Thanks for your interest in the group Harold....look forward to your inputs.....

Still getting passing cold fronts with strong north/northeast winds but it's got to break soon....Looking forward to getting out this week and see how the Carolina fish are reacting........I've been counting down until Good Friday next week and it appears to be right about the time things will pick up! Also happens to be our next Full Moon..........Good luck to all the members hunting for Spring time Gills!

Most Important News today is water temperatures are in the high 60s in the Northeast Corner of the state......Had enough time after work today to run over to Deep Creek and give it a whirl.......Fished an hour and caught 16 total gills...nothing real big and I had some chunky hens in the creel......I released all these fish as I was just prefishing for some upcoming trips......The Live Cricket and Chartreuse 1 Inch Minnow is still my bait of choice......Good Friday and Full Moon is at the end of next week but things appear to be in good shape if you can get out this weekend........Have to see what this front does Saturday........Start fishing weed lines and tighter to the bank.........

I went to the Scuppernong River today for the first time in 2012......With the forecast for Saturday including rain I couldn't chance a wash out with the climbing water temperatures.......Had a great time.....Started out chilly....truck read 50 degrees when I arrived at the launch....I went out solo today and had a pretty good trip.......No real large gills but I had several at 9 inches....I had a mix of bulls and hens and the fish were scattered shallow......I covered quite a bit of water to put this mess together......I also ran into a couple tree tops holding Black Crappie and I kept a dozen of them as well as my 30 fish limit of Bluegill........The bass were going crazy and I did add one keeper out of seven Largemouth caught today.....I started out using my standard Chartreuse Minnow/Live Cricket combination and switched over to an Acid Rain Kalin's jig in yellow/white tipped with a cricket for several gills and 10 of the Crappie......Water temperatures are in the mid to high 60s so the gills will start piling up earlier this year.....All the fish pictured in this comment were near the shore in relatively shallow water so start pounding the shoreline next time out.....I only fished about 14" deep today............Good Luck!

I think two of my boys and I are headind out to the Millpond tomorrow. I'll let ya'll know how it goes.

Good deal Roy...hopefully you guys can get out with the rains and passing cold front......I'm going to get out again on Sunday....I'll decide where after I check water levels and wind direction this evening........I'm eager to try several different spots early season!

I will put up a bass piece for those of you that enjoy Largemouth.......I took my neighbor's son Eric today and he begged me to go after seeing me cleaning fish yesterday....I told him he was good but I was pulling out at 6:15 a.m.......He was good as long as he was treated to a Bojangles Sausage biscuit......No problem...I like the Cajun Filet Biscuist so we'll be o.k. We first got on some Crappie with shiners and caught our 40 fish limit....More to follow on a different comment....We then geared up for gills and we were amazed at the bass movement and I caught 4 keepers and Eric caught 2 and a throwback...These fish were shallow and we were fishing a foot deep.....You need a bass every once in awhile to keep the kinks out of your line!

Awesome morning on the Crappie....After catching a few Friday I picked up some medium shiners and it was on.....The limit in North Carolina is 20 per person 8 inches and over...........Eric and I got on them early and got our 40 fish limit....Eric caught his personal best @ 12 inches.....It's always a great day when you take a kid fishing and then on top of that you get in the fish!....Priceless!

The water temperature in this river was down to 60 degrees at first light.......Air temps got down to 49 last night so the gills pulled out of the shallows...Nothing big today....Wound up with 13 gills to compliment the limit of Crappie (40) and a nice stringer of Largemouth (6) for a total catch of 59 fish........The ice beakers are ten days ahead of last year which came on 4/11/2011.......All in all a great weekend Fishing Carolina Style!

Jeff, where did you guys go today? We picked up one small Crappie yesterday at the Millpond and didn't even have any of the other bait picked off. I forgot to take my temp gauge but the water felt pretty cold, may have been a bit too early, especially with the rain lately.
Either way, it was a great day out with two of my boys!

We fished the Little River Roy....the main channel back towards 17 and a ditch that runs off into Perquimans County.....I call it the  "Hog Pens" because of the farms on that side...... It was chilly to start out and the water temps had dropped a little from Friday ......In my opinion the gills won't start good until the water temps settle out above 65 degrees.....

Glad to see all you North Carolina anglers out and doing well. It's been so busy at my work for the past 2 weeks, have not had a chance to get out to fish. Thought I was going Sunday, late morning. Loaded and ready to go Saturday afternoon. 9:00PM Saturday, phone rings. Got to got into work. Did not get home until 8:00AM Sunday morning. Needless to say, no fishing. Oh well. Soon there will be another chance. You guys do well out there. Send plenty of photos so I don't forget what fishing is about!

Get out there when you can Steve....water temperatures have been going the right direction for a couple weeks now.....Still have to rebound from some chilly nights but Sunny skies will warm up the shallows quicker which will draw the Gills in....I find just a few degrees makes a difference in catching early Spring fish.....like Friday I was fishing an area flashing 63 degrees with limited success and went a mile up and water temps jumped to 67 and bluegill fishing picked right up......It's a real factor this time of year as the gills naturally want to start looking for nesting locations.....Full moon is this Friday so it's a historical time on my Bluegill rivers.....The rivers north of the Albermarle Sound drop significantly with North/Northeast winds but this has an opposite affect on the Southern Rivers like Alligator and Scuppernong.....Planning a big day on the water this Saturday the 7th and I will not decide where I'm going to as late as Friday......Good luck everyone....... 

Will do Jeffrey. Like you, Saturday might be a good day....keeping my fingers crossed. Friday being a holiday, Easter Sunday, no scheduled work this weekend. Praying for no more callouts. Would love to see more pictures of cypress swamps! 

It's all about the Swamp Steve.......I love it and there is no better place to wet a line..........Truly peaceful and there is a surprise around every turn......Whether it be the groan of a gator......the call of a Wood Duck taking off or the Morning Doves breaking the silence of daylight over the marsh......

One of my favorite spots to go is a local swamp off the Pasquotank River that a family of beavers have lived for many years and have created an amazing fishery.......It's so fertile with almost every species of freshwater fish in North Carolina ......It was isolated for decades but is now accessible and beautiful.....I've caught great stringers of channel cat, largemouth, bluegill, shellcracker, warmouth, flier, white perch......you name it....it's hanging out in the Beaver pond! I may not get there again until May but I'll be counting down for sure!

You're killing me Jeffrey. I'm jealous!..Cough, cough. I might be getting sick...might have to call in sick at work!!

Knew things would be tough this afternoon.....35 degree air temperature drop and gusty winds.....Went to the creek I visited earlier this month but only wound up with eight dink bass and a dozen small to medium gills......The one pictured looked like a seed that was working tight to the shoreline in some sand and gravel.....Got to get some rainy weather out of here tomorrow to hunt the full moon this weekend.......

It's almost time my Carolina Friends......I've caught some decent fish and stringers over the last month but things will generally work towards an early Summer peak from here.....It's Good Friday and I count down all winter for this day.......Most years we have experienced our last freeze by now in eastern North Carolina and the flowers are blooming which means millions of insects and so forth....Water temperatures have risen earlier this season than the last six.....we're solidly in the sixties for water tems in my region, they are shifting with the chilly nights and clear sunny days as well as a few more nagging cold fronts.....This has facilitated a better late evening bite than daybreak but I still consider it a free day anytime it starts on the water at Sunrise.....it can't always be about the fishing! Full moon today will counter the winds as far as water levels....Expect them to remain higher than normal but that brings the fish to the shallows from their staging areas......Once the Coppernose gills have started and they have, it translates to me that all species are moving.....they are clearly the species that prefer rising water temperatures this time of year.....Get on the water when you can and share your stories and photos with us if you would like......Good fishing to you all!

These are the waters I'm waiting on....These are beautiful waters to fish and they produce awesome stringers of gills and if you love big blue crabs like I do......cash in later this Summer on some of the best recreational crabbing in the country..........Boo-yah!

Well the full moon in April brought most of North Carolina a frost......I pulled up to the launch on the Cashie River near Windsor, North Carolina about fifteen minutes before Sunrise this morning and my thermometer read 36 degrees.......Got launched and I had decided overnight to fish some medium minnows first thing based on the colder conditions.....Worked out good as I put together a nice 20 fish Crappie limit in a little over an hour......Half were over 12 inches. Water Temperatures were at 57 degrees which I'm sure is a drop of 8 to 10 degrees from last week....This is the first Spring trip to this river this season but I fished only 20 miles East last Saturday and had water in the mid 60s.....Early season can be that way with chilly nights and Sunny days but we can't change it.......After reaching my Crappie limit I shifted my attack to the Live Cricket/Gulp Minnow fished at 18 inches deep and managed a clutch of medium gills.....I then shifted to the motor oil colored baby crawfish tipped with a cricket and managed a few more gills but the bass went nuts over this color and I caught a hand full of nice Largemouth and I wrapped it up at 12:00 with north winds blowing around 15 so things were getting tough in the region I was in...Temperatures over the next ten days are forecasted to be below normal so we'll have to watch things closely for steady water temperatures in the mid 60s.....

Good looking fish and photos Jeffrey. Looks like you had a good day on the water. I went to Mountain Island Lake yesterday. Was a good day on MIL. Lots of average bluegill. Caught a couple of 8" fish, but most were the usual 6" bluegill. Hopefully the water will warm up soon to bring those big coppernose gills up. 

The good thing is that you were able to get out Steve...these nights in the 30s and 40s will hold things up a bit but keep your fingers crossed....Thanks for sharing your fishing report.....

Thanks Jeffrey. Was very greatful to get out on the water yesterday. With all that is going on right now, every day out fishing is a blessing. The weather will warm soon, so will the water. Really wish I had time to head your way, but that will have to wait for now. Will get there, maybe in the early fall.

Don't rule it out...we have very good Fall fishing here in Northeast N.C.......September and October still produce great Bluegill memories.....Only thing that potentially hurts us is a Tropical Storm or passing Hurricane which stirs up the low oxygen swamp waters....

Will be there Jeffrey!

Picked up a few gills Sunday in the Knobbs Creek section of the river.....The bigger gills were fond of the slow sinking live cricket approach......so I removed the split shot and sent the cricket out there in 4 to 6 feet of water to slowly sink out and get hammered at the three to four foot layer.....Caught these guys on my telescopic and had a blast.....Water temperatures dropped back in to the high 50s but just a few days in the 80s and milder nights will bring a jump in water temperatures and increased Bluegill activity....

It will be a few more weeks before I bull rush my North Carolina Bluegill waters but reports I'm reading have a lot of fluxuation in water temperatures still with nights dropping into the 40s.....That's still the dominant pattern through the ten day forecast....Getting a good soaker in most of the state today through Monday and winds will be tricky around these weather systems.....Good luck and I'll be updating as soon as I return from the other Carolina!

Yes it has been an up and down spring this year with the temperatures. Just woke up from an all night, 22 hour shift at the "light factory". It's a lght rain here today. Hopefully the weather will warm next week. Would really love to see the bluegill activity pick up. Was out last weekend. Bluegill fishing was very slow and scarce. Where are you at in the "old South State" Jeffrey? Send photos.    

All the pictures from the last couple weeks are in my album "South Carolina Outdoors" Steve.....Catching some fish but not a lot of bluegill yet......Mainly Fliers and Crappie......I'm down in the Low Country near Charleston.......Got a few more weeks before I can complete this work.....

Charleston is one of my favorite places to be. Love fishing the Edisto River at Jacksonboro. Low Country living is my favorite. Enjoy yourself down there Jeffrey.

Thanks for the interest in the group Jim Cross.....have you been fishing any this spring?......I know the weather has been a challenge at home almost the entire month of April......Good things lay ahead..

me and a friend went to the perquimans river near Hertford NC yesterday caught about a dozen on popping bugs and about 7 Bass on my friend Berle Wilson caught was 16" (bass) heading out again saturday hopefully.

Good Luck to you guys Jim.....I see some 90s for Elizabeth City later this week so that's promising.....Has the water been at good levels recently or down from the prevailing winds out of the north/northeast.......That's a nice stringer in your profile picture as well Jim.....

i think the water was 62,  the water was up, although i had never fished the perquimans so i dont know what is normal. we caught most of the fish in one area but then the wind picked up and got on my nerves.

Thanks for the information Jim....you're kind of exposed to the sound right there in Hertford when that wind comes up.....It is a pretty river holding some very good Coppernose though....I fish it roughly a dozen times a year.....Lots of nice Warmouth too for fly fishing.....Good luck when you guys get back out...... 

Lots of 90s in the triangle and coastal North Carolina today...Will the water warm up prior to the full moon this weekend?

Hoping to get in a couple hours tomorrow with the sons. Maybe we'll luck up and get in one of Jeffrey's honey holes while he's not in town! lol

Good luck Roy....I would love to hear about a great fishing trip for you guys....I'd like to be fishing the supermoon at home but I should be able to get a few hours down here this weekend so I'll make do....I refuse to complain while I'm fortunate enough to have  a great job....I'll see you guys soon.........

Getting excited about returning home this week....Long range forecast looks really good......I really like 80s during the day and 60s at night....really favorable conditions to get some stability with our water temperatures and very comfortable for the anglers.......I've had fun in South Carolina the last month but it's time to get serious back in the saddle of the old Ebbtide on the Northeast N.C. rivers........Need to do some scouting after all my dad and nephew will be here in a month! I'll be updating more frequently here as soon as I return to the Harbor of Hospitality. Good luck to all my North Carolina fishing buddies as we near the best Bluegill fishing of the year!

While most of North Carolina was under torrential rain and thunderstorms today, I snuck in some fishing in the extreme Northeastern corner and what a great day......Not only did I catch some really fine bluegills I caught my personal best Flier Sunfish today as well in the Upper Pasquotank River....I was using brown crickets that I purchased and black field crickets that I caught last night at dusk in my yard....Caught over 50 Coppernose with a big football 10 incher taking big fish honors today.....Water temperatures are in the low to mid 70s which is awesome for freshwater fishing of all kinds especially the beloved Coppernose......Weather appears to be impacting our state through mid week but hopefully that will mean a great weekend..........Good luck out there and be safe....It's good to be back home in the Tarheel State..... Enjoy fishing North Carolina Style!

Weather touch and go here in North Carolina again today....dropped the chance of rain down to 40% so that means there's a 60% chance that I'll get out for a few hours later provided no pop up t-storms are lurking.....

Got out for a few hours after work this afternoon despite scattered thunderstorms in the area.....Caught some nice fish on the Little River down in the Deep Creek section.....Water temperatures are in the high 70s and the water on the Northern Albermarle Sound is high from recent rains and prevailing winds......Had a handful of live Black Crickets left so I fished them and finished with the store bought variety....Lots of fun and some nice fish......Fish are bedding in these local rivers.......

Didn't get out to a little after 5:00 this afternoon.....Went down to a little Honey Hole I fish on the Yeopim River near Bethel, North Carolina...The winds were terrible behind the front from yesterday so I anchored periodically and covered an area thoroughly before relocating....Fish were in 3 to 5 feet of water around Bulkheads and Docks.....A pink Charlie Slider 1/32 ounce tipped with a live brown cricket was the ticket.....This river has more standard bluegill than most of the rivers in the Northeastern portion of the state which are dominated by Coppernose Gills.....Fished for 2 hours and caught 40 and I kept 20 for a fish fry tomorrow night with company.......Biggest Gills today were 9 to 10 inches and I caught several Largemouth and a couple Small Seeds......Water temperature was @ 72 degrees with air temps in the mid 70s and heavy overcast but finally no rain...Saturday doesn't look good in the coastal region so I'm going somewhere for a few hours tomorrow afternoon in case Saturday is a loss....I like what I'm seeing.....great fishing North Carolina Style!

Very Challenging conditions out on the Little River this afternoon with 20 plus knots of wind and gusting higher....Water temperatures in the low 70s but I did find a few nice gills shallow using the Bubble-Gum Charlie Bee Slider tipped with live crickets....Had a couple nice Crappie and a pretty Warmouth today as well....Water was pushed out about a foot from the prevailing winds.....Weekend doesn't look good for the coastal sections of the state....Good Luck to all of you Fishing North Carolina Style!

It's not even Hurricane Season yet......Really...Looks like a blow early next week friends!

Alberto is out of here....Time for everyone that wants to get out over the Memorial Day weekend to bring their plans together...despite an unstable week in the triangle and along the coast, it appears that we'll be blessed with some sesonable weather for the weekend that will make time on the water very rewarding.....May go over an anchor in the redneck yacht club on Winslow's Beach or I may just catch some gills, cook some steaks on the barbie and relax in the pool....Who knows, maybe some bolied crawfish or fried softshell crabs will work also....Whatever the case I'll be sure to remember those who have fought for freedom and wish you all a great weekend Fishing North Carolina Style......

What a great month May has been fishing in North Carolina. Every river I've been to this season has produced.......As always for me, the Pasquotank River rules! Took a friend Doc and his son Matt yeterday and we slammed multiple species......We actually fished through three different "toad stanglers" and wound up catching over 100 sunfish which included all three of our personal best Fliers. We had 9 Crappie, 2 Channel Cats, a Bullhead, a Bowfin and a Coontail......All four bass we caught were under 14 inches so they were returned for the good of the species.....What a great time and water temperatures are holding right in the peak range wtih no heat waves yet......Already have our second named storm in the Atlantic basin, this time Beryl is going to visit Georgia first and then shoot back up the coast.....hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come.....Happy Memorial Day Weekend to you all......Good Luck fishing North Carolina Style!

Very nice report and fish!

Are you going to develope a 'flier fryer'?

Just wonderin'...