http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/01/27/2012694/fishing-forecast.html Anglers at extreme ends of North Carolina are scoring well this week. Striped bass to 57 pounds have been boated by fishermen at Oregon Inlet on the Outer Banks. At Fontana Lake, in the Great Smoky Mountains, a surprising wintertime spree has produced limit catches of smallmouth bass and walleye. However, in the hundreds of miles between these two locations, activity generally remains slow. Lake Norman: Some striped bass on bloodworms within the warm waters of the McGuire Nuclear Station and Plant Marshall "hot holes," or discharge canals. At times, stripers up to 7 pounds also are being caught on live shad in the Stumpy Creek arm along with spotted bass and white perch. Smallish catfish from 3 to 6 pounds on cut gizzard shad and live shiners drift-fished 10 to 40 feet deep. Lake Wylie: Channel catfish in schools in the open water of major creek arms on shiners fished 15 feet deep. Crappie within the Plant Allen hot hole on minnows. Scattered largemouth bass near the discharge canal on lures that simulate dying shad. Cane Creek Park Lake: Gradually improving for crappie on minnows. The fish are concentrated 16 feet deep around brush. Blewett Falls: Blue catfish in the Pee Dee River below the dam on cut baits. Fontana Lake: Limits of smallmouth bass on green dollflies and shad-colored spinnerbaits cast to the shoreline. The bass also are hitting live shiners. Walleye uplake at Markers 7 and 9 on No. 9 Ice Jigs worked 90-100 feet deep. Lake Wateree: Blue catfish along the old river channel ledges from June Creek and Colonel Creek to the dam on cut baits. Lake Murray: Unusually good for crappie in January. The fish generally are suspended 10 feet deep over brush that is 18 to 30 feet down. The crappie, including some weighing almost 2pounds, are hitting Fish Stalker jigs and minnows. Catfish on drift-fished cut herring. Lake Monticello: Blue catfish from 10 to 20 pounds on cut gizzard shad, herring and white perch. Most fish are being found on the bottom 50 to 65 feet deep. Santee Cooper Lakes: Largemouth on slow-rolled skirted spinnerbaits and shallow-running crankbaits cast to shoreline cover during warm days. Catfish in deep water under suspended forage species on cut menhaden. Lake Thurmond: Stripers, hybrids in the reservoir's lower portion on live herring worked on the bottom 50 to 55 feet deep. Fairly good for crappie in Soap Creek and the channels of nearby creeks on minnows fished 30 feet deep. Lake Jocassee: Improving for trout, with recently stocked fish comprising most of the catch. They're hitting small crankbaits and spoons trolled 25-30 feet deep. Lake Keowee: Spotted bass 50-80 feet down in creek channels on drop-shot rigs and jigging spoons. Outer Banks: Limit catches of two large stripers, or rockfish, per angler during most trips just off the beach out of Oregon Inlet. Many more fish are being boated and released; Hatteras Island: Good catches of bottom species such as grouper off Hatteras Village out of Oden's Dock aboard the Little Clam with skipper Patrick Caton. Morehead City area: Scattered stripers at the Cape Lookout Shoals and red drum at the nearby rock jetty. S.C. Coast: Grand Strand area: Fair sight-casting for reds in the backwaters on warmer days. They're hitting Gulp! lures and mud minnows; Charleston area: Sheepshead around jetties and on artificial reefs, taking clams and oysters. The R8 Reef has been especially productive. Black seabass 55 to80 feet deep offshore. ================================================ Fishing reduces stress and gives you a break from our modern world where everything is going a million miles per hour 73 Check & Clear 6 LOC: 38-54-14.60N / 097-14-09.07W |
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