Hey y’all,

 

I’ll be visiting family over Christmas and New Years in NC but I do not plan on bringing my kayak and all my tackle with me. I will bring very minimal stuff on a flight and I don’t really plan on fishing too much. I’ll spend a lot of time hunting with family, but I know I’ll want to get out to a big lake 2-3 times and a family member might even join me. It’ll be a Jon Boat and no electronics for me. With this in mind, what lakes in NC in the Raleigh/Greensboro/Winston Salem/Yadkin River region would fish best shallow in the winter? Of course I’m from NC and I have several lakes in mind but to be honest a lot of my fishing in NC wasn’t on big lakes so I’m more of a newbie here. 

@Pat Brown come save me, lol

I'll take ya out in the Jon boat on the Greensboro area lakes if you get some free time!  Seems like there's lure savvy lunkers everywhere in the state to be honest with you.

4 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

I'll take ya out in the Jon boat on the Greensboro area lakes if you get some free time!  Seems like there's lure savvy lunkers everywhere in the state to be honest with you.

Well shucks Pat I can't say no to that, thank you very much for the offer! I hope you don't think that is what I was asking for. I just tagged you because I know you do well around NC and could maybe give me some tips. I'm pretty humbled! I will PM you as we get closer to the holidays if that works for you and we can try to coordinate something that wouldn't interfere with the family time. 

1 minute ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Well shucks Pat I can't say no to that, thank you very much for the offer! I hope you don't think that is what I was asking for. I just tagged you because I know you do well around NC and could maybe give me some tips. I'm pretty humbled! I will PM you as we get closer to the holidays if that works for you and we can try to coordinate something that wouldn't interfere with the family time. 

 

 

I do pretty good out of the back of the boat with my jigs and I'm happy to let you plug away at the front trying to figure out how to get them to bite while I laugh hysterically. 😉🦃

 

Gobble gobble

 

Looking forward to it!

I may be able to swing a trip with a Jon boat rental as well if schedules align. I have trolling motor we can use on it, you're also welcome to borrow the motor while you're in the area as I rarely use it now that I kayak most of the time. Shoot me a pm about dates you'll be here, etc. Tons of places in the area that rent Jon boats, probably 8 within 30 min of my house. 

 

You'll have to bring your own spinner baits, I don't have many 😎 . If it works out maybe you can show me what I've been missing on the spinner baits, I'm more of a jig guy especially in winter.