@@joefish63 I normally launch at the Conley Creek Access or the Lakeside Park Access beside the Granite Falls Water Treatment Plant. In the fall and winter most stripers on the lake will be between the Conley Creek Access and the dam. Hope this helps, I usually start striper fishing about the first of October thru April and they are normally in that area of the lake. Hit me up about mid October and hopefully I’ll have a good idea what area of the lake they are in.
@@CUSTOMCALLS no I don’t troll much after about May. It should be good but they will be deeper. I stay off the lake once the wakeboard boats, pontoons, and jet skis get out. I usually start back around Labor Day and it’s good then even though the water is still warm.
Well, I see this video is already 3 years old. But for information purposes only for interested people. As for pole holders, Wilderness # 8023783 can be mounted in plenty good places if desired. Or there is Pelican #PS0649-3-00. Both I believe are angled. Or plenty of flush mount holders on the net or amazon. This is the beauty of not having already formed pole holders. You can put them where you want. Choice of angled or straight in one's. Most people have the rear milk crate with the holders mounted to it. I like to have 1 holder behind the seat left side, I keep my net there handy.
Hey, it's Jacob with the G3, thanks for the shoutout! I caught 1 crappie that afternoon, so not much to write home about, still a beautiful day on the water, pleasure running into ya' out there!
Thanks for the video. You did better than I did that day, I only caught one small bass on a spinner bait and it wasn't as big as the one you caught. Thanks for the chat, always good to talk to another fisherman.
The second video didn't post....just black screen for 45 minutes or so.... that's why they call it fishing instead of catching.... maybe I'll see you on kerr Scott one of these days....tight lines...
I do get to Kerr Scott on occasion if you see me out there stop and say hello. I'm not sure what happen on part two so I posted it as a separate video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BGfaiwoWRX8.html
my name is David Worley i lived in granite and fished it all my life they used to be 10 lbs bass in there till they drained it also my dad put strip bass in it
Right now most fish are below Castle Bridge, but that is changing rapidly as the weather warms up. The fish will scatter a bit more in the coming weeks. Stripers could be anywhere but will be close to the birds. Bass and Crappie will start moving in the creek channels staging for the spawn.
@@piedmontfishing824 thanks for the update! Hope to see you out there one of these days. I do a lot of hybrid fishing on lake Norman in my kayak and have been wanting to come to rhodhiss. Went out yesterday with not much luck with stripers but there was a ton of bait and birds flying around but nothing was taking the A-rig. Managed to get some crappie though.
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Nice setup! I live in mich and use my mk to troll on Lake Erie and st Clair. I would love to head south and fish for stripers and cats. Safe fishing brother.
Check Duke Energy’s website. They don’t list Rhodhiss but list Bridgewater which is upstream and Oxford which is downstream so 8 out of 10 times Rhodhiss will fall right in the middle of those two. It doesn’t always work but most of the time it will. Here is the website for Duke www.duke-energy.com/community/lakes/flow-releases
Hey! New subscriber here! In general this time if the year, do you focus on the lower end of the lake? or is it worth it trying to fish near the Castle Bridge landing? Thanks for the time!
Thanks for posting. Looks like you have found a great lure. About how deep are you trolling? Are you trolling the edge of the river channel? Thanks for any info.
I’m trolling around 15’ on two rods and about 10’ on the other two. I’m trolling the channel of the creeks I go back in and the channel and flats on the main channel. I kind of zigzag from the flat to the channel and back staying close to the channel ledge.
I enjoyed your video and sorry for the equipment failure. I don't believe going to the heavier tackle will affect your catch rate and it sure gives a measure of assurance. If you want to use small tackle get a pair of round nose pliers and stainless wire and bend your own, not hard to do. Go to a bigger size wire than those small ones are made of.
Thanks I appreciate the info. I think I will try this next spring for sure. If you took the back hook off the crankbait could you still get hook ups on the front hook? @@piedmontfishing824
@@williamdemay9446 probably not on the crank bait but when I use this method with swim baits for stripers 90% hit the back bait anyway so I might give it a shot.
Another very good video. I always enjoy your talks to explain the good bad and the ugly. If you tie your own crappy flies try one tied on a FLOATING jig head for the top lure. Wrap lead wire around the front hook of the bottom lure to make it sink at what ever speed you wish. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Glenn, I appreciate you watching and I will definitely try the floating jig head. I think this will be super deadly once I can work out the kinks.
I always enjoy your videos. Job well done. The lake just looked different on this video than your past videos. I thought you had a much better day than some of your other videos especially with the clear skies. I have had a lot of success with the Bumble Bee color Normans, but my favorite color is Lavender Shad. If being picky, I would rather you had fished the Baby N and the Deep Little N. Great video and keep up the good work.
Thanks Glenn, I might run those next week. This video I was upstream of Castle Bridge, on the other videos I was downstream of Castle Bridge closer to the dam and Water Treatment plants so thats probably why the water looked different. Thanks a bunch and I appreciate you watching the videos.
I enjoyed your video and wondered how those lures worked compared to a Shad Rap. The Walleye I have heard being caught out of Rhodhiss have come farther up the lake. James gets stocked with thousands each year.
Hey Gary... I'm going to Wilber this Friday for the first time so your video was perfect for me to learn from. I also have an Old Town kayak... the 136 Autopilot... new to me. I had a Hobie Outback before this one. How did you attach your rod holders to your seat? I like that setup! I live in the Tri-Cities area so if you ever head back to Wilbur or Watauga, let me know. I would love to meet up with you and learn from you. Jeff
Thanks, Jeff. I will definitely let you know when I’m up that way, I fish Boone a lot in the fall for stripers too. Those rod holders on my seat are just 1” rail mount adjustable rod holders clamped to the seat. You’ll have to angle them up a little but they should work.
I enjoyed your video very much. You seemed to have had a very good day. I haved fished that same stretch many times but never had that much success. Congratulations. I believe we met a few times at the WNC Muskie Club meetings in Asheville.
Yes it was Rhodhiss near the stink hole above Huffman Bridge. I do target Muskie on occasion but not very often. Muskie fishing will humble you real quick!
Thanks for the video and information. Heading up that way in a couple weeks. Is that high and tight an indication of time in the Marines? If so, Semper Fi!
Not a Marine former law enforcement. Two tips, this time of year the fish can usually be found within a mile or two of Rink Dam and check Duke Energies release schedule for Oxford Dam. If Duke isn’t releasing water it’s a little tougher to get them to bite. They will still bite but when they run water it can be awesome.
