It was a little slower today than last and the wind was up a good bit more but still a beautiful afternoon on the water. Mike had the first old Red Drum to the boat around 5:15 and I followed suite about 6:30, with a skate in between. I love these fish.
Topsail Angler and I had the opportunity to do some Old Red Drum fishing near Oriental, NC yesterday. We setup about 3PM and fished till 8. Between 6-7PM we had three nice fish at the boat. Mike caught the first (38") and I hooked up with the next two (both around 40-42" we estimate. Unfortunately my first ran right for the boat when he was still green and then did a power move to ...
Originally Posted by stukayakfish A little report. We`re still catchin`em and I am still tired of summer. Not in the most conventional way lately. For 2 weekends a white, floating worm to the bank has been the ticket. When alot of people are carolina rigging and fishing points -we`ve been banging the bank. Fast retrieve gets the spots for the most part and if you slow down some you get the LMB`s. It`s a beautiful way to fish because you can ...
I got out for first light the other morning. I left my house around 530 and after a few stops (wal mart for a new digital scale, a replacement zara spook i lost the other day and bug spray), I got my first cast in the drink around 715. I started out throwing a baby brush hog around grass beds and laydowns (landing a few) when I realized, "hey it's early---topwater." I tied my new ...
Originally Posted by hyperstriper Carried my wife, daughter and nephew old Drum fishing Friday afternoon around the mouth of the Neuse, we got setup about 1820 in 10' of water and feed to bait steelers until about 1950 when we got our first run. Michelle is sitting next to the rod, so she grabs it and goes to work on the first fish. Nice fish, quick pic and off he swims to fight again! Then ...