I'm glad that you found your way down and that you had a good time. Looks like you'll have to rig at least one big rod with nigthcrawlers on your next trip.
My day at Cape Fear Lock#3
I was there today with 1 little pole, 8lb line and tiny hook trying to catch bait fish and 3 big poles trying to catch giant cat.
Caught nothing on the big pole, but something took the bait on my tiny bait pole and just ran, I didn't know what it was, but it was something really big to a point that my pole couldn't handle. All the lines, about 150 yard were gone in 20 second, when I almost ran out of line, I tie up reel and it broke.
I was using nightcrawler and a tiny hook, the way it pulls felt like a carp, but I am not sure if carps will eat worms, it was probably a big cat. When I first caught it, it felt like I got stuck on a tree at first, then 2 second later it just took off.
Not sure what it was or how big it was, but from my feeling, even if I hook it on the big pole w/ 20lb line, It would probably still be a big fight, definitely something big.
I had fun, definitely going back in a few weeks.
Caught nothing on the big pole, but something took the bait on my tiny bait pole and just ran, I didn't know what it was, but it was something really big to a point that my pole couldn't handle. All the lines, about 150 yard were gone in 20 second, when I almost ran out of line, I tie up reel and it broke.
I was using nightcrawler and a tiny hook, the way it pulls felt like a carp, but I am not sure if carps will eat worms, it was probably a big cat. When I first caught it, it felt like I got stuck on a tree at first, then 2 second later it just took off.
Not sure what it was or how big it was, but from my feeling, even if I hook it on the big pole w/ 20lb line, It would probably still be a big fight, definitely something big.
I had fun, definitely going back in a few weeks.
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A friend's grandson caught a 19lb flathead next to the bank on a nightcrawler last week. He was pretty well beat when he got that one in and he's a 12 yr old hard working country boy. A proud one at that .
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