2025 June Striper and Catfish Weekend
June 20-22, 2025 Kerr Lake State Recreation Area Henderson Point Campground - Area 1 Tent Site: 025 Arrival Date: Fri Jun 20 2025 Check-in Time: 3:00 PM Departure Date: Sun Jun 22 2025 Check-out Time: 12:00 PM June 20-22, 2025, Drew Blake spent the weekend with Monaca Gilmore, Anthony Torres, and Maurice Adams at Buggs Island Reservoir. Striped bass were targeted with live bait and deep water trolling techniques depending on conditions at the time. Live baiting will consisted of 6-8 rods rigged with modified Carolina Rigs topped off with herring fishing in depths from 10-40 feet deep. Live baiting utilized planer boards from AlphaBoardz. Deep Water Trolling consisted of 4 rods fished off of Cannon downriggers and 2 leadcore rods fishing at depths from 25-60 feet deep. While trolling a variety of lure combinations were used with the most common one being Alabama rigs topped with bucktails and Striper…