I’d rather catch a 5lb bowfin than a 10lb bass. Can’t beat the fightToday at Harris. One stinking bite and it's a damn Bowfin...... View attachment 193779
They’ll tear your lures up, and bleed like a stick hog once you get em outta the water, but they sure are fun
We caught them by accident some years ago. Once we figured out what they were, wed go back down East JUST to catch themI used to really enjoy taking a kid fishing in the river for their first time and watch them hook up with a bowfin. The look on their faces tell the whole story about going back again.
And on the Lumber they're always willing to bite. They will tear your mess up but they're a lot of fun!!I used to really enjoy taking a kid fishing in the river for their first time and watch them hook up with a bowfin. The look on their faces tell the whole story about going back again.
Last weekend...cold, snow still on the dock...but wee man needed to cast a line...
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Is that at Salem Lake?
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Yup! Closest and simplest place I know of. No fish to speak of, but he still loves it.
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Keep him hooked on fishing and he won't get hooked on otherthings.Last weekend...cold, snow still on the dock...but wee man needed to cast a line...
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That the same one @DCGallim caught? Just looks like a lil one when that big jokers holding it?
@tod0987 do you know any good places to bank fish between Kinston and Goldsboro?
Caught my first top water fish of the year yesterday evening on a $1.97 Walmart Popping frog. Who says you need $10 live target baits to catch fish?
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A little pond action. The owner said keep everything except undersized bream (@B00ger). The kids had a great time.
Got them all cleaned and bagged up, ready for a get together.
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Dunno. If it's two per day, between the five of us, I think we're good.
Ain't nothin' like kayak fishing.
Where are you launching from? The ramps I have saw at Jordan have cones in front blocking the entrances. I’m going to check one or two tonight on the way home and hope to hit the water tomorrow. My kayak doesn’t fit in the canoe launch I used in the past.Pulled the Coronavirus kayak out of storage because I don't want to fight people at the boat ramp..... It was good to get on the water....View attachment 205474
My last two from my little pond. I stocked these a couple of years ago as 4-6" fingerlings. Their offspring are now in that 4-6" range.
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Caught my first top water fish of the year yesterday evening on a $1.97 Walmart Popping frog. Who says you need $10 live target baits to catch fish?
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You need to throw them some shiners, they look skinny.
ramp to Fontana is gated and locked. Lake is also still down past the ramp so anything to big to hand launch is s o l.Where are you launching from? The ramps I have saw at Jordan have cones in front blocking the entrances. I’m going to check one or two tonight on the way home and hope to hit the water tomorrow. My kayak doesn’t fit in the canoe launch I used in the past.