Had the change to make a trip to Raleigh this weekend to fish with my
brother and 2 friends for striped bass on Kerr reservoir, which borders
VA and NC.
Overall, had a blast. We stayed in a nearly new cottage in a VA state
park that was as nice, and overlooked the lake. Fishing is either casting
when you find birds working the bait, or slow trolling minnows with an
electric motor. Not one to forget my great lakes roots, we ran small
inline boards with some success.
We had probably close to 40 bites, but as I learned, the catch ratio
is typically about 1 to 4, and we were worse than that. Did get 2 nice
ones, about 27" each. Also got a very white colored catfish that pushed 6 lbs or so.
The other nice thing was that as a border lake, you could buy either a VA or NC license, and it was good for the whole lake. Wouldn't that be
a great thing to have for us here on the Great Lakes?
John