nc trout fishing day 3

this morning I decided to stop "ghost fishing" and to limit myself to one small stretch of water rather than running from spot to spot like ive been doing. with the water being low, my old spots are not producing fish. the plan paid off. i caught some real nice rainbows. it was nice to feel some weight on the other end of the rod. the larger fish seem to be sticking to the fastest water. still no brooks or browns which is very strange. i don’t see many browns in this area but brookies are usually the staple. it was a beautiful day on the river and the fishing matched. cant wait till the morning!

nc trout fishing day 2

still have not found the mother load of trout. i did catch some very pretty rainbows today. nothing huge but i am thankful for something. its great to be fly fishing again and catching trout no matter how small. havent landed a brook or brown but there are several days left. im hoping for a few afternoon showers in the next couple days to bring the water level up. the kids are having a blast playing in the creek catching crawfish and picking cherries from the trees in the front yard.

nc trout fishing day 1

Got out this afternoon for a couple of hours after we arrived. The water is very low which makes for tough fishing. My usual holes a very shallow and the deep holes are barely moving. I did find a few trout but hope to find many more in the morning.

bustn bream

vince was kind enough to take me along with he and his kids fishing for bream on lake kissimmee. the wind was kicking around 18 mph which made it hard to fish but we caught some bream and had a blast.

basic bass

i went bass fishing today for the first time since i sold my bass boat last summer. since i no longer have a boat and vince couldnt fish till after "yard sale duty," i decided to hit up the shore early this morning. i packed light and only took two rods. one rigged with an okeechobee colored zoom trick worm and one rigged with an arkansas shiner zoom fluke. there have been large schools of shad in the lake and the bass have been active. i caught several bass early. nothing huge but it sure was nice to fight some large mouths. i tried to grab some action shots but its not easy fighting a fish and taking photos at the same time. vince and his son, henry, joined me mid morning for a few casts but the fish had stopped biting for the most part because of the heat.

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