My wife wanted to take a little day trip to the Asheville area, so of course I had to bring a fishing rod. We left at 5am, arrived around 8. I brought her a chair and set her up on the bank. I fished a stream that was excellent in April though not so great today. Last time I fished here I caught an eastern slam, lost track of how many fish I caught, and landed a 22" brown.
Water levels were significantly lower (like almost 2 feet) and the water was much slower. It is a delayed harvest section also so I imagine it has been hit hard since June.
I got skunked on trout. Saw many fish feeding in the stream but upon closer inspection they were chubs. I caught one decent chub, and then doubled on a redeye bass and a juvenile bass of some sort. I'm not sure if it's a redeye or smallmouth. Kind of cool catching two fish at once.
We went to downtown Asheville afterwards, had some lunch and headed home. Fun day!
Posted: 22 Jul 2017, 14:26 • 
