Norman in review 12-30-13 - 1-10-14

Havent been reporting much. Been busy either working, or fishing during some prime cold water months! have had several consecutive trips out on norman the end of 2013 and front half of 2014. found a massive school of striper where we were having 15-20 fish mornings. problem is they were all "cookie cutter" striper 17-19 inch fish. probably the batch from the last mass stocking they had. were able to pick a few big ones out of them however.

Had a trip on a rainy and cold day 1-5 then on a overcastmorning/sunny afternoon on 1-6 and put an absolute hurting on some big fish. Didnt dare go once that cold snap hit hard until last Friday in the rain on 1-10 and again put a hurting on some fish. been a while since ive seen fish on top, birds working, massive schools of bait so thick you couldnt troll through them or else your lines would twist up after snagging shad. Best part of it was that we were the only brave soles out! around noon decided to play with some crappie and made one stop on my go to winter hole and jigged up 21 keepers in under 1 hr. biggest was 2.1, 1.8, 1.6 a few near a pound then several in the 9-10 inch class.

Lots of catch and release the last few trips, but some were freezer filling trips expecting several cookouts while the panthers made a playoff run! bummer!!

here are a handful of pics ive kept off my facebook for all the haters and PITA people lurking around......not in any particular order.

Cant catch them sitting on the couch whinning how cold it is ladies!!
Its time to start focusing on some slab cold water wylie crappie once this mud clears ;) :bash


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Thats a whopper 5 lb spotted bass in the pic with the crappie:

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Nice report, enjoyed it.

Nice job Pete, good report, you gotta share some love on those stripers.lol

I don't know a single person who consistently catches more fish on Norman than you do. I have been fishing it all of my life. You certainly have them figured out. Congratulations Pete. Great report and great eating.

Nice reports

congrats! you are the undisputed king on lake norman.

Looks like I got to get back to fishing Norman, before Pete catches them all! If I could just get away from them Murray striper!

Nice catch Pete,your photos show to much info.

"here are a handful of pics ive kept off my facebook for all the haters and PITA people lurking around" --> Just press that "Block" button on those haters. Thanks for the pics :cheers2

Great Catch! You must be Lake Norman's greatest striper fisherman!

Lookin' good there Pete!!
Mike

Take a kid outdoors!

Awesome!

Thx. Norman is a pattern lake and your likley to find the fish in the same places as the waters cold year end and year out.

And CBNC you might as well keep fishing murray. Know of a guy picking them off your marina ;)

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Originally Posted by pete

Thx. Norman is a pattern lake and your likley to find the fish in the same places as the waters cold year end and year out.

And CBNC you might as well keep fishing murray. Know of a guy picking them off your marina ;)

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That figures! I'll be there soon, its hard to leave them striper.