Moved back to the Bragg area and wow talk about a ghost town for bass fishing. I tried talking to a couple of old timers and some members of a local bass club and no luck(the bass club members were not the friendliest bunch). Anyone have any luck fishing this area or am I stuck having to drive decent distances to fish?

 

I use to do good on Bragg itself when I was stationed there in the late eighties. I road a bike to every lake and pond on post.

Every lake is over fished. I have been fishing a couple of old farm ponds I got permission for but they are getting kinda boring.

That place is a gold mine, for one its only an hour to harris/jordan if you want a big lake. But super clear ponds that are crawling with huge fish are literally all around that place. I am not going to hand you a golden ticket, but I will give you a place to start. Go to the wildlife center on post where you have to get your Ft. Bragg fishing license, and look at the fishing trophy book.

Oh I have no doubt that this area has good bass but Bragg is crazy over fished right now, all of the wardens I have talked to agree that people are catching less lunkers then ever before. 

I was hoping for places outside of bragg but you really gotta know people to get into some good farm ponds. I need to get a john boat this spring so I can hit up the back of rhodes pond.

I have pretty good things about Harris but never anything about Jordan, is it worth a trip out?

I caught my PB on Jordan. Definitely worth the trip. I'm stationed in lejeune so it was a drive for me but totally worth it.