May Bream on the Long Rod

I was coming home from work the other day and Jeff called me and asked where I was at. I replied I am at the intersection of road a and b.  He then replied he was only one block behind me so he asked that I pull over up a head so he can give me a lure.  Sure, anytime someone wants to give  me a lure I am all for it.   So, I pull over at this business that I pass every day and golly there is one really nice looking pond here that you cant see from the road.  Jeff couldn't resist throwing some lures and he caught a couple of bass. What I noticed was the Bream bedding.  

I made it a point to take my flyrod with me to work 2 days later so I could hit this spot after work.   I arrived at aprox 6 PM and fished till 830 pm.   The Bream action was awesome and I caught some really nice ones along with some average sized ones which were still fun.   Here are a few pictures

Now this Bream below is not a big one but it is one of the coolest I have ever seen, This bream has a face that is  Greenish white and is identical on both sides. It was actually better in person.

This one was one of the last ones and she put up one heck of  a fight.

Outfit Used-  Daiwa 706 fly reel on a 7 ft rod loaded with 5 weight floating line.

Flies used were a tandem rig of a Yellow popper and a Black ant trailer tied directly to the poppers hook.

Location- Piedmont North Carolina Pond

Last Shad of 2015 ??

LAST SHAD OF THE YEAR FOR 2015???

Everyone talks about when the first Shad of the year will be caught in North Carolina.
Will it be caught in January or February????
There are even several shad tournaments giving prizes to the First Shad caught. But for some reason no one seems to talk about when the last one will be caught.

Well, when will the last shad be caught?? Will it be in late April? May? or possibly June?  Note- I have seen them in a river in June.

Here is a Mothers day shad caught May the 10th, I caught a bunch and left at 7pm upon releasing this one , It was a fun few hours on the river....This is 8 days later than I have caught them on the Neuse. My previous latest day in the year was May the 2nd catching White Shad on the upper Neuse.

Pete knows where this is but he ain't  talkin.lol

Date- 5-10-2015
Outfit -Daiwa 1300 on Penn Prion Rod with 8 lb line.

lure- Pink headed 1/8 oz Jighead with 2" white Gotcha curlytail

I Started at aprox 4pm and left at 7pm upon releasing the last one.  All were good hard fighters and all were caught on a white grub.  I also did catch a 3 lb  Bowfin to boot.  Lots of Osprey's and Herons doing the same thing I was doing.........Fishing!   A fun day on the water with Pete.

Those American Shad are a Blast!

34 lb Flathead caught on Shiner

Date 5-6-2015
Location- Central North Carolina Stream
Outfits Used-
Abu Garcia 7000 w/ 40 lb Red Cajun line on 7' Med Hvy American Spirit Nite Stik
http://bottomdwellerstackle.com/american_spirit.htm#Nite_stik_classic
This IMHO is the best Cat Rod for the money

Penn Mag 10 loaded with 40 lb Red cajun line on Berkley Big Game 6'6" Med Hvy
I caught the cat on this out fit.

Rig- Carolina Rig with 3 oz Bank sinker, swivel, 1 ft leader and 7/0 J hook. 

Time- 5:30 PM - 830 pm

Bait Used- 4 goldfish from my last trip and some river shiners and shad caught in castnet

Headed out to one of my favorite spots for Flatheads and and set up my rods in surfrod holders.
I had zero hits on Shad and goldfish. My one lone hit came on the shiner and it was also the smallest bait I had. This Flathead was a mean one.  I doubt I have ever had one fight harder. She was a real brawler and I was lucky to have landed her.   Released her unharmed for another angler to catch.

Bait-

Here is the Trophy of the day. 

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