This is a state park in NC.... Jordan Lake State Park. And we have been camping there for a very long time. Generally this site is a nice one but we often bypass it in search of one closer to the main lake. 

I remember we camped on this pond several times in the past and fished it every time..... there has never been any fish in it as far as I can remember.  I think the turtles ate the fish.

I was kinda hoping the state would have stocked it with catfish or sun fish or big mouth bass but apparently not.  Standing along the shore..... looking into the water, usually you can see the fish, even if it's only the minnows..... but I didn't see anything. 

Next time.... no pond.... fish the lake. There are some trophy sized fish in the lake. 

You might consider PMing Daryl Crowley.  I believe he in an expert in that area.

I am big on fly fishing salt water.  Anything from Bonefish to reds to hopefully tarpon one day (the trophy saltwater fly).  

I have spinner stuff too, but love the 9' rods, the 1:1 gearing....

anybody tried fishing with spear or a bow? got to be fun..

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anybody tried fishing with spear or a bow? got to be fun..

Yup... as kids, we used to get our bows, grab some old arrows and head to the pond. We also did some bullfrog gigging like that.... you had to be very careful and quiet to sneak up on a big frog.....  Of course also, we did not have the fancy string attached to the bow so shooting at fish in deep water was a risky proposition because we lost a bunch of arrows that way. 

But hey...anything that involves fish, boats, bows and arrows and water and women has to be fun....right?  

I need to get me one of those fancy new bows...... they just look so cool.... all I ever used was a recurve.

Ahhhh  the Bow fishing is a BLAST!!!

Put a stabalizer on any compound bow and ya can mount a zebco 808 on it with some 400lb Fast Flight line and your off and huntin'

Woot Woot!!!

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Well I am about on info overload trying to study some of the technical threads going on trying to learn what Im doing.

Just so happens the Salmon and Steelheads are moving up the river by the house.

New to this type of fishing and gonna give my brain cell (Singular ) a break and go try and figure out these fish.

Great idea bud.

to be honest spear fishing is the most enjoyable for me and also more fair to the fish.
Let the chances be equal and give fish a chance to bite you back!

Here we have ladders at the dams for fish to swim up around the dams.  Once the water drops in temp to around 60 degrees they really start pushing up through it.

Heres a direct link to see whats on the cameras. (They update every 2 minutes)
http://www.michigandnr.com/fishcam/

We dont have to wonder when to go, just need to grab my coffee and get in the truck. Boat is always hooked up and ready.

oops

Salmon starting the run up the rivers here in Michigan  Woohoo