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......

Roanoke River Float

Date  7/5/2016
Location- Roanoke River
Boats - 3 Old Town 119's
Lures-  White Spinnerbait, Pearl Fluke,  Shallow Shad Rap

***see videos at the bottom****

Last Monday Jeff called me and asked me could I fish Tuesday with him and Steve.
I reluctantly said I had to work . The more I thought about this and the location of the float had me itching to go. So, late that afternoon I starting calling employees to cover me and then called my DM and he gave me the ok.

I met Jeff and Steve at the takeout at aprox 9 am and off to the put in we went. Immediately we started catching Stripers. I caught 7 on Flukes and a White spinnerbait. Jeff and Steve caught that many or close to it as well. We had a Triple going one time as well and all 3 fish were landed almost simultaneously.   Pretty awesome!

A couple of nice fishermen we ran into on the river.

   We left the Stripers still biting and started targeting Largemouths. I probably caught 20 or so though none were lunkers. Most were caught on a White spinnerbait or a Pearl Fluke.   A few came on the shad rap but I was throwing the Shad Rap for Redbreast.   Several of the Redbreast were very nice and though the largemouth were only average size today they were fun.

I enjoy catching Redbreast just as much as the Stripers and Bass.   A couple of the Redbreast hit the big spinnerbait but most were caught on the Shallow Shad Rap.

 An awesome day on the water with some Good friends. Best lures today were a Zoom Pearl Fluke and a White spinnerbait.

Oh, can you say 3 Old Town 119's in the The same float? That's like Canoe overload.

Thanks for reading, Mack

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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

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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North Carolina River Stripers and Bass

8/31/2013-   
Went from fishing one of the smallest rivers(see last blog entry) in NC to one of the biggest in NC.  
I arrived at the takeout to meet Jeff at 6:01 am. We had a bet that whoever arrives at the takeout last had to buy breakfast. I had to buy Jeff a BoJangles biscuit!
We made it to the put in around 6:30 or so and I started throwing a Sebile 3/4 oz swimbait in chrome/blueback  and a Bomber Walkie Talkie. My hits were mainly  on the swimbait while Jeff was getting most of his on the Bomber. I caught my best fish of the day with this 4 lb Striper. I lost one that was 7-10 lbs. OUCH!  Jeff caught one aprox the same size.

 

After the Striper bite was over we proceeded downriver mainly throwing spinnerbaits and buzzbaits with little success. We then switched to  Pearl flukes and we each caught aprox 15 bass and  4-5 stripers apiece that may have gone 20" tops. We also  each caught a bass that was 3 lbs,   The water was very clear and when we hooked up with a bass or striper sometimes there would be 4 or 5 of his buddies following him to the boat. Pretty cool. No monsters caught today but it was a good day on the river.

 

 

If not for the Pearl Flukes today we would of had a lack luster day.

 

 

Boat Used-Old Town 119

Lures used- Sebile Swimbait and Pearl Flukes

Time 630am till 2PM

 

Thanks for Lookin- Mack

 

 

Mother's Day Stripers on The Roanoke River

My son and myself fished the Roanoke on Mothers day since were were in town to see my wife's mother. We fished from 3 - dark. We knew the striper bite would be easy so at first we fished for bass and panfish that we luv to catch in the Roanoke. The bass fishing was kinda slow with the high water(15000 cfm).


We did manage a few nice bream and 1 decent Raccoon Perch, and my son did manage a couple of decent bass on a white spinnerbait. About 430 we switched to Stripers using 4" sassy shads in Blue flake, Chartreuse flake and white with red front. All caught fish , mostly deep and hopping them in. We did catch some right at the boat fished faster. We had a very good 1 hr period from 530-630 where we were constantly on fish almost every cast with many doubles if i was not netting fish or filming video of him catching them.

Boat Used- Coleman Scanoe with 2.5 Mercury
Lures for Stripers- 4 " Sassy Shads
Water Flow - 15000 cfm
Water Clarity- Clear

Here are a few pics.
A bass then a Raccoon Perch (yellow perch)

Now Some Stripers

The Lures used- I used the Blue Flake and Chartreuse Flake and My son used the white and red.

Nothing beats putting your son on some good fish. A very good day on the river with my son.

We caught toomany to count and that is one of the reasons they call this place the

Rockfish Capital Of the World.

Mack

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