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Kerr Lake Striper & Catfish Weekend

Kerr Lake

KERR LAKE STRIPER & CATFISH WEEKEND Dates: July 12th - 14th Location: County Line Campground Address: 200 County Line Park Rd, Henderson, NC 27537 Sign Ups Close: Midnight June 1, 2024 Four Open Positions for Applicants Only.  Volunteers are not needed for this event. A minimum $35 donation will be required following selection to attend the event.  Event Description: Come join Drew Blake and Michael Fussell for a weekend of fishing on Kerr Lake/Buggs Island Reservoir.  Buggs Island consists of nearly 50,000 acres of surface water and 800 miles of shoreline.  Join us as we target two of the lakes well known fisheries (Striped Bass and Catfish).  Buggs Island is known to have two "schools" of stripers which is based on their original stocking locations.  One school ranges from Clarksville to the Ivy Hill area and "migrates" up the Dan River.  During spring, these stripers can be found in the…

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Kerr Lake Striper and Catfish Weekend

Kerr Lake Striper & Catfish Weekend Dates: May 31st - June 2nd Location: Henderson Point Campground Address: 1427 Rev Henderson Rd, Henderson, NC 27537 Sign Ups Close: Midnight April 1, 2024 Four Open Positions for Applicants Only.  Volunteers are not needed for this event. A minimum $35 donation will be required following selection to attend the event.  Event Description: Brian Harris (blinded veteran) and Monaca Gilmore (Mentor Program Coordinator) joined Drew Blake and Cam Patrick for a weekend of fishing on Kerr Lake/Buggs Island Reservoir.  Buggs Island consists of nearly 50,000 acres of surface water and 800 miles of shoreline.  Join us as we target two of the lakes well known fisheries (Striped Bass and Catfish).  Buggs Island is known to have two "schools" of stripers which is based on their original stocking locations.  One school ranges from Clarksville to the Ivy Hill area and "migrates" up the Dan River. …

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Kerr Lake Striper/Catfish

June 3rd- 4th, 2022   This event consisted of Drew Blake taking Chad Hooks and Billy Judson on an overnight striper fishing trip.  The trip started with the crew launching the 21' Sea Hunt BX21 from Ivy Hill Boat Ramp and finding a place to camp along the shore of Mill Creek.  Once camp was setup the crew set out to try some nighttime catfish jugging but was unsuccessful.  The crew jugged until 12 or 1:00 in the morning then decided to call it a night; however, morning came in only 3 short hours as they were up catching shad around 4:00am.  To catch bait the crew drifted the boat just offshore in around 30 foot of water and deployed spotlights over the side of the boat.  Within a hour bait fish could easily be seen swimming alongside the boat and with a few quick throws of his 8 foot…

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