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Sorry specialkay!

3/27/2012 9:22:39 PM

what kind of rigs/bait do u guys use for carp? we were surrounded by some monsters all in the shallows this weekend at hyco lake but could get a bite for shit. i tried bread but i cant get it to stay on the hook. should i try something else like sweet corn or chick peas?

3/29/2012 6:07:24 PM

i always used white bread and mashed it into a smooth ball on a treble or hook, go light on the cast

otherwise, i've made wheaties balls with just hot water + mashed weaties + baked in the over to firm them up. Supposedly "better" bait

If they're not biting bread, they may be grass carps

3/29/2012 6:47:26 PM

going to falls this afternoon...Anybody been in the past few days?

3/30/2012 12:19:07 PM

the carp might not do too much feeding all that splashing around is carp in spawn mode

3/30/2012 12:22:49 PM

I was out at Falls last weekend. Caught a ton of crappie and a bunch of white perch. Managed to catch a 10lb catfish on a 12 ft crappie rod. That was a fun fight. The fish are shallow right now, holding in cover getting ready to spawn. The bass seem to be more active on the upper end of the lake. The water has come up a bunch this week and is above normal pool for the first time i can remember in a long time, so just get out there and flip the cover. Ill be out there Saturday morning, probably crappie fishing again, but i may bring along a couple bass rigs in case i get tired of catching crappie.

3/30/2012 1:57:35 PM

anyone know if i need a permit to go bowfishing?

got my bow and wanna start doing this over the summer...any ideas?

i assume i would need a fishing license...but anything else?

4/2/2012 4:06:13 PM

Read "manner of taking" in the regulations digest on http://www.ncwildlife.org

4/2/2012 4:51:46 PM

4/2/2012 5:14:53 PM

crappie have been hitting the mepps pretty well the past few days, and the kayak has been very relaxing with the wind just trolling me down the banks.

any one got an interest in a fly rod? heavy action, star-rod maker. graphite, 2-piece, 9ft 9 in, brand new rod with hard case. my best guess is that is a salt rod...but if you live in pike, muskie, steelhead, bonefish territory it would be right for the casting.

4/11/2012 8:51:33 PM

is it an 8wt? if so i need to replace mine

what weight is the rod

4/11/2012 8:52:14 PM

We went deep sea fishing the other weekend and got 26 pounds of fish

4/11/2012 8:52:33 PM

^ nice haul.

its an 8 wt. rod.

4/11/2012 9:15:10 PM

perfect ill get at you next week my 8 wt is a bargain model from redington and it sucks

4/11/2012 9:17:23 PM

I'm ready to go back to Hatteras and catch some wahoo...

I can't wait for this summer to head up to ocean city and catch a marlin

4/13/2012 12:22:28 AM

Surf fishing today....try to get some blues

4/14/2012 10:18:20 AM

took 3 yr old for his first fishing trip today to the neighborhood pond. I caught 1 crappie and 6 blue gill on a jig, he/I caught a dozen more blue gill on bread balls. All in about half an hour.

4/14/2012 9:21:18 PM

0-5 fishing for catfish with bread & cheese, wtf is up with these catfish

4/16/2012 6:03:36 PM

^try chicken liver.

4/16/2012 6:05:22 PM

i taught my friend's son how to fish without a bobber this weekend. it was very rewarding, reminded me of fishing with my dad

4/16/2012 6:10:22 PM

Caught this puppy yesterday out in North End Carolina Beach on a Dead Finger Mullet

4/16/2012 8:18:58 PM

Ended up w/ 3 Yellowfin's and one Wahoo on Saturday.

4/16/2012 8:59:20 PM

my dad has a stocked pond in his back yard. nobody ever fishes it and they stocked it when they built the house ~15 years ago. it's not even fair how easy it is to land huge catfish. my sister and I can put plain bred on a hood and there will be bites almost immediately and we'll pull in a fish every 5 minutes or so. also have carp and bass.

I need to get out deep sea fishing soon. I used to pier fish a lot but got sick of pulling in so many nurse sharks and sting rays. I've never been trolling, that's high on my list of things to do

4/16/2012 9:15:42 PM

I want to go deep drop fishing, there is a boat out of OI for $110

4/17/2012 1:29:50 AM

4/17/2012 9:42:18 AM

Looks like I'm scrapping the old boat and buying a new one this fall. Kinda sad about it, but excited about a potential new one.

Restricted, where did you go out of? MHC?

4/17/2012 9:56:10 AM

finished up the touches on my fishing kayak, took her out for the first time on Lake Crabtree. Caught 6 small channels on chicken liver and learned a lot about the changes i need to make on my kayak, especially if I'm going to take it on larger, choppier bodies of water

4/20/2012 7:55:36 PM

Some small trout yesterday and today. Finally got this nice one.

4/21/2012 6:21:27 PM

Going on a 24 hr head boat out of N MB this Fri-Sat. Also going on another 24 hr boat out of MHC on June 2-3

Hoping for a big cobia or reef donkey, grouper season still closed :-(

4/24/2012 6:30:26 PM

been fishing from the bank out at Jordan lake. Met a guy whose been doing alot of fishing out there, and he gave me some pointers on how he's been catching fish. Basically from where I was at the only thing you'll really catch is catfish. Been using the same bottom rig I use for salt water fishing, prop the pole up and attach a bell to the end. sit. and. wait.

I even use shrimp for bait, and it seems to work well. Only been out once since trying this, but I pulled 3 smaller catfish over a couple of hours. And even got to finish the Jimmy V autobiography since all I do is wait for the bells to start ringing.

4/24/2012 7:48:05 PM

Kinda hoping I'd get to go fishing this weekend...but looking at the weather the seas are going to be too suitable for me

Oh well...looks like we're just going to be stuck on the boat all weekend with nothing to do

4/24/2012 10:37:11 PM

Sitting in Hatteras right now trying to decide if we should go out today...3 to 5 feet and the wind is blowing...

4/28/2012 5:22:16 AM

if it is good enough for the commercial guys, it is good enough for you. don't be a pussy

4/28/2012 10:29:32 AM

went out on the first 24hr trip of the season for the voyager III this weekend

Went on the first 24hr Super Voyager III head boat trip out of NMB

The boat slammed the endangered sea bass, beeliners, grunts & porgys
A few silver snapper, bar jacks, triggerfish & a sand tile
~10 king mackerel, all around 30#
2 small cobias and 2 40# keepers, saw many more though
32lb lobster





[Edited on April 29, 2012 at 9:38 AM. Reason : .]

4/29/2012 9:20:12 AM

So after this weekend a new goal has been set for me...

Catch a bluefin tuna with no help at all.

That means put the boat where the tuna are. Set the gear. Reel the tuna in. Put a tail rope on the tuna. Get the tuna on the boat. Clean the tuna.

It's gonna be a pain in the ass but I'm excited about accomplishing this goal

4/29/2012 7:28:29 PM

^^ Where were the kings holding?

4/29/2012 8:46:47 PM

^We were 60 miles out of NMB, 154.5 332.2

^^Young Woman & the Sea?

4/30/2012 7:40:42 PM

I think I've decided that I'm going to try to become a mate on a charter boat...I mean I already got my foot in the door...I'm also learning from the best...and it's some damn good money

5/1/2012 12:04:27 AM

I wanted to he a mate for a summer on a head boat. I couldn't do a trolling boat, not my style

5/1/2012 2:52:24 PM

Nom nom nom.

5/1/2012 2:56:34 PM

beeliners

5/1/2012 3:22:37 PM

caught a lot of trout this morning. most were 12-13", but we managed 2 keepers right at 14". caught another keeper about 15" screwing around off the dock. guess we'll be eating trout this weekend.

[Edited on May 4, 2012 at 3:23 PM. Reason : got cut short this morning when my dad's trolling motor shit the bed ]

5/4/2012 3:22:26 PM

more small trout this morning. got lucky and found a nice 17" flounder. yum.

5/5/2012 10:48:19 AM

several more trout this morning. 2 were legal. had something huge take a topwater plug around 6 am. fought it for about a minute until my 15 lb flurocarbon leader was cut. not sure what happened. it didn't hit or fight like a gar, so i doubt it was cut by teeth. maybe a gill plate or oyster shell cut it. if it was a trout it was a damn citation. i felt sick when the line went slack.

5/6/2012 3:19:26 PM

Do you know this asshole?

Quote :

"Cheater nabbed at Wylie BFL 5/7/2012 FLW announced today that a North Carolina angler who finished 3rd in a BFL at Lake Wylie on Saturday has been disqualified and banned from the organization's future events. John Hoyle (pictured) of Rutherfordton, N.C. was penalized under BFL Rule No. 9 (Sportsmanship) when one of the fish he brought to the weigh-in was found to have an 11-ounce weight in its gullet. Hoyle forfeited a $1,082 prize check. Ironically, the 11 ounces didn't help him, as his bag without the additional weight would've registered 13-01 – an ounce more than original 4th-place finisher Rob Digh. He'd have needed another 11 ounces to reach runner-up Roger Pope's 14-07 tally (Brian Huskins won with 14-08). Hoyle's profile at FLWOutdoors.com credits him with having won more than $8,000 during his career in the BFLs. More than half of that total was amassed last year, when he pocketed $4,394 for winning a March 19 event at Wylie with a 16-04 bag. The tournament's co-angler standings were not affected by Hoyle's disqualification. "

typicaly Billy Bob Bass Fisherman, this is why im not a fan of competitive fishing

5/11/2012 12:06:08 PM

Went offshore for the first time today. Didnt get sick. We brought 39 fish back. 34 mahi (330#s) and 5 wahoo (130#s)

5/11/2012 11:27:56 PM

^From where did you leave?

5/12/2012 9:27:46 AM

AB just below the channel marker

5/12/2012 9:46:12 AM

What boat?

5/12/2012 9:46:51 AM

island girl

5/12/2012 9:47:36 AM