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Raleigh, NC
Born in Richmond, Virginia, grew up in Kernersville, North Carolina, and now reside in Raleigh. I attribute most of my fishing prowess to my father, who took me fishing often as a child. We would regularly do float trips on the James River in Virginia, which is where I learned to love canoeing and river fishing. Unfortunately, my father has passed, but he lives on through my passion for chasing fish from my canoes. I intend to pass this love for fishing and the outdoors onto my children and can't wait to share these experiences with them. I currently have 4 canoes: Customized Old Town Guide 119, Customized Mohawk 16 Royalex, Coleman Scanoe, and 12' Indian River Solo.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Two Quick Late Winter Trips


With a few nice days in the 60s, I've taken the 119 out twice in the last week. There have been rain showers here and there, but overall rainfall has been fairly low for late winter.

Water temps were mid 40s on trip 1 and low 50s on trip 2. I wasn't expecting much from the bass, but wanted to take home a few crappie for the freezer. Turns out I would land only 1 crappie, but it was a nice one. I also landed and kept a ~2 lb pickerel to practice my pickerel fileting technique. No pics of the pickerel, but it was mighty tasty.

The bass cooperated on both trips.  Nothing big, most 1.5-3.5 lbs.  Caught ~10 on trip 1 and ~20 on trip 2. Most taken on a spinnerbait or trolled x-rap.