Spring Trout and Stripers

I know It has been quiet around here but its hard to stop fishing and start typing. Spring is here in Eastern NC and with that the speckled trout start leaving the backs of the creeks to make their way to open water. This is the time to catch your citation trout. You will find them from the mouth of the creeks to the backs. I suggest starting at the mouth with a probing bait like Berkley Gulp or a DOA shrimp on a rattling cork. Once you locate some trout you can keep after them with shrimp but the big trout put on calories with mullet and mud minnows. I move over to Mirrolure CMR-17 in white or Purple. These colors just came out this past Fall and have been on fire all winter. I have started moving all my reels over to Fin's Fishing Windtamer Braid. After fighting wind knots with all the other braids and some mono lines, Fin's Windtamer is the real deal. There is not a better braid on the market that I have used. Just so you know I am a Amatur Staffer for all these lines and baits. That means I walk in the store and lay down my hard earned money just like you. I have never received an endorsement or sponsorship from any of these manufactures. I use what I believe in not what is free!

Speaking of Spring the Striped Bass AKA Rock have been biting good as of March 30th, 2013. We got out on the Tar River in Greenville after a Easter Egg hunt in pursuit. It did not take long to start connecting on some Rapala X-Raps. Most ranged between 16 and 19 inches and all were released to fight another day. They did not seem real picky on the color as long as I was holding the rod. There is never a bad day on the river unless you are broke down or without a paddle.