Well, it’s the week before the MSC TX and so reports are scarce, but since none of this is going to matter due to the current weather conditions here’s the report …
We did real well in the Little Saluda on Sunday … We changed up our spread and so it took a little while to figure it all out … In the process we caught 11 Stripers ranging from 6 to 9 pounds and lost 5 while we were trying to figure out the new setup … We kept the fish alive in the live well culling them out as we went along and in the end released all but a couple to take home …
Fished Crystal yesterday and it was bad in the back of every cove/creek we went to … water was all muddy and several creeks were literally blocked up with floating debris … in many cases we saw whole sections of trees floating in the water … add to that the fact that fog was around all morning and it made for very treacherous conditions …
When we finally found a fishable spot we caught one 6.5 pounder but that was it … Moved to another spot and set out the spread and about 5 minutes into the pull it started thundering … After the 2nd round of thunder I checked the radar and it was already raining at the ramp we put in it … So we headed over to Dreher (getting completely soaked in the process) to wait out the squall lines …
So now we’re wet and it’s 44 degrees so we called it a day and went in …
So at the end of the day we have no usable intel and two more days of rain scheduled for this week … So in other words, it is exactly like every other TX we have prefished for … Great Day One - Sucky Day Two - and NOTHING usable for the next weekend …
Have a feeling we’re going to end up at the Gap fishing down rods for this one … 
… it’s my Wife’s fault we HAVE to fish !!!
2005 Sea Pro 2100cc / Yamaha 150hp 4-Stroke