Originally Posted by RiverRunner This past weekend was the much anticipated spring trip to Cape Lookout. We usually go to the island in the fall and stay in the cabins, however this year we decided to try a spring beach camping trip. We met family and friends in Davis and caught the 4 pm ferry to the island. We drove down the beach and set ...
Originally Posted by sekod We finally got to float the Uwharrie River on Saturday, after 2 weeks of failed plans and blown out water. (Checking water levels at the 109 bridge last Saturday, after the rains, with HIGH and MOVING water, we met a group of guys just taking out in canoes that said they had put in at the old Uwharrie Golf Course, nearly 30 miles upriver, and had run that raging torrent in 8 hours! Above Low Water Bridge it gets ...
Originally Posted by sekod The brown/orange dragonflies have been driving the bass here at Badin crazy... I've seen several bass lately jumping clear of the water chasing them, so the dragonflies have been driving ME crazy as well...so... 3 treatments (this is a fly in progress). The one in the middle I tied first in a failed attempt to duplicate a Spanish tyers version (had to brush up on my rudimentary Spanish to watch the video; ...
Originally Posted by NC Mike We finally had a decent weather report of 2-3' seas so me and usmcbecker headed out of NRI looking for Bonito. We struck out to Christmas Rock since we had lake like conditions. They got the forecast wrong in a good way this time. Look at the waves in the pic, basically flat. We trolled for a good while with no luck. Saw a few small pods of bonito but could never get to em in time to catch any. Had a few frosty beverages ...
Originally Posted by Kev2380 Took a day off yesterday and headed to the mountains with friends. Kind of surprised at how many people we saw on the river. Guess I shouldn't have with it being spring break and all. Fishing was great in places and dead in the places in between. Fish are still seem to be stuck in their runs where they were stocked. It was a great day with great weather. Fish were very cooperative and I was able to land a nice bow. ...