He measured a couple of length citation bass. Bobby said the male stripers are in the rivers, some as far up as Brookneal and Clover. Female stripers are also just starting to appear in the rivers. He said he has seen some spawned out crappie, but he is also seeing some that have not yet spawned. Bass are starting to bed, said Bobby Colston at the Tackle Box in Gaston.
Anglers are sight casting to bedding fish.
Crappie fishing in 8 to 12 feet of water on cover is excellent. In the Roanoke River at Weldon in N.C., the striper fishing is excellent, but the fish have been small. Bobby said they caught twenty-four to catch four keepers. Larger fish are reported to be moving up the river. Had it been caught before spawning it may have exceeded the current state record.