Hybid striped Bass Bite in September

9/22/16

Location  Cape Fear River   4pm - 7pm
Rod -7 ft med Shimano rod
Reel- Shimano Citica spooled with 12 lb mono

This is a Full Blooded Striper that hit a Chug bug

A White Bass that hit the Chug Bug as Well

A small spot,  caught 3 of these today and all were small but very very spunky, they also hit the Chug Bug. Something has gotten ahold of his back but he escaped.

Now here is a Hybrid,  caught 5~ Hybrids  and 5 ~ of the Stripers

all fish caught right in the foam up against the dam.

Pete Chillin. 

Here are the two lures that produced today. a Chug Bug and a Sebile Swimbait.

Thanks for lookin......

My Dogs and Fishing

I have been fortunate enough to have several Dogs that absolutely love(ed) to fish.   Jordan then Sassy the Boxers and now Pete.    Here are some pictures I will post in no particular order though I will try to put the dates on them..


Sassy on the Roanoke river March 2009

 This is probably my favorite fishing picture.   Sassy licking that White Bass on the Haw April 2005. I did not realize she did that until I got home and looked at the picture! Gene Simmons has nothing on Sassy!!

Sassy April 2009 on The Little River

April 2009 on the Haw,  I also really like this one.

                                                                    March 2009.

This picture of Pete is from April 2013 on Contentnea Creek

 

  
 These pictures of Pete are from May 2013 on the Dan River.  It was a good day of fishing but Pete and I had a bad few moments.  Somehow I hooked Pete in one of his ears with a spinnerbait. He was squalling like he was being attacked by a lion. I had to pin him in the bottom of the canoe and take the hook out.   After that He acted like nothing had happened. He returned to wagging his tail just like that.  What a trooper.   Sorry bout that Pete.

This next picture is Pete and myself on Jordan Lake  August 2014

These Next 3 pictures of Pete were from

October 2014 on the Cape Fear River

 

March 2015 in Village Creek off of the Neuse River

May 2015 on Roanoke River, Pete watching me fish.

                                                       July 2015 Crabtree Creek

Pete on the Cashie River Feb 2016

                                                 

April 2016 on the Roanoke River

Pete and I were on a can't miss trip.  Problem was we didn't catch a thing.   But,  we had a good time. 

April 2016 Haw River/Jordan

Sept 2016 Cape Fear River

These trips would have been way less exciting w/o my 4 legged friends.

*********UPDATE***********

10/30/21      I am sorry to say that Pete passed away on September the 24th ,    Still hurts and I miss him

 very much.    See you sometime my special friend.     Mack

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Gona miss Ole Sassy

I lost my second favorite fishing partner on 9/9/11. Sassy the Boxer has gone to doggy heaven.   Sorry Todd, Steve, Jeff, and Rodney but my son is first and Sassy was second as she never whined about me catching  all the big ones, never had to be home at a certain time,   and never once did she have to ask for permission to go fishing with me....LOL.......

Anyway,  she was diagnosed with cancer in May and we knew that this day would be here soon. Friday was a very tough day. A very tough day indeed.

A little History about Sassy.  Sassy was my fourth boxer and my  first boxer That wasn't a puppy when I got her. She was 1 1/2 years old and had no boundary's where she had lived. I consider myself very good at training dogs and all my previous boxers would stay in their yard with out fences(no underground fences here) . Sassy was going to be a project and would test my training ability and herself.

The first month we had sassy she was going everywhere....Running all over the neighborhood. My previous boxer(Jordan) was admired all over the neighborhood as people were amazed at how well she stayed in the yard and how well behaved she was. I even had her trained to climb ladders and get on roofs.
Sassy coming after Jordan was like the coach after  Bear Bryant or whomever is going to follow Joe Paterno.  It was going to be a tough job for Sassy.  Even Ms. Diane down the road told me one day after one of Sassy's many escapes "you will never get her to stay in the yard like Jordan". I informed her that Sassy would it was just going to take a little time. She was a diamond in the rough.   A little time was less than 2 months. She was a very fast learner and Sassy proved Ms. Diane wrong. Very wrong..... Sassy may not have been quite as smart as Jordan but it was darn near close  and her personality, loyalty, and strength probaly made her my number 1 dog of all time. She loved kids but you could tell that Sassy would protect us , to the end if she had to. Sassy was my partner on many fishing trips and if I left the house with rods in hand and didn't take her you could see the sadness in her eyes,  so sometimes I had to sneak out..

 On our first  fishing trip together we arrived at the haw and I put her in the front of my Old Town 158. You could tell she was a little nervous and about 50 yds after launching she vaulted out of the canoe and hit the water swimming. I  immediately snatched her back in which wasn't easy as she weighed 70 lbs.  She never jumped out again and was always ready to go canoeing. We enjoyed many days on the water together  and we also enjoyed many days at home with Sassy.  She was happy right up till the end......  I never feed my dogs people food but Sassy was spoiled this summer. She actually ate better than me sometimes and several days before her death she had 2 nice big ribeyes that i cooked for her on the grill.

Here are some pictures of Sassy.

And Finally my favorite Sassy fishing picture......

No Offense to Jordan as she was a Great dog but Sassy arriving on the scene after Jordan was like if  Roy Williams had accepted Carolina's first offer to suceed Dean Smith and there would of been no  Bill Gutheridge and Matt Doughtery.

Sassy didn't miss a beat. You will be missed.  Cindy, Mack Nicholas and Myself

Sassy McCorkle 6-12-2003 - 9-9-2011