Greenfield Lake Wilmington, NC - where and what to Catch & more!

Greenfield Lake - Wilmington, NC

Greenfield Lake is a 90 acre millpond that was  originally used for rice production starting way back in 1730.  The City of Wilmington Purchased the Millpond and Land in 1925.  The lake has a nice Boat Ramp and parking area (see Map) and has a 5 mile Greenway for walking /jogging/Bicycling around the lake.   Things to see here are many species of Birds, Alligators, Turtles,  and I am sure a few Fox Squirrels call the woods around the lake home.   

Fish to be be found in the lake include Largemouth Bass, Bream, Shellcrackers, Bowfin, Longnose Gar, Black Crappie, Warmouth, Grass Carp, Common Carp, Yellow Perch,  Golden Shiners  and a record Bullhead Catfish was recently caught there.   

see   http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/outdoors/article85251312.html

The Trees in the Lake(Bald Cypress) and around the Lake  (Longleaf pines and Live Oaks are numerous ) are impressive as well as the Stunning Azaeleas which you must see in Spring.

Greenfield Lake has a nice boat ramp that is perfect for Canoes/Kayaks and small Jon Boats. It is very shallow out from the ramp so bigger boats may have a problem.

The parking area at the Boat Ramp

Here are the signs at the Boat Ramp

Here is a view of the 5 mile trail at the Dam

A view of the Dam

Here are some Bald Cypress Trees in the Lake

A nice Crape Myrtle Tree covered in Spanish Moss

I saw 3 Alligators on my trip there.  A small 2 fter, a 4fter and a 8 fter.  I would not let a dog get near the water.  These gators don't seem afraid and will approach you and while feeding them is illegal I suspect people do feed them by their behavior I observed.

Here is a nice Bass I caught there on a Black Spinnerbait

A nice Gar my Buddy landed.

If you ever find yourself in Wilmington you must at a minimum take a walk around the lake or better yet canoe the lake.

ADDED  2022

***June 19th  2022  my wife and I set out to explore and fish Greenfield Lake our quarry being Gar and while we were not successful( I had one good run) we did catch a lot of Bream and one nice Shellcracker .   We also saw 4 Gators at one time and several others along with several Ospreys, Comorants, Little Green herons and great Blue herons. 

Here is a picture of two anglers fishing - 

A Nice  Redear Sunfish  AKA Shallcracker
  

tags -  " Gar Images North Carolina "

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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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2016 Crappie

I have to apologize as this years fishing has been off due to work and school.  I have though taken a few trips that I haven't posted on and during some of these trips I have caught some nice Crappie (no monsters but some decent fish) .  So here are a few Crappie pics from this years outings.

Also, as the year goes by I will add photos to this post.

Caught these in April on a Monks Head and a Acid Rain Grub

This is one was caught in April  on a Purple Rain Grub.  I caught 10~ on the Purple  Rain grub in about 15 cast then nothing!   It was a fast and furious first 15 cast.   I caught these in a local lake in a spot where I have been putting in a stake bed for 3 years when  the water is low and this was the first time I have fished it.  If the water gets low this year I will add more stakes to it and I know where I will be next  March/April !!!

Caught this one in May on a Powerbait tube under a cork

                                         

                       Here is one my son caught in May, pretty sure his Crappie is way  bigger than what I have caught this year!!!

One I caught yesterday trolling a "Fish Doc" Rig.    The Fish Doc Rig is a deep crank on the bottom of a 3 way swivel and a 1/4 oz Roostertail on the top. The top leader is twice as long as the bottom.   I caught too many to count White Perch, 1 white Bass, 1 yellow perch, and 4 channel cats (all cats on the Roostertail)  on this rig yesterday.  I have used this rig twice, once last year and now this year.

 The fish have killed this rig though I haven't got any really big fish on it yet though both times I have fished it have been less than ideal times in the middle of a Hot Summer day.    I am going to fish with this rig more and report back.

                                   

Here is a pic of the Acid and Purple Rain grubs.........................

                                 

 All of these fish were caught in Central North Carolina...........
 Thanks for looking!  Mack

"Crappie Fishing North Carolina"

Carp on Lures ?

Carp on Lures ?

Catching  Carp on lures?  Carp can be occasionally caught on lures. Flyfisherman catch them sight fishing clear water carp.  

Sometimes people fishing for other species catch Carp on lures though this is not the norm,  I probably catch a few each year that randomly hit lures and one that stands out the most to me was a 14 lb common carp that hit a rat l trap below a spillway back in the 90's.  
That fish wasn't foul hooked,  the trap was half way down its mouth!  Today we made it look easy but trust me catching carp on lures is tough.  We may never see another day like this again.

The day started off with a Bass/Crappie trip to one of my favorite spots.  A local spillway that has some easy fun fishing.

 I landed 1 nice Hawg on a White Spinnerbait, aprox 10 crappie on jigs and 2 2lb channel cats on Jigs.  I fished here from 630 am -9am. The lures that I  used were a White tandem blade spinnerbait and a 1/16 oz Chartreuse Monks head with a 2'' Acid rain grub. 

I was then home doing yard work and got a call from Fishwhisperer who talked me into a paddle on a small Piedmont river . Then Another friend called me to fish another river but I was committed to this float. (that friend caught 20 plus largemouths!! in just a few hours),,,OUCH!

The River Fishwhisper(Jeff) and I went to looked awesome. We put in and paddled to our destination fishing as we went. 

A nice drop on the river.

A nice Bass that hit a Fluke on the way to our destination.

 Jeff  caught several nice bass  as well. When we arrived at our destination we were throwing Flukes and Big pods of carp where chasing them and hitting our flukes!. They would suck it in and spit it out lots of times before we could even set the hook. They were following our baits creating huge wakes. We missed a lot But, we caught a lot as well especially on super flukes with 5/0 EWG hooks!!. 

This is one of the first ones that crushed a Fluke, you can see the Pearl Super Fluke still in its mouth.

You can also see a Fluke in this Carps mouth as well 

Jeff with a few......

 Here is one of 4 that hit a Powerbait tube under a Cork, if you look closely you can see the tube it its mouth.

We lost some really big ones who broke us off on the sharp rocks. It got to the point that we were throwing different lures at them to see what they would hit. Flukes, pop r's , curly tail jigs, beetle spins, a rebel floater and last 4 I caught hit tube jigs under a cork!

 Several Times we had doubles on. 

Date May 27th , 2016

Location:  Central Piedmont NC River

Lures-  Pearl Super Fluke w 5/0 EWG hook, 1/16 oz crappie tube(powerbait) under cork,  1/16 oz jighead with 2'' white powerbait curly tail,  Beetle spin, and several topwater lures.   The only lure I threw that they wouldn't hit was a small fluke.

An awesome day on the river and one that will not be forgotten.  Thanks for the Invite Fishwhisperer (Jeff) !!