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Post by wharfrat on Aug 4, 2015 12:26:16 GMT -5
and boy do I need it. Just finished moving in to a new house and closing on are old one. I'm too old for this moving stuff  . We "downsized" which included selling my boat, which in all honesty was not getting near enough use. Anyway, we rented a house up near the bridge and a boat from Halesford Harbor. Never fished that area before, so I was hoping to get some tips/hints on where to go. I cant imagine we will be venturing too far from the house in a pontoon, so hopefully there might be some stripers nearby. I did keep my bait tank, so hopefully I can keep some bait alive long enough to catch a striper or two. Thanks for any help. Rich |
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Post by Gator on Aug 4, 2015 12:46:01 GMT -5
I'm not a "Roanoke Side" guy but I have been hitting that side a little bit and have been catching a few in that general area. Doesn't sound like you are going to be fishing with electronics. I would look for a parking lot full of boats and head that way. Or, you can always drag artificial baits until you find the fish. Enjoy your vacation!
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Post by mwardncsu on Aug 4, 2015 13:02:31 GMT -5
Not sure how soon you vacation is, but if you point your rental pontoon and it's 50 hp motor downstream and let the wind & current help speed you along, you might just find yourself around a bunch of other boats before you get to the State Park......  |
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Post by wharfrat on Aug 4, 2015 13:32:23 GMT -5
Thanks gentlemen--- I did manage to keep my fish finder as well as the bait tank so I wont be fishing totally blind. Our vacation starts Sat, but will probably wait until Monday to do any serious fishing. I assume bait is found around lights at night this time of year? I will probably try to get bait in the mornings as I dont have much faith in keeping them alive overnight. Sounds like I should head south once I get out of the cove and keep one eye on the fish finder and the other for other boats. I managed to get all three generations of us on fish last year, so we are hoping for the same. Thanks again for all your help. I wonder if you can mount a sail on a pontoon?
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Post by mwardncsu on Aug 4, 2015 13:38:31 GMT -5
I wonder if you can mount a sail on a pontoon? |
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Post by Gator on Aug 4, 2015 13:39:39 GMT -5
Captain's Quarters light should be holding bait.
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Post by mwardncsu on Aug 4, 2015 13:43:27 GMT -5
Captain's Quarters light should be holding bait. As will most any of the deeper water lights on the mid-lake and down portions of the lake..... |
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Post by striperjohn on Aug 4, 2015 17:45:18 GMT -5
Captain's Quarters light should be holding bait. Not anymore bud. They'll be a line waiting to cast there now. Of course that is good keeping them up that way.  |
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Post by mwardncsu on Aug 4, 2015 20:44:39 GMT -5
It's certainly no secret. A few summers ago it got so bad and folks where tying up to the dock and/or parking and walking through the slips into the floater and throwing nets that the dock owner called the Sherrif and they wrote tickets for trespassing for a number of folks - if I remember right a guide or two may have gotten one as well.......
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Post by striperjohn on Aug 5, 2015 6:29:28 GMT -5
I know, just messing with Gator. It got so bad there this spring I rolled in on the light at 3am, to beat the crowd, and two boats were already there. Lol
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Post by Gator on Aug 5, 2015 7:49:35 GMT -5
Captain's Quarters light should be holding bait. Not anymore bud. They'll be a line waiting to cast there now. Of course that is good keeping them up that way. I'll be fishing artificial baits. No need for a light, cast nets or bait tank this time of year. It'd take wharfrat all day to get over to the BW in that pontoon. LOL |
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Post by wharfrat on Aug 5, 2015 13:09:42 GMT -5
I'll just hope that there is some bait nearby, if not I'll have to go with artificials, although Dad won't be happy. He loves to watch the floats/planers get a little twichy, even at 75, somehow he always seems to be the closest to whatever rod gets hit next and beats everyone to the fish . |
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. We "downsized" which included selling my boat, which in all honesty was not getting near enough use. Anyway, we rented a house up near the bridge and a boat from Halesford Harbor. Never fished that area before, so I was hoping to get some tips/hints on where to go. I cant imagine we will be venturing too far from the house in a pontoon, so hopefully there might be some stripers nearby. I did keep my bait tank, so hopefully I can keep some bait alive long enough to catch a striper or two. Thanks for any help.
