Tar-Pam Guide Service

Great Spring Redfishing on the Pamlico River

Tar Pam Guide — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:59:46 +0000

An old friend of mine from the days at Oregon Inlet came fishing with me today and we found what we were looking for. Great action on the puppy and lower slot (18-20″) reds today. We found scattered fish just about everywhere we went but we were lucky enough to find the motherload and took advantage of it by throwing what they were eating. We did catch a few trout and flounder mixed in with the drum to complete our Pamlico slam! If you like catching redfish on light tackle, then give us a call and we can set you up with plenty of these light tackle brutes in one of the most beautiful and remote settings in Coastal North Carolina…………and you can catch them consistently on the fly, too!

We left em biting in Weldon!

Tar Pam Guide — Mon, 13 May 2013 01:32:49 +0000

“As good as it gets” would be an appropriate way to describe the fishing in Weldon right now. Despite the high, rising water, the fish have gathered for the spawn right where they should be. When we left Sat. afternoon, Weldon was just how everyone remembers it who has fished it when the rockfish population made their initial comeback back in the 90′s. We ended up with well over the triple digit mark just on my afternoon trip. The jig bite was crazy. My customer Rick caught 12 fish on 11 casts among many many more while his father live bait fished off the stern. We started out with 3 poles and quickly ended up with only 1. When you can only keep one pole in the water while live bait fishing, the bite is about as good as it gets. We had plenty of slot fish, too. (22-27″). What an awesome fishery!

The fish are starting to spawn. We saw hard spawning activity up and down the river in the early morning and late afternoon. They are ready to do what they cam there to do. Pretty neat to watch it and throw a topwater plug at em to disrupt their party. The crazy thing about the fishing now in Weldon is that there were only 3 boat trailers at the ramp when we got back. The fishing is as good as it gets up there! Fun stuff but after about a month long stint away from my wife Austin and son Tripp, I will be focusing my efforts on the speckled trout and puppy drum on the Pamlico River.

Some pics from the past few days:

The WRC biologists shock sampling in the Little River.

A blue heron overlooking us as we fish.

Capt. Rod Thomas in the background having a little fun!

A quality fish on the fly!

Roanoke River Striper Fishing Report

Tar Pam Guide — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:30:27 +0000

The striper fishing in Weldon has remained steady with 20-40 fish half day trips being the norm. Occasionally we will beat that mark when the artificial bite really fires off. We’ve been catching plenty of fish on fly, jigs, and topwater despite the water temps still hovering in the high 50′s and low 60′s. According to our fish biologists, the magic number for the spawn is 66, with most of the spawning activity occuring when the water temp is between 66 and 68 degrees F. Virtually none of the fish have spawned yet. Their bellys are still fat with roe and milt. As this cooler weather finally breaks and we get to start wearing shorts like we normally do this time of year, the fish are going to know it and start doing what they came to Weldon to do. I have a sneaking suspicion that the best of the fishing has yet to come.

As a result of the late spawn this year, we will be extending our Weldon season into late May. Here are my remaining open dates. Get you one before they are gone. If you have kids that you want to take fishing, there will not be any better time and place to put them on some steady action and great memories!

May 13-15, 18(pm), 21, 23, 28-30, 31(pm)

Just let me know if any of those work and we can hook you up. If the stripers leave before any of the above dates, we can always catch some speckles on the Pamlico.

Pamlico River Speckled Trout Fishing on UNC-TV’s NC Weekend

Tar Pam Guide — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:14:50 +0000

Watch Pamlico Fishing on PBS. See more from NC Weekend.

Tar-Pam Guide Service on UNC-TV’s NC Weekend May 2nd at 9 p.m.

Tar Pam Guide — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:08:45 +0000

Got this email from the producer announcing an upcoming segment about Inner Banks Fishing on UNC-TV’s NC Weekend.

FYI – I produced a feature segment on Tar-Pam Guide service that will premier on UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Weekend” show this Thursday night, May 2 at 9pm. The same episode repeats Friday night at 8:30pnm and Sat. at 10am. Both the entire episode and the individual segment will be posted on the NCW section at unctv.org

We shot the segment on April 7 with Captain Richard Andrews fishing Goose Creek and Broad Creek for speckled trout. In addition to being a “how to” segment, it also mentions all of the year-round fishing opportunities the area provides and mentions lodging and dining amenities in nearby Washington.

Clay

Steady Striper Action on the Roanoke in Weldon

Tar Pam Guide — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:55:07 +0000

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been “roughing it” up at the hunting club in Halifax without internet, so my correspondence lately has been limited to my smart phone. What a real bummer (not really).

Well……..I can’t ask for the fishing in Weldon to be any more consistent. We are having 20-50 fish half day trips with plenty of 20-22″ keepers mixed in. The keeper season is out now (sorry fish eaters) but the fishing is really firing off like it usually does the first week of May. We caught over 100 the day before yesterday and never put the first live bait in the water…………topwater plugs, corks, and soft plastics. Really fun stuff. None of the fish have yet to spawn, as water temps remain in the low 60′s. Everything is about a week late this year and the best has yet to come. I expect the fishing to remain excellent throughout mid to late May.

Here are my remaining open dates for the season in May:

May 6-7, 8(am), 12-15

Get in on some of this action before they do their thing and head back downriver!

Testimonial from some South Carolina anglers who made the trip up to fish the Roanoke River

Tar Pam Guide — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:21:29 +0000

Hello, Richard:

I just wanted to thank you for working so hard on what had to be the coldest spring day you or I have ever fished. I know you were freezing that day but you worked hard to find and put is on fish. I especially appreciate all the information you shared with Spike and me about catching spring stripers in the Roanoke River and taking us under your wing and giving us advice about where to fish each day. I don’t think you need to worry that either Spike or I will be competition to you in striper fishing. No matter how hard we worked we didn’t have the kind of success on our own that we had with you Monday. I would like to do it again someday but in warmer weather.

Below are the photos you took for us during our trip with you Monday. If you have any that you took I would appreciate a copy of them, too.

Thanks again for your hospitality, hard work and a fun trip.

Bill Rogers

The stripers are here!

Tar Pam Guide — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:00:36 +0000

The morning bite was a bit sluggish due to rising water which makes the fish more reluctant to bite. However, the shad bite helped add a little more action to a pretty morning. In the afternoon once the water stabilized, the bite fired off and we ended up with over 50 after 3:30. They are here and I’m pumped for whats to come.

The bite is on!

Tar Pam Guide — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:20:13 +0000

Great striper fishing on the Roanoke river in Weldon today!

The striper is bite good; the shad bite is ON FIRE!!

Tar Pam Guide — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:12:21 +0000