Went up to the Roanoke on Wednesday. Left the house around 5am and headed to Jordan to catch bait. Had to look a little for 'em, but finally got 2 bait tanks full and headed for Raleigh around 8am. Picked up father in law and was on the river and fishing by 10:45am. Had our limit by 1:30pm and fished till about 3pm. Thursday we were on the river around 8:30am and had our limit by 1:30pm again. Wednesday and Thursday the wind was absolutely terrible. I think it really hurt our catch rate. Went up river to the lakes and caught bait Thursday evening. They were scattered and hard to catch, but finally had about 4-5 dozen for Friday. Friday we were fishing by around 8:30am and had our limit by 11:30am. Fished till about 1:30pm and called it a day. Caught just over 90 fish in three days, with about 30 of them being "keeper" size. Biggest fish was 21 1/2". Caught 3 catfish that went about 1 1/2lbs. to 3lbs. Water temps hovered right around the 58-61 degree range. Didn't catch as many as last year, but still a good 3 days of fishing. Heading back up with a friend on Monday and hoping to fish till Thursday. Met Albiechaser at the ramp one morning, but didn't have time to chat with the line of trucks/boats behind us. Good luck to everyone heading up this week, hopefully the water temps. will jump on up and the fish will really turn on.
Mike

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