Backwateradventures: April 2013

Freshwater Fishing on the Outer Banks

April 28, 2013

I took a quick trip to North River to see if the light tackle fishing had started to heat up. While the cooler weather this spring it seems everything in the fishing world is behind several weeks. Well finally the sunfish and perch have started to eat up for the spawn. The water temp started at 62 degrees and I saw white perch school from the start. This has become my one of my favorite types of fishing. Largemouth is my first fishing love, but light tackle is coming up fast. You can catch fish steady, some days fast, and you never know what is on the other end of the line. Today I caught over 30 fish and 6 different species in just a couple hours. The different species were bass, bluegill, pumpkinseed, white perch, yellow perch, and warmouth. It's a fun trip!!!!

A nice bluegill.

Lots of white perch.

Yellow perch

And one of my favorite....the warmouth!

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Outer Banks Bass Fishing

April 24, 2013

I thought winter was over. Went to North River today and the water temp fell back to 59 degrees in the morning and the wind is blowing hard northeast 20 - 25 mph with gusts over 30. The water was blown out as much as I have ever seen other than a hurricane. North River is not affected by lunar tides. The wind controls the tides and a strong northeast wind will get rid of the water quick. Todays trip was to fish a little, but mostly to get a look at what I can see with the water gone. I found and marked a lot of stumps and logs off the bank that are invisible on most days.

You can see in the pictures above how much the water is gone.

I had to fish a little while and see how far the fish moved off the bank with the low water. It didn't take long to find.

The ospreys are back and sitting on the nest. Boy, I wish I could see fish like they can.

Well one last one and I went back idling around looking for sweet spots for later...but it was hard. I ended up catching 15 or more fish in the time I spent fishing. I love low water!!!!!!

Any other day, this turtle would have his feet wet!

Outer Banks Bass Fishing

April 17, 2013

Most of my fishing on North River this year has been in the deeper waters up river. The North River is divided up into two really distinct areas. The upper river is deep dark tanic water with lots of wood cover such as stumps, logs, and cypress knees. Today I went to the lower part of the river which is a lot shallower, and very sparse wood cover. The main cover in the lower sections are under cut banks, grass, duck blinds, and folded over reeds.

The water temp has risen to the middle 60's to start in the morning and near 70 in the afternoon. I started off with a couple nice fish.

Here is one of many duck blinds in this section of river.

I had a Bufflehead join me some of the trip. I guess there was a nest near by, because he stayed in the same area.

I ended up catching about 15 fish but the big girls never showed.

Outer Banks Bass Fishing

April 9, 2013

We decided to hit two rivers for our fishing trip today. We started on the Yeopim River (pictured below) and finish up on the Little River.

The day started out a little slow. The water temp has risen suddenly to 63 degrees to start the morning. The fish have certainly started to make a move to the bank. The crankbait bite has slowed a bit and the soft plastics seem to be the desired meal of the day.

Around lunch time we hit a bank that had produced in the past and Eric started catching some nice pre-spawn fish.

About 1 pm we decided to make the move to Little River. Little River is a river off the Albermarle Sound near Elizabeth City about an hour from the Outer Banks.

With the water temp near 70 degrees because of the hot afternoon sun we decided to hit a spot I knew should have spawners moving up fast. We found fish in short order.

We were not the only fishermen catching fish. This osprey had a good meal for supper.

Outer Banks Bass Fishing

March 29, 2013

Took a trip to the Yeopim River, which is about an hour and twenty minutes from the Outer Banks. The Yeopim River is one of the smallest and shallowest rivers in northeastern N.C. It always has a good stained water color, and it can muddy up if the area has a lot of rain. The water temp is still cold, due the continuous cold nights we have had. In the morning the water temp was 49 degrees and only warmed to 52 degrees I the afternoon. We still caught a few fish and managed to hook a few big ones that still have not moved up to spawn.

The stripers are still around and they are still hitting crankbaits.