Not too bad on Gaston

robertmee · 07-22-08, 04:51 PM

This was the largest LMB....Caught 4 in an hours time, paralleling docks with a silver crankbait.

bcklash · 07-22-08, 05:04 PM

nice fish

zooker · 07-22-08, 06:25 PM

on gaston docks are my last option..i rather hit the lizard creek and pea hill bridge rip rap..

zooker

robertmee · 07-22-08, 07:24 PM

My place is up at the Kerr Lake end near the steel bridge boat ramp, I'm fishing from a pontoon that does 10 knots in a 5 knot wind, so I prefer to fish instead of spending an hour to drive to fish

Hopefully, I'll be getting a faster boat in the coming weeks and can take advantage of more areas.

3dkicker · 07-23-08, 10:40 AM

It's nice to see that Gaston has returned to it's better days. When they destroyed the grass 10 years ago they destroyed the fishing. It was horrible what they did.

Nice fish.

robertmee · 07-23-08, 11:18 AM

Funny you should mention that....My full-time neighbor at Gaston was telling me about the severe level drop they did to kill the Hydrilla. I thought it was further back than 10 years, tho. In anycase, he was telling me that one of the corp guys found an Indian skeleton when they dropped the water, took it home and encased it in glass in his home. Talk about bad mojo!

3dkicker · 07-23-08, 08:13 PM

That might have been a little more recently. The time I'm talking about was when they sprayed it (around 97/98). They even held a BASS tournament on it and the local pro's talked about how bad the fishing was due to the spraying. Killed a lot of fish and the lake was tough for years until the grass started coming came back.

robertmee · 07-23-08, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 3dkicker

That might have been a little more recently. The time I'm talking about was when they sprayed it (around 97/98). They even held a BASS tournament on it and the local pro's talked about how bad the fishing was due to the spraying. Killed a lot of fish and the lake was tough for years until the grass started coming came back.

Ah....They still spray every year...The four counties contribute 500K with other monies coming elsewhere. I think I read the budget is 1.2M this year. BUT, there was an attempt back in the 80's I believe to do a mass kill by lowering the lake level 10'. Normal fluctuations of Gaston are +/- half foot. That's when the dude scarfed the skeleton

07-22-08, 04:51 PM	#1
robertmee BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 180	Not too bad on Gaston This was the largest LMB....Caught 4 in an hours time, paralleling docks with a silver crankbait.

07-22-08, 05:04 PM	#2
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	nice fish __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

07-22-08, 06:25 PM	#3
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	on gaston docks are my last option..i rather hit the lizard creek and pea hill bridge rip rap.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

07-23-08, 10:40 AM	#5
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	It's nice to see that Gaston has returned to it's better days. When they destroyed the grass 10 years ago they destroyed the fishing. It was horrible what they did. Nice fish. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

07-23-08, 08:13 PM	#7
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	That might have been a little more recently. The time I'm talking about was when they sprayed it (around 97/98). They even held a BASS tournament on it and the local pro's talked about how bad the fishing was due to the spraying. Killed a lot of fish and the lake was tough for years until the grass started coming came back. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

07-22-08, 07:24 PM	#4
robertmee BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 180	My place is up at the Kerr Lake end near the steel bridge boat ramp, I'm fishing from a pontoon that does 10 knots in a 5 knot wind, so I prefer to fish instead of spending an hour to drive to fish Hopefully, I'll be getting a faster boat in the coming weeks and can take advantage of more areas.

07-23-08, 11:18 AM	#6
robertmee BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 180	Funny you should mention that....My full-time neighbor at Gaston was telling me about the severe level drop they did to kill the Hydrilla. I thought it was further back than 10 years, tho. In anycase, he was telling me that one of the corp guys found an Indian skeleton when they dropped the water, took it home and encased it in glass in his home. Talk about bad mojo!

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