Great Winter Fun with the Stripers!

Alex and his mom Dale experienced a wonderful winter adventure while striper fishing on the lower Roanoke River today.   It was a rough start for me this morning.  I dumped about 20 gallons of hot water from my water heater on the boat to try to “de-ice”...

Roanoke River Shad Fishing Report

Shad fishing on the Roanoke River has been decent.  David Emmerling and I hit the Roanoke in Weldon this morning targeting hickory shad.  With the release more water from the dam, the water is high and the current is ripping.  Water temperature was 54 degrees. ...

Shad are here on the Roanoke River!

Capt. Clark Purvis, his 5 year old son John Clark, and I caught 40 or so shad in Weldon today. The water was as low as I’ve seen it in quite some time and also very clear. We were only on the water for 2 hours in the late afternoon. They were all hickories, and...