. Glad we decided to make the trip south.

Right at the Put in-

Not a great day catching fish, but overall it was an excellent trip  We saw several "pods" of 20-50  lb Blue Cats Hitting bait. It was like a scene from Wicked Tuna.   Jeff caught 4 cats on a spinnerbait but I couldn't buy a hit w/o bait.

I switched from a spinnerbait  to a Cordell spot and "bam"  fish on!!!.  This fish was making some really long hard runs and I jumped out of the canoe as I didn't have a net and landing it it the water would be better. Plus i didnt want to put down my drag chain and have it wrap around that/.  After a good long fight I landed my first Biffalo. At first we though it was a carp but after looking at the pictures it was determined to be a Buffalo.   Yeh!!!!

I was hoping for a Robust Redhorse..lol.. but a Buffalo was an awesome addition to the fish I have caught.

Stripers were hitting as well,  but there was absolutely no sign of bass or bream.   Lots of Native mussels in the water and lots of Geese, ducks, deer seen as well along with a lone Eagle.

Jeff with some nice fish.

http://vid35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/mack4321/DSCF2863_zpsbe6f2f80.mp4

Indian Fish Weir

Another Great float with my Buddy Jeff.

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Central NC River Shoals