10/27/2009

Went for a 6 hour hike with Joe and Ian. Caught 13 in total today.

9/12/2009

Had a great day wet wading the river. I caught 10 Bass and 2 Bream. I lost a beast bass too. Broke off my 10 pound test. Thanks to Ric and Joe for going. This was a great pic.

9/6/2009

Oh man. I went out this morning with Henry and Joe. We were scoring some ~2 lbs bass. Henry and Joe both pull in 3+ pounders. I hiked a little further up the river and perched on a jagged rock upstream. A few minutes later, I thought I hooked a rock till it started pulling to the side. lol. I hooked this fish a long way out and it made for a heck of good battle. Lots of air and yelling. We worked to get to the fish but it paid off. It was a really treacherous landscape. Slick, jagged rocks. I ended the morning with 3 bass.

Here's a quote from a really good friend:
"
Mike,
I heard you holler and I turned when that monster made its first bull run. Its open mouth looked like a whirlpool had formed in the main channel - the difference being that this whirlpool was shaking and pulling. So long as I live, I will never forget that image of the bass exploding out of the calm pool. It was an awesome sight, and I had the perfect view with the sun at my back.
Don;t worry about the pics. I'll send my photos of the fish. They are awesome.
H "

9/5/2009

This wasn't the biggest of the day but the best looking pic. Decided to go solo today and went to a hole I have always gotten skunked at in the past.

I got a rooster tail hung on a rock so I went wading out to get it. I decided to take my spare rod along. All of a sudden I saw this bass dart by. I threw my texas rig in front of him and held my breath. Boom. That started off a killing spree. My heart was racing. I was wading through these awesome hidden channels and finding little holes full of 2 & 3 pound bass. I lost a nice pickerel 5 feet from my greedy little hands. All together it was around 20 fish. Most of the bass were 2-3 pounds and all river fish. They put up the best fight.

8/17/2009

Caught this Redfin Pickerel today. Biggest one I've ever seen. She was full of eggs and really fat. Came in a little over 1lb on my scale. Never seen a pickerel come out of this hole.

6/27/2009

We road-tripped up to the Dan River for smallmouth. I caught 4 or 5 sunfish and one smallie (no pic though). I wasn't having much luck with top water so I switched to a nymph and immediately picked-up this notty-head. I haven't caught one of these in 15 years or more. My cousin and I used to slay these things in the creeks further over in the mountains. I'm glad to see they're still some left.

5/17/2009

Here's a Roanoke Bass. These things sure fight well. I caught them all on my ultra-light. I'll be back with my fly-rod though. Eno River.