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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.

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Kicking off 2014

My holiday season and all of January was essentially fishless for me.  Between travel and weather, it's been tough to find good opportunities to get out. 

With a few breaks in the weather and some free time, I've made two trips in February with only 4 fish caught. 

Trip 1

Mack and I have been talking about a Raleigh area flow that has a particular feature suitable for winter fishing.  Neither of us had ever been to this location, but were interested in checking it out.  Last Sunday (2/2/14), he was off work and I had a few free hours so we headed out.  The only fish caught were in water in the upper 40s.  I landed this little pig and one dink on a small plastic shad on a beetle spinner. 


Trip 2

Today, I took my son out on one of our local favorites. We trolled various jigs and cranks and took home two small crappie.  He caught the 1st and biggest.  I caught the other one.  Water temps were in the low 40s. 


Not exactly a stellar start to 2014.  My wife and I are expecting our 3rd child in a few weeks.  This spring may be tough for me to find time in the canoe.  I hope some of my work travel will afford me the opportunity to wet a line here and there.  No matter how many times I go, it will never be enough!
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2 comments:

Mack said...

Awesome job!...you have a very good photographer!

February 9, 2014 at 11:21 PM
Feather Chucker said...

Nice fish as always.

February 10, 2014 at 2:59 PM

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