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Feb. 6    Little Snow coming down on the Roanoke, winds blowing and the water is just looks crazy, not the forecast I want to pass on.

Feb. 5    Cold rain all day and night, what was left of the snow is now gone off the back deck.

Feb. 2    Rain, again and cold, weekly forecast also has 3 more days of rain it looks like.  Need a little break in these systems, the guides are getting the true meaning of "Cold, Hard Cash".

Jan. 30, 31    3" of snow, no, no, no!

Jan 28    Got DEOTV.net to air a show for eastern NC and the days forecast was calling for the temps to hit mid 50 range, low winds.  Launched the boat at 8 a.m. with 35 degree temps and the water was thick!  All the runoff had hit from the prior rain, mixing things up to the max!  Found some fish caught one on the first cast and then nothing, the fish just couldn't see the lures.  Picked up and ran, muddy water, picked up and ran, muddy water, picked up and ran, muddy water, picked up and found the last of the clear and the fishing was epic.  The camera rolled through 2 batteries and two disk of catching and then the camera man got some catching with us!  All in all a great time on the water, be sure to check out deotv.net for part one of Roanoke Rockfish.  Don't mind the missed hook sets by yours truely the fish were chomping and I was poking all that would bump the lure.  Also I think I said Jan. maybe 20 times but that was my first rodeo and I'm sure "when" will not be a missing clue.  Couple of hours the total was 30+.

Jan.26    Coming off the 3inch down poor of rain, don't know what it's going to do for clear winter water but it will increase flow and the catch numbers went to a 40 fish half day and the big fish were back.

Jan.24    Water is back up to 44 degrees, got a strong South wind that brought a day of 60+ degree weather and I put the smack on the Stripers.  Over 40.

Jan. 17    Looking for the big fish that we were on before the ice, 3 hours 8 Striped Bass, missed 8 more, East wind + ice cold water made it shut down.  Glad to see the air temps get above 60.

Jan. 16    Water starts at 35 degrees, creeks still holding ice, looking for a pattern to start the day.  Fish on!  Doubles!  1/2 day trip ended with 30 Striped Bass, a dozen or so missed, and a Gar that could give the state record a run.

Jan. 15    Creeks still covered in ice, river temps started at 33-34 degrees backing off the trailer, air temps started at 30 degrees, a million thoughts run through my head for a pattern.  Marked some fish but couldn't make them bite, tweaked a little on the pattern and moved, fish on!  1/2 day trip ended with 8 Striped Bass and missed a half dozen or so.

Jan. 8-10    Raleigh Fishing Expo, thanks to all for coming out!  Eastern NC has been hit by a week of cold temps turning the creeks to ice, this will be the coldest water temps I've tried to fish.

Dec.31    More rain last night into the a.m., water temp pushed down to 41 on the Roanoke but managed to find some new fish runs.  Landed 54 Stripers casting, most all were over 5lbs with some pushing up to 9 lbs.  Great fishing!

Dec. 28    Family outing, wanted to get my wife and son on some fish so I returned to the Roanoke so my 2 year old could break in his new rod.  Mom missed a fish on the third cast but got one on the 5th.  Kaden landed him a 2 pounder with a little help on the cast but he's got it down.  We were able to fish for an hour and landed 7 good fish.

Dec. 27    Just got some more rain, but headed back to the Roanoke to see if the Stripers were starting to run the winter pattern.  The water is the highest I've seen in 4 years and back to the good-ole-days of fishing in the mud.  Despite the 44 degree, muddy, high, ripping current I was able to go straight to the fish and had a customer land a fish within the first 20 cast.  Half day trip one customer landed 16 or so and missed a few more, most fish were in the 4 plus pound range.  It's on now!

Dec. 10    Now we are looking for a break from the rain pattern so we can get back on the Stripers.

Nov.    Catching Striped Bass on the Pamlico River, Neuse River and Roanoke River.

Oct. 16    Back on the Pamlico to tune in some fish and try some new ideas and things turned out great!  The Stripers were willing despite the wind and cold mist.  Ended up with around 18 top water catches and many more strikes.

Oct. 11  This was my first trip back to the Roanoke in several months, I wanted to see if the Striped Bass were in some of the old holes and within 20 cast, I found them.  Also found a new stump in some deep water and played with the Largemouth Bass for a while.  Half day trip ended with around 10 Stripers, close to 30 Largemouth, several Perch and a mix of Jack and Bowfin.  All in all the fishing was off the charts.

I haven't taken the time to post in some time but fishing has been great, Aug. was full of Tarpon, Sept was full of Huge Red Drum, Oct. went off the charts with both trophy Reds and slot class fish and with the temps cooling quickly, I've changed gears and started after the Striped Bass.

Aug. 8    The Trophy Red Drum are making a showing but the Tarpon bite has gone off the charts with some awesome, awesome catches!

July 11    The Flounder bite is on, Pamlico River call for some details!  

July 3    a.m. trip one person landed 40+ on top water.

July 1    Striped Bass should last until the water drops, you need to get in on it while it's a sure thing!.

June 24    Roanoke River Striped Bass are on Fire, I have a top water bite that is lasting up to 4 hours, then we're catching them deep.  All fish are being released alive the water temp is still in the 70's.

June 22    Puppy Drum, Flounder and Seatrout!  

June 3    This week I've been picking up lots of Flounder, some nice Puppy Drum, and some nice Seatrout with some mixed Striped Bass along the way.

May 25    I'm catching Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Bream, Flounder, Puppy Drum and more.

April 16    Stripers are still on bottom but thick, White Perch are going strong also, Largemouth Bass are chomping in the creeks.

April 4    Stripers are in high gear, catching plenty on bottom, some casting and a few on top in the prime time.  Shad today were a little slow but I didn't spend much time hunting them either. Largemouth Bass plenty!  It looks like I have April 9th and 10th open.

March 28    Shad are running strong, Stripers are hit or miss but the water should be gearing up for good things to happen, Largemouth are steady just running a little small.

March 23    Water temp has declined again with the added rain and began to rise with lots of stained water, the fishing has declined with the "not so perfect conditions" but as soon as the water holds a great pattern will develop.  Anyone wanting April dates needs to book now!

March 15    Water temp has hit the 50's, I'm catching Stripers, Shad, Largemouth Bass and Perch.

March 1    The last two weeks of Feb. where spent working on last years tax info and ramping up the 2009 advertisements, tournament locations and all the paperwork involved.  Over the weekend we had a huge rain and some cold temps but later in the week we should see some nice weather, as soon as things settle a little "spring" fishing should kick off.

Feb. 16    Pleased to post the first fishibx Striped Bass Tournament of 2009 is coming March 22nd,  for details visit the tornament page!  Hope to see you there.

Feb.11    Couple of days of warm weather has changed the surface water temp, plenty of water at 48 and should hit 50 by the weeks end, Stripers are still around and willing, Shad are making a show but not thick, if the weather maintains the anglers will have the cat out of bag, can't wait!  Anyone wanting to book for the "Striper keeper season" should drop me a line, don't wait until the end, the fish are here now!

Feb. 1    Water temp. 42, SW wind 15+, landed 21 Stripers and 1 Gar.

Jan. 16    Wow!  Super cold blast hit NC with the temp. not gettting over freezing the whole day, despite frozen line, reels and rods the total Striper count ended at 97 on a half day trip.  Water temp dropped to 39 at the ramp and 44 in the river, Air temp. started at 12 degrees and went to 27 for the high.  

Jan. 12    NEW 2009 RECORD!  Hit the Albemarle Sound around 8:30 with a customer and had the first fish on within the first 10 cast.  Days total 67 Stripers, temp 45, E wind @ 5mph, and water temp 46.

Jan. 9    Va. boys wanted to land some fish on the fly, total for the half day was 34 Stripers and 1 Largemouth.  Also checked out some of the creeks of the Roanoke River to see if the fish were showing up in the traditional areas and within 5 cast, fish on.  Great things to come from here!

Jan.3    Bridges were a litlle slick but made it to the ramp, landed 19 Stripers on a half day.

Jan.2    Broke out the Largemouth tactics and played with the elctronics a little, decided to pinpoint fish on the fish finder and bounce jigs, spoons and drop-shot.  Landed over 35 Stripers and a huge Gar.

Jan. 1    Huge push of Striped Bass have shot up the Roanoke River, unless they stage again Weldon should have some fish in three weeks or so.

Dec. 31    Cold wind, hot fishing!  1 customer, 33 Stripers on the Roanoke River.

Dec. 29    NEW WINTER RECORD,  landed 90 Stripers on a long half day despite the rain and cool temps.  Hats off to Hudson, Chris and "Bill".

Dec. 26    Water temp 47 with much cleaner water, landed over 35 fish on a half day.  E wind at 7mph

Dec. 22    N wind and below freezing temps, with a 30 degree drop in temp overnight we only landed 5 Stripers for the a.m.  Water dropped 2' overnight, temp. 46 and muddy.

Dec. 18    Back to the old school tricks, a.m. trip landed 38 Stripers &1 Largemouth.  Wather temp. 51 E, NE wind @ 7mph.

Dec. 16    Tried some new ideas which didn't pan, 1 striper on a SE wind.

Dec. 14    NW wind, water temp 46, landed 31 Stripers on a half day.

Dec. 12    a.m. trip with 22 Stripers

Dec. 7    16 Stripers in two hrs., water temp. 46, wind N-NW 15+

Dec. 6    20 Stripers on an a.m. trip on the Roanoke.

Dec. 5    Hit the water late, picked up some quality Stripers on the Roanoke.

Nov. 10    Stripers are on!

Nov. 1    Fall patterns are taking place, there was a drop in water temp. which moved some fish to deeper water and tightened up the bait.  As a result the fish keyed into schooling mode and took advantage of the concentrated bait.  Stripers, Trout and Largemouth will be the target for the weeks ahead.