3/12-3/13 Weekend - Spring update

[BentRod]

I fished an entire weekend for the first time in a LOONG time - felt good except I'm not as young as I once was - dragging today. Don't have time for a lot of details, but just read Striperjohn's article he posted and you'll know how I'm fishing. Bait has gone shallow and is still very easy once you locate a pattern in the creek you're in - it's in most any creek or cove you go in. We boated a pile of fish in the 7-17lb range and then Mward hung that chunky hoss at 25lbs. Most fish are plum smack full in their bellies and carrying a bit more weight per length than I remember in past springs - some of those 18-20lb skinny fish are looking 22-25lb weight wise now - I don't know whether that's random or there's something to it. We also caught a number of 7-9lb fish yesterday on huge shad - nothing but good bait stealers! Waters mid to upper 50s throughout the lake with the occasional 60deg+ temp locations.

Few pictures









You know we gotta eat...

[FishON]

Nice catching and thanks for posting the report... Where is the pizza from? Jake's place?

I hope to be out on the 21st to try and get a few in the boat..

[seajay]

Nice !! Looking forward to getting my rig on the water Friday morning for the first time in 2016.

[OnTheRocks]

Had mine out for the first time this past Saturday seajay...saw you last summer on BR but didn't want to come over you had your 4 legged partner with you and didn't want to disturb y'all...if anyone see's a blue and silver nitro, with rods every where that'll be me....feel free to come over and say hello!

[BentRod]

Mar 14, 2016 16:42:24 GMT -5 FishON said:

Nice catching and thanks for posting the report... Where is the pizza from? Jake's place?

I hope to be out on the 21st to try and get a few in the boat..

Vinnys

[seajay]

Man , I keep coming back to this post . I can't get over that freakin pig Mike is holding ! WOW!

[mwardncsu]

Mar 14, 2016 19:40:25 GMT -5 seajay said:

Man , I keep coming back to this post . I can't get over that freakin pig Mike is holding ! WOW!

Seajay - hopefully you'll get a chance to meet her one day in person yourself!

[jmr04]

Nice fish guys. I know Mike's was a citation, looks like there may be another one or two in there?

[mwardncsu]

We had several fish 15-17 lbs - the next biggest was 35" so not a citation.....

[mwardncsu]

Though the one my buddy Mark is holding in that second pic was 30 lbs and 40"+

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Mar 14, 2016 20:05:51 GMT -5 mwardncsu said:

Though the one my buddy Mark is holding in that second pic was 30 lbs and 40"+

   wow, looks just like the one the newspaper guy was holding. 

[striperjohn]

Great report Bentrod. This time of year gets the ole ticker excited!

[Happy Camper]

Have to say you guys on the Roanoke have it much better than the blackwater.Last time I had pizza while fishing it was leftovers from CARLS on 40 and it was 28 degrees that morning= popsicle pizza.Heck we hardly have boat ramps.great fish guys

[fatdaddy]

All I can say is Wow !!! I Love some Pizza!!! LOL

[mwardncsu]

Mar 14, 2016 22:23:09 GMT -5 Happy Camper said:

Have to say you guys on the Roanoke have it much better than the blackwater.

Yeah, y'all have no fish either

But nothing wrong with Carl's. They do a mean Hungry Man's breakfast around lunchtime......