Maple Cypress Landing / Boat Ramp

This ramp is Located a few miles north of Ft Barnwell, NC. This was  my choice on my first Shad fishing trip for this year. see  http://mackinncblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/neuse-river-and-my-first-shad-of-2015.html     The NCWRC has put in a new ramp and parking lot which was very much needed.  The old ramp was in very bad shape but that also meant less traffic which was good.

Here are 2  Google map shots of the ramp and river.  You can see the ramp and parking lot on the north side of the river just above the bridge.

Here are a few pictures of the updated ramp which went from 1 to 2 lanes.

A shot of the Parking lot.

A Shot of the Dock and my Scanoe!

Here is a video of the river above the ramp. We are upriver and headed back to the ramp. This is generally what it looks like in early Spring. In the Summer it is a lot lower.

  

What a nice ramp . 

Mack

Fun evening White Bass Fishing

Date 4-8-2015

Time 430-700PM
Quarry- White Bass on their spawning run
Reel-  Daiwa Tierra 1500
Rod- Berkley Lightning Rod 6'0" Med Light
Line- 6 lb Original Stren
Lures Used -  Bitzy Minnow White/Chartreuse & SSR5 shad colored

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Bitzy Minnow - 
Location- Tributary to Falls lake
Water Temp-  70 Degrees!

Left work a little early today to get in some White Bass action. I start off with Chartreuse/white Bitzy Minnow and caught 3 white perch and maybe 20 White Bass.   The average size was small but they were fun, I lost my last Bitzy Minnow so I then switched to a Rapala SSR5 in Shad Color.
The size of fish Immediately went up and I caught maybe another 20 or so on it and 1 very small Striper.  I covered maybe a 1/2 mile of water and no one else was fishing this stretch. It was a fun evening on the water. I ended up with 47 White's, 3 White Perch and the one lone Striper.

Thanks, Mack

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Awesome Evening White Shad Fishing

Date 4/16/2015
Time 5-7 PM
Lures Used -  1/8 oz Pink headed jig w/ White Grub
or Chartreuse Grub and a split shot aprox 1 Ft above it
Water Temp - 59 degrees

Sad day today.   We laid to rest my Mother in law ( Lillie Mae Turner) today.  She loved to fish so after everything had settled down we figured it was ok for My son(her grandson) and myself to go fishing for a few hours.

She must have been watching as my son put on a show catching White Shad.  He must have caught twice as many as me but that's OK. He is the only person that I don't mind out fishing me.

Like most shad they wanted the grub slow and deep. I actually caught a few while watching the Osprey's that were continually putting on a show for us .    I had several times stopped  my lure to watch the Osprey's and was surprised by several hookups doing this.

My son probably caught 10 big ones and me maybe 5.  The only other fish we caught was I snagged a big ole gizzard shad in the back.

My son has caught lots of Hickories before but today was his first time catching White or American shad.

Here are a few pictures.

Thanks, Mack

Big American shad

Date- 4/5/2015
Location- NE North Carolina
Water Temp- 54 degrees
Lure- 1/8 oz pink Jig head with white grub
and a 1/8 oz ~ split shot 1 foot above Jighead
Reel- Daiwa 1300 SS w/ 8 lb line

Had an awesome evening form aprox 3PM to 7 with 10 or so big White Shad caught.   All fought hard and deep.  The retreive had to be reel slow and deep to get a hit but they were there.

I also saw several Ospreys catch fish and one that grabbed a few sticks out of the water evidently to enhance a nest.

A day to remember!!

Thanks, Mack

Roanoke Shad 4/2/2015

Date- 4/2/2015
Location- Roanoke River, Weldon
Quarry - Hickory Shad
Lures Used - Single Barb less 1/8 oz pink Jighead w pink grub
Reel -  Daiwa 1300 SS and 8 lb suffix line


My son and me hit the Roanoke and had a blast, though he caught twice as many as myself.
Note- April 1st to June 30th this area is a single hook and barbless area, so that is why we are not using the tandem rigs now.

A good day on the water.

Thanks, Mack