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Hey man im arround the Charlotte Area in Matthews - Welcome to the site

Yea, I fish cat river quit often for the large catfish and sometimes catch bass - Head down Wilkenson rd, untill you go over the bridge headded to BEllmont, As soon as you come off the bridge there is a light with a little baitshop to the left called " Dales bait " take a left down there and take the first little side street you see follow it down and there is a boat ramp there although not much for parking. Once your in the water keep Dales on your left head about a mile or so down and look for a dock with a Blue Pontoon - Jump off the boat go to the door and pick me up.

Thanks. I Like to think im going slow ... I usualy reel in about 6 inches and count to 30. about a spin (of the handle) count to 30. 1revolution, 30, rev 30 etc... My worm stays on the bottom and have been trying with Gary Yamamoto Custom Bait, a 5in Senko is pretty large used with a 4/0 and a bullet weight. Or a 1/O or 2/O with a zoom cottoncandy Are these 1 and 2O too small? Should i start counting higher? Or Drink more beer between reelin in?

I have read numerous articles that state fall is the time for catching plenty of bass - large and small. If this is true why are all the fisheman I talk to saying its too cold for the fish to bite. We aren't catching much. Since fall hit I have caught just 1 - and fish Avidly on my comunity pond thru the week and "Francis J. Bettie Park's" large lake. (From Shore). Every article sugests spinner / crank baits and the few I try seem to get very little bites. My single Fall bass was caught on a Zoom Cotton Candy Texas Riged W/ a Red Glass bead. Is there any tricks that are garenteed to work in the Carolinas (As well as other places im sure) that somone could recomend? I use a cheeper Spinning reel (open end) as its all i can afford at the time (Will be updating after Xmas) with 8lb line. I have the basics for soft bait and am on a low budget at the time. Im not looking for BIG bass just Bass period. The Spillways and creeks are usualy where I go on the lake (No boats allowed) so its all from the shore I get a few bites but dont seem to land them (Posibly my 1 or 2/O hook??? ) Thanks for your time. - Confused Carolinian.

Hey man - I know a few carp tournies round the bellmont area pm for address cant remember on top of my head but will send email if intersted havent found any for bass yet heard Wiley has some in spring and summer. Keep me updated if you find one before me Headed up to try out your recomendation on the dam area this weekend

Hello fellow fisherman, I live in Matthews / Charlotte NC area and am looking for a club / few buddies to fish with to perhaps share info and tricks of the trade if anyone is arround this area or can recomend a good club to join id appriciate the information Thanks.

Hello everyone, Just joined Bassresource , great site! Im a 23 m who spends 90% of free time out on the lakes and ponds here arround Charlotte. Francis Batie and Squirrl Lake are my home ponds i spend a bit of time at but Lake Wiley and the Catawba are my weekend trips. If anyone is arround this area and looking for a buddy to fish with send a message im always looking for new places to fish.

Ok the rods seem a little easier to pick and comeby but back to the reel , how do you determin the geer ratio ? / Size reel Im assuming nothing small (Seems like there are alot of tiny reels) I like the one you picked out R.W. but they have a few diff ones listed what should i incorperate when picking?

My Pole i would spend about 30 - 50 (If that right less on pole more on reel???) I fish mostly small ponds and lakes but would like to start hitting some larger bodies soon. all from land right now trying to perfect that before i lookinto a johnboat. I dont want to go too high end so i can save some money for tackle and beer So no Ugly stick huh.. ok Thought that was kinda trendy.

After hours on end of reading about reels im still stuck as to which one would be best for me. I fish at least 4X a week and stay out all Weekend Bass fishing. I also am thinking about hunting carp and some large Catfish in the Catawba river here in North Carolina. While bass fishing i use mostly Soft bait, and am looking to expand out and try some other types of bait, can anyone recomend a new reel as mine was a handme down that is now worn out and breaking. its an openface with the bail wire (I dont know much on the names but am researching " Spinning?" ) Im a beginner but spend alot of time on the water and want to make sure the one i buy will be good for the next year or so. Budget would be arround 50 - 75 tops... A buddy reccomended the Uglystick pole and may buy one (Unless another is sugested). Any help would be appriciated

Well the same setup with a zoom cottoncandy worked again my 2nd one so far on this little pond - headded to Lake Wiley in NC today hopefully ill get somthing a bit bigger... Here is a pic of the one i got yesterday.

Thanks roadwarrior Although Wallmart didnt have the list you said would be a garentee to catch i used a cottoncandy zoom with a texas rig.... 10 min later a decent size bass with a whopping fight came out. Thanks for the advice...

I have a small comuntiy pond close by my house i fish quite often after work and have caught MANY of catfish but no one seems to know if there are bas in this pond. It has a small spillway (more of water run off) and is stocked with catfish (with a timed feeder) How can you tell if bass would be in this pond or not I get mixed answers when i ask the veterans of the pond some say there are bass and some say there arent. is there a way to tell?