Fowler Road (Big Branch) 5-10-26

 Last stop, on the way home from some early morning bank fishing... the Big Branch bridge on Fowler's Road. Boy, I gotta take the weed whacker here and clean up a bit. We were ready to go home and have breakfast, but had to stop for a minute and look. 

The water is LOW, this drought is hitting our area hard. Water flow / movement was very very slow, no side feeder creeks were running in. Almost stagnant... Beautiful place, not a bite on our bass rigs, but we didn't try hard, either. We'll be back...

Glory Road, 5-10-26

 After leaving the Airfield pond, Deb and I headed over to Glory Road. If you check out Glory Road in the "Fishing Hole Catches" part of the RH menu, you'll see the continual  deterioration of this spot since 2017. It was heavily damaged in 1996 during hurricane Fran, and the road was never reopened. In recent years, the bridge had given way and collapsed, but this is sometimes a good fishing spot. We're in a severe drought currently, so the water is low and flow is slow. 1 bite today, no catches here. To be fair, this location is usually mostly bluegill, and we were only bass fishing...

Airfield, 5/10/26

 Deb and I got up about 6:30 and headed to the Airfield pond to do a little bank fishing. The water level is low... We caught a bunch of little buck bass, maybe 1 yr old? She got 13 on a 4" senko, I got 5 on a 5". They clearly like the smaller bait. This pond has had issues... low water levels and due to being along side a rural road, poachers are fishing out the bluegill. This is part of a group of farm ponds, I think we're going to try and relocate some of these small bass to other ponds on the property that are more closely monitored. Anyway, a fun morning of fishing!

Kerr Lake, 5/3-5/26

 We got away for a short break at the lake. Temps are warming, but it's been very windy. Water temps are now around 65°f. Debbie was relaxing on the boat, and I was working on fishing gear. 

Kerr Lake, April 12-15 '26

 Wow... best lake trip this year, so far! The water temp isn't up to 'swimming temp' yet, but it was just over 70°F by noon on the 14th. We did a bit of fishing, hung out at a few beaches, got a good bit of riding in, and had the first grill cookout of the year. Yes!!! Here's a few pics and videos...

Stopped by Dad's old dock space and saw new owner moved a dock in with a top.

Wow, HUGE dock, here...

Sunrise...

Chilling, back at the dock...

BIG houseboat moored out by E dock...

Fresh salmon for dinner at the houseboat...

Debbie caught another catfish!

Fishing at sunset...

Another early morning dog walk...