[Mack in N.C.]

I fished the River Bassin Trail this past Saturday and though I didn't finish in the top ten(that was my goal) I had a decent day and finished 15th. One big fished would of put me in the top ten but it wasn't to be. The Highlight of the day was I caught a good solid 13-14 inch Roanoke on my second cast. I was a little stunned and still half asleep so I didn't even measure that fish on my board and then 2 or 3 casts later I landed another big Roanoke that barely touched the 12 inch mark for a Citation.
Both hit a 3/8 oz white Booya spinnerbait .


Not a bad day for a section of river I had never fished before. Fishwhisperer and I had scouted this section last year from the bank after fishing a nearby section and catching 4 citations that day(2 each) . FW has been dying to fish this section and it shows a lot of promise.

added: got to thinking that the size for a citation was not 12 inches so I looked at the NCWRC page...size for a Roanoke is 11 inches so second fish doesn't barely make it. makes it and adds an inch

 

[FishinCary]

The old trailer hook! Nice citations.

 

[Mack in N.C.]

The old trailer hook! Nice citations.

Did you notice the second citation size "noke" (smaller one) was only hooked by the trailer hook???

 

[FishinCary]

Yeah. To me it looked like they both were at first. Did the first one get the main hook? What is a noke...?

 

[Abert43]

Nice citations!!

 

[Fish Whisperer]

One of these days I'll make it to that location for a full day and fish it right. Can't wait to explore downstream.

 

[Fish_Fiend]

What is a noke...?

Roanoke Bass

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[GripaLip]

Nice fish and just did some research on this trail...... Looks like a nicely setup Tournament Trail....... Will definitely check the Raleigh date out...........