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1 More Open Day for February and Looking to March Stripers & Shad

In case of any you have noticed, I love to fish a flowing river. Fishing for speckled trout, flounder, and redfish in the estuarine portion of our river during the warmer months is fun, but I really really love to float a river in the winter. Let’s get out on the water and catch some winter stripers and early spring shad on the Tar or Roanoke. I just bought a new old 19′ flatbottom skimmer and in the coming days I’ll be putting a new old 60 hp Yamaha 2 stoke that is begging to explore some skinnier water up the rivers. Let’s go catch some skinny water stripers, shad, and bounce that lower unit off some logs and sand bars for a true eastern North Carolina river adventure. We are having a relatively mild winter and enjoying the beautiful weather on the river every day.

Feb. 23 is my last opening for this month. Here are some openings for March: Mar. 6, 8-9, 13-16, 20-24, 27-30.

You can see why they are called Chain Pickerel
You can see why they are called Chain Pickerel

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Capt. Greg left his aquarium to catch some free rangers
Capt. Greg left his aquarium to catch some free rangers
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Alex with his first Roanoke striper……a nice specimen.

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Barr with his gameface
Barr with his gameface
Capt. Craig Price
Capt. Craig Price
Barefooted in February, although not too purdy.
Barefooted in February, although not too purdy.
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Nathan has blood in his eye.

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I’m not running but I’m not loafing either
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That’s pepper vinegar on the bottom of that plate……a staple for fried herring and eastern nc smoked pork. Herring Roe in the foreground. For fish shack enthusiasts, we don’t mind stopping at the Cypress Grill for a lunch break.