This week was spring break and Grayson was on vacation at the beach. Poor Fletcher was left at home all by himself and had to pass time by fishing. I would fish at the Bermuda Run Golf Course, My Grandparents pond, and High Rock Lake. I would catch one fish at Bermuda Run on a good ole shaky head with a motor oil and chartreuse senko. It was a sunny day with little to no wind and the water was very dingy. At my grandparents pond I would catch all of my fish on a wacky rigged bubble gum pink zoom trick worm. I would catch 14 largemouth bass in a span of 3 hrs. The day was a little bit overcast and a slight drizzle of rain but overall a good day to catch fish. On Saturday of this week we would go trolling for crappie at High Rock Lake. Trolling is when you put lines out of the boat and slowly drag them along with the boat as you move. We would catch 22 crappie all on jig heads with an assortment of grub colors. We would come home and clean all of the fish and eat them later the next day for a delicious meal. That is all that we did over spring break and was overall a fun week of fishing.
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Today we fished ponds at Oak Valley on holes 6 and 7. The weather was mostly overcast with temperatures ranging from 62-71 degrees Fahrenheit. The water was dingy, and the water temperature was about 59-61 degrees. Since we have so much faith in finesse fishing and shaky heads, we tried them again. Fletcher caught 4 on a shaky head with a green pumpkin worm, and I lost 2 on a black worm and caught one on a green pumpkin worm with a chartreuse tail. As the sun went down and it started to get later, we moved on to the ponds on number 7. I decided I would try my luck with top water and threw a buzz bait (aka Hog Caller). I ended up losing 2 fish on it as well. The Oak Valley ponds seemed to be calming down and we weren't catching many fish anymore, so Fletcher got the idea of going to his grandparents' pond. Since his grandparents didn't live far, we packed up and headed that way just before dark. Once we got there, it was prime time for top water, so we tried to catch one on top water lures. I threw a poppin' pad crasher (a floating frog lure), and Fletcher threw a hula popper (resembles a frog also). I again lost 3 on the pad crasher, while Fletcher did catch one on his hula popper. Overall, the day was a success, and I can't wait to try it again. Fletcher also went to High Rock Lake on April 3rd, while I went to Kerr Scott. For information about these lakes, go to our notebook tab at the top of the page.
This weeks adventures were a little different. April 3rd Fletcher went crappie fishing at High Rock and I went bass fishing at Kerr Scott. Fletcher wasn't able to catch any crappie but he was able to learn the lake better for possible tournaments at High Rock. After a day like that, Fletcher said he about threw it all, his rods, tackle, and everything in the lake. He was very little aggravated. The water was extremely dingy with winds making the water choppy. The winds also made it harder to make accurate casts and hold the boat steady. Kerr Scott is a much smaller lake located in Wilksboro NC. This small mountain lake wasn't effected by the winds quite as bad as the flatter landscaped, larger body of water of High Rock and the surrounding area. I was able to catch 4 fish total. Two large mouth bass were caught on a black worm and shaky head in about 4 ft of water. While the other two were caught on a parakeet color crank bait in approximately 4-6 ft of water. All of the fish caught were off off a secondary point towards the middle of a creek. The water at Kerr Scott was much clearer and the mountainous terrain allowed some shelter from the wind. This information about fish habits in the spring at mountain lakes will help us in the upcoming tournament at Lake James.
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