Archive For The “Spring” Category
Took two amazing young men out fishing on a great local float that has a wide diversity of species to target. And, boy did they catch them (76 total… you bet these boys kept count!). They picked up river fishing quick and put numerous bream, rockbass, and smallies in the boat. We had some excitement…
Took two clients for a half-day float trip in Asheville even with the river color being slightly stained. They ended up catching a bunch of smallies, I think we lost count around 50 fish. The fish just needed to see the lure, so bright flashy or dark colors worked the best. Some fish were caught…
I’ve been floating and bass fishing a few new sections of local flows close to home. I have also been experimenting with some new soft plastics made by 412baitco. Smallmouth bass fishing is really on fire in WNC and the topwater bite has turned ON! I mostly have been fishing the afternoon hours from 4ish till dark. Most bass…
Had the opportunity to teach my wife’s younger cousin the art of fly fishing over Memorial Day Weekend. He did really well listening to all the basics, practicing casting, learning to read the river, and being patient before getting out there and actually trying to catch some trout. He was able to catch a couple…
My beautiful wife and I put together and tested out our new RIG this weekend !! An Outcast Pac1300 Guide raft! The new boat got some fish slime on it too! We floated the entire DH section of the Tuckasegee river near Sylva… Other than tweaking a few things on the boat and taking some photos we…
We are very excited to announce a new boat to our fleet, the PAC1300 by Outcast Sporting Goods. We feel this boat will fit the needs of our local rivers as well as providing a comfortable day on the water. This boat will seat myself (guide) plus 2 Anglers. Over the past week we put…
I was on the river twice this week targeting smallmouth. Monday I took a client out on the French Broad River north of Asheville. The bite turned on like a light switch around 10:30am and was really hot for a couple hours. During that time we boated about 20+ fish in the 10-15in. range. Then…
Had a chance to get out and fish a local flow that has many species moving upriver currently. We have caught whitebass, walleye, and spotted bass recently. But today, only the bigger smallies wanted to play! We tried a few different baits, with the only success coming off 412 Baits: 3.5” grubs and Free Minnow…
It’s been one of the best Walleye years for me so far, no monster females yet but a lot of nice 14-16in tasty fish being pulled in on artificials. They are moving upriver with all the warm weather we have had in early March. Finding fishing in the deeper pockets near shore and on river…
Made a half-day float with my wife on a local flow recently. We were checking to see what stage the bass were in up here in the mountains. Even with above average temps in early March, the bass were somewhat sluggish and refused to eat most lures we slung at them. Started to fish with…
Whitebass have already begun to show themselves both in the Piedmont and in WNC. From what I’ve seen it’s just the start to the run and should only get better over the next few weeks. Both eastern and mountain Whities have been fooled by a simple lures, the luck-e–strike crappie underspin 1/8 oz. with a…
I received a River2Sea Bubble Walker 80 3″ in one of those online Tackle Grab boxes (got a 3 month subscription for a gift). It was the all white one and at first I thought they must giveaway the colors that don’t sell well. I liked the design, but wasn’t sure I’d find an application…
Had the pleasure to fish with my best friend Cory who recently moved back down state. He came up to the mountains to help me inspect my new house. We had the chance to make two short floats and go after some bass. The first float we got on them good and caught about 30…
I’ve fit a few shorter floats into a busy schedule lately on the local flows. It’s hard not to when you know the fish are chewing hard right now. We have been catching them on all kinds of lures, but most impressively they have started to take topwater with reckless abandon!! Caught about 15 smallies…
Had a lot of footage to go through, finally got two videos up from our epic fishing trip weekend. Enjoy!