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no gps If you don't have a handheld GPS but have a tach ,watch for other folks who are into fish .At a polite distance parallel them and try to figure the rpm or throttle setting that matches their speed. My old go to was having a rig I could run on a short line beside the boat to check for...

SWEET!!!! Hey Ron, Nice keep at them ,I'm fishing vicariously with you now. Great the spinner worked ,like I said let me know if you want something in a particular color. I know the fishing is tough from reports I've heard,that full moon always seems to work me over. I just finished wrapping a...

Sweet Ron looks like a nice fish dinner in the works,glad you're into them. I think Trolling NC is coming up this week ,so interested to see how he does. Have a safe trip.

If nothing else I may be able to get one more trolling rod built and make some spinners .I think I still have your address ,so I'll send you some. Good luck with your treatments and have a safe trip to Florida. Mark

Hey Ron Hey Ron ,Did you fish anymore after Wed?

TrollingNC Trolling would you happen to be a certain Mr. Kennon? If so I was wondering if you had a chance to get back up to the Mountains. I'm hoping to get great news at the Dr.on Wed or my 2016 Koke chasing may be Angler West shows on You tube. I had a great half day trip after rainbows to...

Out of commission Hey Ron ,I really would have loved to be out there today. It looks like I"m out of fishing commission for several weeks to a few months,so I may miss out on kokes this year. My truck is totaled and I have a fractured vertebrae in my lower back. Got wiped out three miles...

Ron ,How's it going? I've heard of some Nantahala rainbows better than 2 ft and over 6 lbs from some reputable sources. We've gotten a few around 19",our biggest was Will's 19.5' bow last year keep hoping for a monster.. Have you had any huge rainbows on? By the way thanks for the little river...

How's it going Smoky? We get some nice wild rainbows in just about every lake in the mountains. My best was a 21.5" 3lb 2oz native out of Calderwood. Mostly the wild fish will run 12"-20" and fight like crazy. There used to be a decent run coming out of Lake Lure up Broad River ,not sure...

Hi Doc, I Hear you. An early attempt to assess the success of the initial stockings concluded the effort was a failure. Obviously that was wrong ,but the pressure has increased tremendously. 7 or 8 years back we would make two or three trips a summer and would 7 to 14 a trip. It was an...

We were running it 20"-24"behind a Slingblade style dodger. The Dodger was one of the Hagen's blanks silver with scale pattern and green prism tape. If you hit Cheoah try running a cowbell with a half crawler way behind the boat. I tie a 12"-18" leader with a snelled octopus hook to the...

We had a fair day 4 kokes and a rainbow. My Grandson Will did the cranking in and did awesome on a 19.5" rainbow that fought like crazy.The kokes were around 10"-11" ,couldn't get the the bigger ones going. I put up pics if I can figure my new camera and computer out. It was cool we met some...

Planning a trip to Nantahala this weekend. Alex and me are hoping to get Will into some nice kokes, he did great with his first koke on our last trip,a 15"er. Aiming for some bigger ones this time.Also just finishing a 7'10" kokanee rod,can't wait to give it a workout. Ron I'll let you...

Nice Ron,I hope to get out in two weeks. We have a new Grandson Ronan James born 7/22.Man I am going to need a bigger boat. Good to see Doc Oc getting into some fish.

Nice one Ron,We are still waiting for the new Grandbaby. It will probably be mid August before I get out there. Keep at 'em.

We found them 30'-45' in Aug.At the upper end I've caught a few in colder months especially with moving water. On our spring trips the upper end would hit the low 70's with no water running, and we didn't get any trout. Down lake you can't really detect any current but the fish probably...

Dr. Oc, July can be iffy but rewarding. Cheoah has trout and musky . I haven't heard about any musky being caught but could be interesting. The upper end of Cheoah is fairly shallow with lots of sand bars the lower end is pushing 200' deep. A nice narrow lake with not much boat traffic. Our...

Nice spinners SuperD ! I really like those blades,did you paint them? Walleye are awesome eating,if one big enough to filet hits my boat deck it's in trouble.

Awesome Ron ,You are into them. I hope to get out in late July /early August. My new Grandson should be here just about anytime now. In a few years I am going to need a way bigger boat. Take Care

Ron ,Great to see you and talk fishing today.Looks like I should have hung around for supper. I dropped the heads off as I went back to work, and managed to miss the rain. Stay after the kokes, and keep us posted. Mark