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TRIP RATES
Maximum of 4 people per trip
Yadkin River, High Rock lake, Tuckertown Lake, Badin Lake
$200 for 1 Person
$250 for 2 People
$300 for 3 People
$400 for 4 People
Other lake options available are Lake Jordan and Lake Norman: Rates are higher due to my extra travel distance and preparation expenses. Call 336-309-5900 and talk with Barbara about any of our trips we have available.
$300 for 1 Person
$400 for 2 People
$500 for 3 People
$600 for 4 People
All trips are full day, 8AM - 3PM or 6AM-1PM (summer only). Your trip time starts at lines in the water and ends with lines in the water. And time spent catching bait with a cast net or riding to the first fishing spot will not be deducted from your fishing time and your fishing trip ends on the water, not at the dock. If you are on a time limit schedule please let me know the morning of your trip so I won't keep you out too long, I try extremely hard to give you a full and honest day of fishing and catching!!!
We furnish all bait, tackle and equipment! You furnish what you want to eat and drink and your freshwater fishing license, which can be purchased at Walmart or on-line at ncwildlife.org. All fish caught within legal limits will belong to the anglers.
If you have questions, want additional information or to book a charter, please call Barbara at 336 309-5900. Please leave a message if no one answers since we sometimes fish areas with no service. Barbara will get back to you as soon as possible.
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Tuesday, 11-19-24
This morning we met up with Scotty Noah and Thomas Bosier from Thomasville, NC to fill their 60 quart cooler with some very nice slab crappies.
The bite for me was a little slower than yesterday but I finally put the game plan together and it was game on after that. Our next stop after the first couple stops was a good stop for us. Thomas even caught 5 in a row at one time as fast as he got one in another rod went down. Barbara and him were out of breath after that round was over. When we finally left to head to the Southmont wildlife boat ramp we had 55 big crappies, big enough to fill their 60 qt. Cooler, with ice to the top.
Another day of filling customers coolers to the top with enough crappies for several big fish frys. Thank you Scotty and Thomas for fishing with us, we had a great time and really enjoyed your conversation and company today. Thanks to everyone that follows us and reads our reports, you all are the best!!!
Till next time, God Bless You All.
Monday, 11-18-24
Today we went crappie fishing with Kenneth Nash, Felicia Nash, and Latoya Jean- Francois all from Walkertown, NC. Kenneth requested to catch big slabs and Barbara and I set out to make it happen for him. First stop first fish was a slab and Kenneth was on his way to having a day of showing the girls just how it's done.
Although the girls caught some nice crappies, it was definitely Kenneth's day to dominate the bite. We should of had over 100 fish today, but, it just wasn't in God's plan for us to catch that many as a lot of crappies were missed. But, everyone was very pleased with the 60 big crappies we put in the cooler.
Going to try it again tomorrow and will still be booking trips as long as the weather stays nice . Barbara and I both are at the age where keeping a heater on the ulterra trolling motor to keep it thawed out where it will not freeze up. That's just not any fun anymore!!!
If big slabs are your thing, it's that time of the year to fill up your freezer with some nice fillets. Give Barbara a call, text, or message @ 336-309-5900 to get on the books while it's still nice outside, and like always, you are guaranteed to catch plenty of fish or your trip is FREE!!! Oh yeah, the catfish bite has finally fired off since the water has cooled off some now and will continue to improve!!
Thanks for stopping by, till next time, God Bless You All!!
10-31-2024
Today we met Derek Prescott and Morgan Wagner, Midway, NC at the Wildlife Ramp in Southmont for a catfish charter. I tried to talk Butch out of going since his knee was hurting so bad, but Butch hates to disappoint his customers and feels it's his responsibility to take them fishing, especially if they have gotten off work to go.
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The weather started out nice and trolling live baits, chicken, cut brim, cut perch and cut crappies produced a 5-6 pound catfish that Morgan reeled in. After that the wind got up and the fish quit biting. After trolling and straight lining on top of catfish we could see below us, we called it a day around 3PM. Butch felt he had not given 100% so he waived the fee, No Fish, No Charge!
Taking some time off but may fish some intermittent Charters on warm days.
Until we post again stay safe, take care and God Bless all of you.
Call text message 336-309-5900 for Trip info
Wednesday, 10/30/2024
Today we met up with Mark and Whitley Carrigan and their son, Caleb from Hiddenite, NC
After traveling and sitting for a good distance, they were ready to catch some crappies. A front had gone through the night before and the bite had slowed down. Nevertheless after showing them the way we fish, It wasn't long before the fish started coming over the side. Caleb caught quite a few and some of them were big, but Whitley showed everyone how you got it done when she caught and landed her 1 pound 11 ounce crappie. Way to go Whitley!
Wit h a total of around 40 nice fish we called it a day. Thanks guys, hope you'll come see us again.
Was hoping Butch's gout was improving, but no it was getting worse. Hobbled home and went straight to bed. Maybe Thursday will be a better day
Monday 10-28-24
Picked up our group today at the Southmont wildlife boat ramp to go catch some crappies. They were long time friends and customers of Yeah Right Charters who were John Kirkpatrick from Concord, NC and Jesse Allison from Concord, NC. Also with them were two new guys they brought with them and they were Andra Ashby and Oscar Hopkins and they too were from Concord, NC.
It was obvious this morning that yesterday's cold front and rain had slowed the bite just a little, but, not enough to really make a big difference. The crappies had moved a little deeper from the shallower areas we had been catching them last week. We figured it out pretty quick and managed to fill their cooler to the top with some very nice crappies that totaled 60 along with a bonus channel catfish and some very nice white Perch.
Looking forward to our crappie trip tomorrow with some more great friends we have made this year through our Freshwater Fishing Charters. We always have the best fishermen and fisherwomen anyone could ask for. God has Blessed Barbara and I beyond our wildest dreams in our Charter Business from the coast to the piedmont and everywhere in between.
Thanks for coming by, leave us a "like" if you really like us, I know some don't but that's just life I guess!!!
Friday, 10-25-24
Today we met Brandon Martinez from Greensboro, NC at the Southmont wildlife boat ramp to get him some crappies for several family fish frys. Our 1st stop today was a good one as the fish were biting really good as they usually do this time of year.
Our best pattern today was suspended small schools of crappies hanging out on the main river channel drop offs. This tactic filled his fish box with 61 very nice crappies and a good blue catfish just the right size to make catfish nuggets. We didn't count the several smaller crappies and some Bream we kept for future catfish trips.
Another great day with a great guy doing what we like to do, catch fish and have fish frys with the family!!! You can do this too, just call, text, or message Barbara at 336-309-5900, she knows the in and outs to get you a trip lined up. You pay nothing to book, no hidden charges, EVER, Plus, we have an iron clad Guarantee ... NO FISH-NO PAY, it's just the way we do business putting you first, every time!!
Thanks everyone for stopping by, if you like what we do, please hit the "like" button to keep me inspired to continue these almost daily reports. I'm not getting old anymore, I've gotten old, it's a lot of work after a long day of fishing, but, if I know y'all like to read and enjoy them, I'll keep doing them.
Thanks to you all and till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Thursday, 10-24-24
This morning we met up with Darrell Freedle, Karen Freedle, Kyle Freedle from Lexington, NC and Amanda Reece from Winston Salem, NC. to go catch enough crappies for a very large fish fry. So, I found myself with a challenge to fill a 150 quart cooler with crappies. Now that's a big fish fry!!!!
Our 1st stop had us looking good on making this challenge a reality. Had I not had really good fishermen and fisherwomen on board it would have been a lot tougher to accomplish. We finally left and we then went to the main river channel on the rivers channel edge and worked the drop off and here we found school after school of big crappies cruising the 10 to 18 foot zone with decent numbers of suspended crappies.
We worked these patterns and when it was time to head in we had 110 nice fish plus a 5 pound catfish to round out today's catch. We met the challenge, filled the 150 quart cooler, and just had enough room for a good topping of ice to keep everything cold until ready to be cleaned.
It's always a great time when we have the opportunity to spend a day fishing with the Freedle family!!
Thanks to everyone that continues to support us and trust us to take you on your fishing trip. We know where we came from and know where we are heading and we are proud and honored to take you all with us, till next time, God Bless You All!!!
October 22, 2024
Picked up Jeff Miles from Stanfield, NC, Bryant Jones from Mt. Ulla, NC and Bob Christian from Mt. Pleasant, NC at the Southmont wildlife boat ramp to see if the crappies were still biting.
Our 1st stop was a good indication that they still were. We had them coming over the rails before we got the the 2nd line in. I was sitting at the helm keeping us anchored and I made the comment that it looked like the spot run on the pier from when I was a lot younger.
It was another great day of catching nice crappies on High Rock lake. The guys put 85 crappies in the cooler and when we off loaded the crappies we filled both their coolers.
Thanks for stopping by and till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Monday, 10-21-24
Was crappie fishing with Sam Crockett and his brother Chris Crockett from Waxhaw, NC and their nephew Eric Coffey from Mint Hill, NC. We caught crappies today just about every where we went but some places were better than others so we just kept baits in the water and placed at the depths they wanted to bite.
We all had a great time today catching fish and the comradery and laughs today were 1st class. We ended today's trip with 75 slabs in the cooler, most of today's catch was the biggest crappies we have caught all year and had to do a lot netting fish to prevent them from pulling the hook. The bite and quality of fish gets better everyday, sure hope it continues!!!
Back on High Rock lake again tomorrow after more crappies. Check back in tomorrow evening and see if the bite continues!!! Thanks for stopping by and if you like what we do be sure to give us a thumbs up. Till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Friday, 10-18-24
Barbara, Bubba, and I had the pleasure to spend the day fishing with Gary Coffee from Monroe, NC. Gary has become one of the good friends we have made through fishing after I retired from Saltwater fishing charters and moved back home to Lexington, NC to start running Freshwater Charters. The past 3 years has been a wild ride and a very humbling experience from all the friends we have made through Freshwater Fishing Charter trips.
Gary has retired now from the big rigs and has put the highway behind him so he can do more of what he wants to do when he wants to do it. And today he wanted to go with us and catch some crappies.
It was a very good laid back day fishing and conversation with Gary and when the clicker I made to count the fish every time the lid was closed with a fish going into the fish cooler said we had 95 very nice crappies in the box, we called it a day.
With the weather and water getting better everyday, I'm thinking the fishing will just get better the next several weeks. Most of the crappies today came from drop offs, submerged logs, and brush in 10 to 18 feet of water. If you get to go, stay safe, catch a bunch, and till next time, God Bless You All!!!!
Thursday, 10-17-24
Today was a special day for Barbara and I as we picked up our friend Charles Bennett from Lexington, NC and his daughter Dana Bennett from Lexington, NC and another daughter Gina Bennett from Gulf Port, Florida. All I can say it was just a fantastic trip.
Barbara and I had not seen Dana in nearly 50 years and it was our 1st time meeting Gina, and our friend Charles Bennett is always a pleasure to see anytime!!!
This was Dana's first time fishing and she is a natural, Gina and Dana caught fish all day today while Charles and myself about froze to death. When you reach your elder years and hit the lake on a 35 degree morning with a steady North wind, it's just cold on the old bones.
Really enjoyed reliving a lot of long ago memories, watching Dana become ecstatic every time she caught a fish and Gina was right there with her bringing them over the rails on the pontoon today just made mine and Barbara's day one of those days you just can't and don't want to ever forget!!! You guys were great and looking so forward to our next trip.
Thanks everyone for continuing to support us and trust Yeah Right Charters and Barbara and I to take y'all fishing. Till next time, God Bless You All.!!!
Wednesday, 10-16-24
Today we picked up James Keith Gibson from Ararat, NC and his good friend Albert "AL" March from Siloam, NC to look for biting crappies. Once more we had to fight the strong 20+,mph winds and that's normally pretty tough to do in a 24 foot pontoon boat, but, she's rigged to take windy days on head first.
I tried a couple deep areas first and got just the results I figured with the weather we've had the last few days, nothing wanted to bite deep for us!! So, we went shallow and there they were, and willing to bite in 12 to 14 feet of water. We were tight lining minnows about 1 1/2 feet off the bottom and most of the crappies just couldn't refuse our offerings today. We ended the day early and the guys took home 51 very nice crappies. We had a total catch of 60 crappies today but only kept the big ones to fillet and I kept 9 for catfish bait for future catfish trips.
Thanks Keith and AL it was a real pleasure fishing with you guys today, already looking forward to our next trip!!!
Thanks to all for liking what we do and continue to support us, we have the best fishermen and fisherwomen you could ever wish for!!!! We'll be back on High Rock lake again tomorrow after more crappies, check back in the evening for our reports and see how we do, Till next time, God Bless You All
Tuesday, 10-15-24
Today we pulled out from the Southmont wildlife boat ramp with a group that consisted of Kyle and Megan Freedle, Greg Lane and his son Cam Lane all from Lexington, NC.
I'll admit, I was a little concerned with the cold front that came through yesterday but once again just when you think you have the fish figured out, you have to start over again with your figuring !!!! I knew if I could find biting fish I had just the crew on board to put the plan into action and catch a bunch. I started out looking deep around 18 feet after the strong cold front went through and found a good number of crappies but they didn't want our offerings. I kept working our way up and found the crappies in 12 to 15 feet were interested so this was the depth I concentrated on and it was a good plan with the right fishermen and fisherwomen.
When we called it a day we had 70 nice crappies in the cooler for several upcoming fish frys in the near future. Back on High Rock lake again tomorrow on the hunt for more crappies. Thanks for coming by and if you like what we do we'd appreciate a thumbs up.....till next time, God Bless You All!!!
October 14, 2024
This morning we met up with Mark and Rikkinia Mullins from Charlotte, NC and Edna Green from Charleston, WV at the Southmont wildlife boat ramp to look for some biting crappies. The bite was slow and crappies were easy to find, but, biting crappies was quite a challenge with the cold front and howling winds made the pontoon a little harder to handle.
About all the crappies that would even look at a bait was 15 feet or less. Anything deeper, they just weren't interested. We didn't set the water on fire today but we finished the day with 26 nice crappies, lost a few nice fish right at the boat and the only catfish we hooked today got off right at the boat.
Well, tomorrow we will be on the tail of a strong cold front that went through and just a few days away from another big full moon. Hopefully, the wind won't howl tomorrow like it did today, and will let us stay on the drop off bite we found just about when the winds got pretty bad. The trolling motor held the 24' pontoon on the fish good, but, the wind was so strong we couldn't tell when we had a bite. Tomorrow's another day, let's just see how it goes!!
Thanks for stopping by, till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Wednesday, 9-25-24
We were able to get another trip in before the rains from the hurricane got to our area. So, we met Jim and Liz Patrick from Matthew's, NC at the Southmont wildlife boat ramp looking to get more crappies today.
It wasn't a fast and furious day for us but we had a steady pick at each place we went. Some places were better than others and the best bites came from spots close to the main river channel in 14 feet or less. We had some very nice fish and Liz caught a white bass that just barely missed the 15 inch size limit so we CPR and let it go to get bigger. Today's total catch was 70 crappies but we only kept 55 for some family fish frys!!!
Looks like things are going to be a challenge and touch and go after all this rain from the hurricane has finished falling. I'm quite sure the lakes are going to be a royal mess when all the water gets here and roads are going to be dangerous to travel at best. We have been told our house at the coast didn't flood from last week's coastal storm. Glad we bought on top of a hill, we didn't even flood when hurricane Floyd hit the area. But, roads are washed out and we can't even get there now!!!
Catfishing will most likely be good after all this rain. However, 99.999% of my trips are for crappies, now that's going to be a challenge at best!!!!
Everyone stay safe in the coming days and weeks until things get back to normal again. Thanks for coming by, we love you all, till next time, God Bless You All!!!!
Monday, 9-23-24
Today we picked up Tom Sharp from Lexington, NC at the Southmont wildlife boat ramp to go catch some crappies.
We have been finding the best bite on High Rock lake lately to be a shallow bite so I tried shallow again today first stop. Turned out our 1st stop would be the only stop we needed to do today. Tom stayed pretty busy and at 1:30PM we called it a wrap an hour and a half earlier than normal and Tom headed back to Thomasville, NC with his cooler filled to the top with 51 very nice crappies to be the guest of honor at several big fish frys!!!!
Thanks everyone for stopping by and know we appreciate you all...... till next time, God Bless You All!!!!
Sept 19, 2024
We picked up returning crappie fishermen and fisherwomen at the Southmont wildlife boat ramp to go catch some crappies. We were fishing with Keith and Myra Simpson from Leland, NC and Junior and Linda Loveday from Newport, TN.
I'll admit I was somewhat concerned about all the rains we have had but the abundance of rain had not gotten to High Rock lake yet but the water was rising and the flow from the dam was almost at 10,000cfs making the deep water bite slow. Plenty of fish on the livescope but they just weren't interested in our offerings. I finally gave up on the deep bite and moved to shallow water, 10 feet average, and on drop-offs on points leading to main channel. This was the denominator today.
This bite slowed on us too but not before we had placed 60 crappies in the cooler with various sizes of crappies and some were really nice slabs along with a good eating size catfish. We caught several Bass and smaller catfish that we released to get bigger. We also kept a few small crappies for some catfish bait and none of the small crappies and released fish were counted in our catch.
We will be back on High Rock lake chasing more crappies on Monday morning. I'm hoping the water isn't too muddy and high from all the rains, but, if they are, we'll do our best to figure out the bite once again. And as always, if we don't catch fish there will be NO CHARGE!!!!
Till next time, God Bless You All!!!!
09-13-2024
Today we left the Southmont wildlife boat ramp with the crew of Andrew, Matthew, and Joshua Kauffman from Salisbury, NC and also Billy Rollins from Salisbury, NC .
As it has Been all summer, the bite was different than yesterday and it presented it's own set of actions to get a working pattern to today's fish.
We kept at it and I took all the information we gained in a couple hours of crappie fishing to come up with a better plan of attack. The plan for today's catch was to find the crappies and just worry them until they bit our baits. Not exactly the best of plan options, but, it worked for today.
It allowed us to put 50 crappies, and some were really nice slabs, to fill their cooler to the top with just enough room for a thin layer of ice. Another great day, more great people, great fishermen, and loads of laughs and fun today doing what we all love to do, catch crappies. Doesn't get any better than this!!!
Till next time, God Bless You All!!!
09-12-2024
First I want to thank my partner in life and business for filling in for me last night by doing the fishing report for me while I replaced the belt and rebuilt the trim module so we could fish today. Had everything going by midnight!!
This morning we took the pontoon boat to Tamarac Marina to pick up a couple regulars that fish with us quite often now. We had the crew of Russ Ammen from Boiling Springs, SC and Larry Woods from Eden, NC onboard looking for crappies.
The bite today was slower than yesterday when we started but the quality of the fish was better than yesterday. We fished several places today and after fishing several on Rowan county side and Davidson County side I made a decision to go back to the one that had produced the best so around 1PM we anchored up on this structure on a point that dropped into the main channel. It proved to be a good decision. We ended the trip and the majority of the 45 crappies we had were quality fish.
If it doesn't rain us out in the morning we'll be back on High Rock lake again tomorrow chasing more crappies. Check back tomorrow evening and see if the bite continues. Thanks to all that stop by and till next time God Bless You All!!!
9-11-2024
This is Barbara Foster. Capt Butch is busy getting ready for tomorrow's trip so I'm going to attempt to write today's report. He may change it later but that's a OK with me!
Today we met up with an Oak Island friend, Mike Martin and two of his life long childhood friends, Keith Carpenter, Traphill, NC and Billy Buchanan, Stanley. NC.
Capt Butch decided to start off where we left fish biting yesterday in hopes they would be there again today. Thank the Good Lord they were and since Mike and Billy had been with us before and knew how we fished, they started putting fish in the boat almost immediately. After showing Keith our technique, it wasn't long before he joined in the catching . After moving around several times they ended the day with 75 fish for several fish frys.
It was great getting to know each guy better and to hear of their adventures from youth to now, some together some with other friends and family. Thanks guys for sharing your day with us.
Headed out in the morning with another group of good friends we have made through fishing adventures with us. Thanks to everyone who has gone fishing with us or followed us on Facebook.
As of now we are booked through Nov.1st which will tentatively finish our 2024 season. If nothing happens we will start up again mid March. Everything depends on the weather. I am making a cancelation list for the remainder of the season and if the weather stays warm we may go beyond Nov. 1st. Just text me at 336-309-5900 if you want your name on this list.
I am also starting to book next year, so if you want to go fishing with us, get in touch with me as soon as you know the date so I can get you in the book.
Until tomorrow Capt Butch and I pray you have a restful evening and God Bless you all!!
09-10-2024
Hit the water wide open this morning with 4 guys that came from all over the state of NC to fish for crappies today on High Rock lake. They were Jimmy Oliver from Charlotte, NC Jerel Reavis from Oak Island, NC Johnny McQuay from Charlotte, NC and Brooks Ferguson from Statesville, NC
A couple stops I thought would be good one's proved me wrong, I was disappointed in these places, so, after a fair amount of time for the crappies to decide if they wanted to ride on the Yeah Right Charters pontoon I accepted the fact they didn't want to. So, we made a run to one of my favorite places and this one and one more was all it took today to put around 80 very nice crappies in the cooler to head back to Oak Island, NC, Charlotte, NC, and Statesville, NC for some very tasty fish frys.
Great to be back 100% on the water today and getting caught back up on everything. When the Covid hit last week, it was the only time in my entire 40+,years of chartering that a trip was missed because I personally couldn't make it, but, I just couldn't do it!!! Sure hated to ruin my perfect record, but, something finally stopped me long enough to make it happen, and I really was sorry it happened!!!
Back on High Rock lake again tomorrow with a couple friends from Oak Island, NC Mike and Capt. Vanessa Martin, Mike fished with us back in the spring but I haven't seen Capt. Vanessa in a long time, really looking forward to this trip, good times and good memories from good people will definately be some of tomorrow's conversations. Thanks for stopping by, Till next time, God Bless You All!!!!
Tuesday, 9-3-24
This morning I seen the weather/wind forecast for today and it was saying NE winds 10 to 15 gusting to 20. That's a little tough in a 24' pontoon boat so Barbara gave them a call but they wanted to go anyway. Okay, I'll do my best, but, it's going to be quite a challenge. So, we met Jay Blanche from Charlotte, NC; Tony Holland from Charlotte, NC; Vernel Walker from Rockledge, FL and James Cromarlie from Stallings, NC at the Southmont wildlife boat ramp and headed out to find biting crappies.
After we hit several places and around 10:30 AM we only had one fish in the cooler and I was starting to think maybe I should have called them instead of Barbara. Oh well, we're here, let's get the search on. Found plenty of crappies on the livescope but they just wouldn't bite, anything!!! We were fishing deep water in the 18+ foot deep range and the crappies didn't want to cooperate at all. It was now around 1PM and we still had one crappie to show for 5 hours fishing.
We were starting to go to another place when I remembered a brush pile near the bank in about 14 feet of water, I told the guys I want to check out this one before we left this area. Like I've always said, never give up and keep on searching. In just a matter of minutes after we started fishing this structure we could barely keep the lines in the water, everyone was catching crappies as fast as they could. This went on long enough that when the time for the trip was up at 3PM we had put 64 crappies in the cooler with the one we had rode around all morning making it 65 crappies and a bonus catfish.
Thanks guys for choosing Yeah Right Charters for your fishing trip. I hope we met your every expectation today and possibly exceeded your expectations. Back on High Rock lake again tomorrow for more crappies. Hope the biting one's are a little easier to find!!
Thanks for stopping by and till next time, God Bless You All!!!!
Saturday, 8-31-24
First, let me clarify why we went fishing Saturday, after turning down others. We had fished on several Saturday's several months ago and after having 5 very close calls from boaters not paying attention, like the last one that caused us to make the decision not to do weekends anymore that came very close to getting him killed when he almost drove his bass boat directly under the very center of our pontoon but we all finally got his attention after waving, screaming, and horn blowing just in time to get him to turn at the last second to just barely miss taking out our trolling motor and losing his head from going under dead center of our pontoon boat that sits high enough off the water to have "swallowed" him and his bass boat. His reply to us was, and I quote, "man I'm sorry, I didn't see you, I was watching the football game". Still trembling and in some what a state of shock, Barbara and I looked at each other and at the same time, said, that's it, no more weekends, a fish ain't worth what the liability we would be responsible for since we come under Maritime federal law because we are a USCG Licensed Charter Boat!!!
However, we are very carefully honoring the trips we had booked before this incident and are very cautiously staying away from the crowds!!! Now hopefully you understand when we tell you who to call for your weekend trips, thank for understanding and be safe on the water, tragedy can happen in the blink of an eye, and a, fish ain't worth the risk to us and our valued fishermen!!
Okay, here's the way our trip went today up in the shallows of a silting in river away from the holiday Saturday of boats. We were fishing with Billy Lawrence and his nephews Montrel Dunbar, Sal Castaneda and these 3 were from Clayton, NC and AJ Jackson was from Greenville, NC.
Since I've already written so much I'm just going to put it short and truthfully how it really happened in layman's terms. We dragged cut Bream, shad, cut crappie, (the Bream and crappies were caught on hook and line, so they were legal baits) chicken, and cut perch until I was starting to think we were going to go fishless today. But, finally we had a good takedown on the reel deel MH catfish rod on cut crappie and we were hooked up. The fish was putting up a good fight and Sal was working him very skillfully to the boat and just barely out of nets reach, the hook pulled and just like that, he was gone!!
I immediately switched 7 of the 10 rods to cut cut crappie and with that move we ended the day a little early after putting 3 more good eating size blue and channel catfish in the boat. It was a tough day to get bites today, but, I've had worse days catfishing so I'll just thank God for his Blessings today and Thank you Billy for your continued support and for choosing Yeah Right Charters for your fishing trips. Looking forward to seeing you again November 1st. Stay safe on the road my friend.
Thank you all that stop by, let us know if you like what and how we do things and till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Friday, 8-30-24
Once again we were on High Rock lake with some of our long time returning fishermen chasing crappies. The group was made up with T. Gregory from Stoval, NC. Robert Bullock from Durham, NC. Link Gregory from Henderson, NC., and Michael Faison from Durham, NC.
We started our search today on the Rowan county side of the lake and our 1st stop looked like it was going to be a good stop. But, the bite dwindled away after a bit and we moved to a drop-off that had done good for us in the recent past. This only produced one crappie. We moved down stream to 2 new brush I located recently with very little success. We left these and moved to a couple more on the Rowan county side and when we left those we had about 28 crappies in the cooler. Time to cross the lake to the Davidson County side.
Here we started on a place we have named 15 Mile rock, from an area I used to fish at the coast when I did offshore saltwater Charters at Southport/Oak Island, NC for many years. The bite here was very slow so we moved to another place, ditto for here as well. I went to another spot Barbara and I named D's place a few years ago and after looking at it on the livescope and the school of crappies weren't as tightly schooled as they had been everywhere else and were moving quite a lot. I told everyone " this is what I been looking for, this is the place". We got set up and the games began as the guys were putting them over the side of the 24' pontoon.
The weather was hot, the bite here was hot enough that the trip was called early with 70 crappies to head home with for fish frys. All it takes is that one place, never give up, and don't take "no" for an answer.
Thanks for stopping by. We love you all, and till next time, God Bless You All!!!!
Tuesday,8-27-24
Today we took Eddie Robinson and Emanual Cheek from Charlotte, NC crappie catching. Thank goodness the weather wasn't as hot as the crappie bite today, but, it was a warm one coming on the heels of last week's cool front. I'm definitely ready for fall weather, how about you!!!
Our 1st stop was a good one, the bite started off pretty quick after lines in and stayed pretty steady for a good bit and tapered off after we had put 30+ crappies in the cooler. I then decided to make a run to an area that usually holds big crappies. But today they were a mixture of different sizes like our first stop.
We added 20 more fish to the cooler and at 1PM, 2 hours short of quitting time, Eddie and Manual said the 51 crappies in the cooler was all they wanted and it was time to head back to Tamarac Marina for some lunch.
Great time today fishing with a couple of great guys.
I'm noticing Cube Hydro, who owns High Rock lake dam has been letting the water stay stable the last few days, this can definitely improve the Crappie bite, let's hope they can continue this trend a while.
Weather permitting, I'm going to be catfishing tomorrow. Hope they bite just half as good as the crappies did today. But, if they want to bite as good as the crappies, I'll definitely thank God and not complain one bit!! Unless we have a cancelation we are booked solid for the remaining season, but give us a call anyway, sometimes we have a day open due to a cancelation and no one on our cancelation waiting list can make it. So, you never know!!,
Want to give a BIG THANK YOU to everyone that continues to support and believe in Barbara, Bubba, myself, and Yeah Right Charters, we strive to under promise and over deliver on your fishing trips!! We surely hope we have met and possibly exceeded your every expectation on your fishing trips!! If you are ever unhappy with your trip please tell us and give us a chance to make it better, if you like what we do and how we do it, please tell others!! If you get to go fishing, be safe and considerate of your fellow boaters and fishermen and fisherwomen.
Till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Friday 8-23-24
Today we went back to High Rock lake to see if we could coax the crappies to bite once more. They have been a little stubborn lately but we stayed on the move and managed to put together a decent catch today for Gene Stratton from Lexington, NC and his Grandson Adam Miller from Trinity, NC.
I kept showing the guys all the fish on livescope, but, with the full moon and the constant fluctuating water conditions made it quite interesting to say the least. I finally hit on the best pattern for today's bite and Adam put on a seminar for a while and later on Grandpa Gene was closing in fast. They got 30 crappies and a bonus catfish today and the call was made to cut the trip short so Adam could get to work in Trinity on time without having to speed. Great call Adam, he's a fine and responsible young man and I know Grandpa Gene is proud of him and he should be!!
Thanks guys for choosing Yeah Right Charters for your Freshwater Fishing trip. We hope we met and possibly exceeded your every expectation. Till next time, God Bless You All!!!
P.S. Barbara just told me she had 2 days open next week, and 1 day open in the last week of October and November 1st, and that's a done deal!!!
Thursday, 8-22-24
Yes, I'm behind on reports again and I'm sorry about that, but, when you're 73 and your day starts, at 4AM and you finally get all the daily phone messages, text messages, emails, trips booked, and reports done it's somewhere between 10 and 11PM and you have to do it all over again in 5 hours works on a wore out body, but, I couldn't see us doing anything else, just be careful what you wish for though, it just might not be as glamorous as it looks when on the outside looking in and your wish could come true.
Today myself, Barbara and Bubba took Derek Prescott from Midway, NC catfishing on High Rock lake after a big catfish. We picked him up a Tamarac Marina and ran ran up the river to an area that seldom ever let's us down . We'll, it kinda did today. What I mean by that is we had a reel deel m/h rod go down and the 10,000CL ambassadors carbon graphite drag washers took a burning as the fish was pulling drag hard and fast. Derek got the fish stopped and turned and heading to the boat and the hook just pulled. It was fighting so hard I thought the line had broke, nope, just came unhooked!! Well you know after that I stayed a little longer than I should have but nothing else ever happened in a reasonable amount of time so I finally threw in the towel on this spot.
After coming back down the river I tried a place my buddy Marc told me to try, he did really well there yesterday. Unfortunately, today was a different day and I was watching the 93SV and noticed the fish were scattered worse than normal so we switched up and started dragging. After I pulled the baits in this area really good I decided to move on down the lake a little farther to the mouth of Dutch 2nd creek and started marking lots of bait, which is good, but the fish I was marking around the bait seemed to be pretty dormant.
In this area we got another hard take down only to pull our hook again after a very short fight. I stayed in the area and God knew by this time how bad I wanted to get Derek a nice Catfish. When we had about an hour to go left on our trip, the M/H Reel Deel Rod doubled over and the 10/0 circle hook did it's job and this fish made it to the net.
We got the fish in the boat and the scales was showing 36lb 2oz. Derek fishes High Rock lake often and I was very happy to have been able to get this big blue catfish for him especially when he told me this fish was his High Rock Lake catfish PB!!! Perseverance and determination sometimes pays off, but, I'll admit I thought about throwing in the towel several times today, never mentioned it, so I never gave up and never stopped working hard to achieve what we did today and the smile on Derek's face made it all worthwhile. Thanks Derek for allowing me to make my day by making your day with your High Rock lake PB Blue Catfish that you caught, weighed, and released to let someone else make their dream come true as well.
OK, crappies, we're going to be after you again in the morning. Just stop on by tomorrow evening and hopefully I'll get it posted before too late. Thanks to all for stopping , Till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Tuesday, 8-20-24
What can I say except my ribs are sore from laughing so much today. This is just one of the many reasons we do what we do, we absoutely love our people that fish with us and today we had the crew of Melvin Lee from Lexington, NC, Daniel Mast from Olin, NC. Joe Gingerich from Mocksville, NC and Jed Eaton from Mocksville, NC.
Our goal today was to fill the cooler with crappies and with the great fishing ability from all these guys they made my job much easier. I was afraid the super full moon might have a negative effect on our catching but I was wrong. If it did anything it helped the bite.
They brought a big cooler today and with the 75 crappies they brought over the sides of the 24' pontoon we just about filled it up. Barbara, Bubba, and Myself are looking forward to our next trip in the near future if we still have any days left open in October. I know September is booked solid, and, last time I looked, October was just about filled solid, and several on our waiting list in case of a cancelation. Barbara handles all that part of the business, so, I don't know that information completely, but giving her a call, Text, or message @ 336-309-5900 can get you any and all information on our trips and availability.
Back on High Rock lake again tomorrow chasing more crappies. Can we continue our catching streak, I don't know but I do know I'm going to try my very best. Stop by tomorrow evening and see how it goes.
Guys we had a blast, appreciate y'all choosing us again for your fishing trip. Hope we met and possibly exceeded your every expectation. Till next time, be safe, and God Bless you All!!!!
Monday 8-19-24
Today Barbara, Bubba and I met up with Sam Crockett and his brother Chris Crockett who are long time friends and customers of Yeah Right Freshwater Charters. Our mission today was to fill the cooler with nice crappies because Sam had run out and needed to restock his freezer.
We didn't hit any barn burner holes today but we steady picked at the crappies between the slow biters. These guys have become very good crappie fishermen and excellent catfishermen catching nice Catfish on real lite tackle.
We ended the day with 40 very nice crappies and a couple bonus catfish for our efforts. The crappie fishing is always a blast when these 2 come up from Waxhaw, NC to fish with us. Barbara, Bubba, and I are already getting excited about our next trip. Just great and fun folks to fish with, just like so many of our clients.
Back on High Rock lake again in the morning and I'm pretty sure Barbara said crappies again. We'll do our best to get you fish and, should I fall short of that mission, it's all at no cost to you...yep, no fish-no pay guarantee!! Just one of the many extra benefits you get from Barbara, Bubba, and I at Yeah Right Freshwater Fishing Charters!!! We pride ourselves in "under promise and over deliver" results!!!
Thanks to everyone for coming by and reading and supporting what we do. If you like us just please touch that button. Till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Friday, 8-16-24
Today we were fishing some locals, Bain Bennett and his Grandpa Charles Bennett and both are from Lexington, NC. We have known the Bennett's a long time and they are very fine folks.
I took what I learned on Thursday and ditched the Flat Swamp and went to the main lake, even though it's prettier water than the main lake, apparently the crappies like it better, or, I looked at water flows at Cube Hydro site and seen where the lake level had held pretty close to the same in the last 24 hours and that could possibly been the difference. Which ever it was, 1st line in and Bain was hooked up on a nice crappie. This went on all day with catching more here, less there, and none at others. You know, fishing!!!
Well, the fishing was turning into a nice catching trip with Bain and Charles putting 40 very nice crappies in the cooler. It was a hot day with very little wind but we got the job done even though there were a lot of crappies that got off, didn't commit, or just bit and missed the hook. It just wasn't their day to go join the fish fry that's going to be had now.
Thanks guys for choosing Yeah Right Charters for your Freshwater Fishing trip and we are already looking forward to our next trip in October!!!
Till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Thursday, 8-15-24
It was a tough day to find biting crappies today, but, determination and constant searching got us enough to make it worthwhile.
We were fishing again with some some fine folks who were Russ Ammen from Boiling Springs, SC. and Larry Woods from Eden,NC. I figured Flat Swamp would be better than the main lake since it has been much dirtier and muddier than Flat Swamp, well, I was wrong. The bite there really had me scratching my head. The fish were plentiful on the live scope, but, just didn't want to bite. Only thing I can contribute it to is the continuious rising and falling of the water in High Rock lake this summer.
We ended up with 23 crappies and had 4 good eating size catfish. That's a good day of fishing, but, if you know me then you know I don't want my fishermen to have a good day of fishing, I want them to have a GREAT DAY OF CATCHING!!!
Thanks guys for continuing with your support by fishing with us, God has always put the best fisherwomen and fishermen on our boats!!!
Till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Wednesday, 8-14-24
Barbara, Bubba, and myself have been slow on reports because of the weather. Finally, the weather has calmed down somehow and tropical storms have passed for now with all the rains and flooding. But, today we got a good weather window and we hit the main lake out of Southmont boat ramp to look for crappies with Eric Allen and his son's Wesley and Cash from the Tyro, NC area.
We started off on one of our best places and the livescope lit up but the crappies weren't interested in our offerings. We made several moves and picked up a couple here and there but not what we were looking for so we decided to try some catfishing for a bit.
Was really wishing I was more upriver than the main lake but you never know, but just as I was thinking I believe we were a little late on the lake bite. We dragged at 0.04 or less with cut shad, cut Bream, butterflied shad and Bream, chicken, cut and butterflied Perch, snails, and the 2 hours I wasted on this never got us a bite and we were where we had been doing decent lately until all this extra water came down river!! Wish I would have had time to go up river, I know it's better up there right now and would have probably gave the Reel Deel Catfish Rods a good workout!!
With not much time left, I told Eric I have a place that holds lots of crappies but it can be hit and miss. But, when they are there it can sometimes be pure chaos. So we got all the catfish gear in and with little time to spare we took off to what we call " the hang up hole". Those of you that have fished here when it's right, then you know what I mean. We got there and dropped one line in and had a fish on before we could get a 2nd rod in. It wasn't chaos, but, it was good enough for what we had experienced so far today. We finally put 23 crappies of various sizes in the cooler. The boys caught most of the bigger crappies and the smaller one's were welcomed as Eric likes his crappies small and fried bone in just like Barbara and I do. If you know, you know, try it once and you'll never go back to fillets!!
Back on High Rock lake after crappies again tomorrow and I'll have a whole new game plan from the information I learned today. I'm usually on top of the crappie bite but the weather the past 2 weeks has made our trips have to be canceled almost everyday due to weather. Hopefully we'll be back to reports everyday again now until the next set of bad weather keeps me on the hill again for a while.
Thanks for stopping by and till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Tuesday, 8-6-24
What a great day today catching crappies with Joe Kizer from Salisbury, NC and Jason Ford from Charlotte, NC. I was thinking the pre storm conditions would have the crappies on a feeding frenzy, but, apparently the continuious rising and falling of water levels in High Rock lake was still in control in their uncertain behavior.
Just as it's been in the lake, for me anyway, and a few more I've talked to, we still had to stay on the move to find biting fish. Seeing plenty on the livescope, but, had to find the ones that wanted to bite, and we did. We finished the trip with around 50 nice crappies a few bonus blue catfish, I know we had at least 2 catfish, maybe 4, I just can't remember for sure. Don't laugh, you live long enough, your day is coming, I promise!!! I've seen a few black nose crappies before, but today was the first black lip tip crappie I've ever seen. Check out the picture in the gallery at end of this post 🤔!!
Great times and great memories were made today with more great folks!! Since we have to cancel our trips for the next several days due to this bad weather we have at hand now, I'm going to try to capitalize on the cooler weather coming from this destructive weather we have and try to get my new building insulated and wired for power and pray God will leave it standing when all is over and pray for everyone in the sights of this dangerous tropical storm Debby.
Y'all stay safe so you can go fishing when things settle. And remember, ain't no fish worth dying for so just be cautious and don't take any chances and risks to catch a fish right now. Thanks for stopping by and till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Thursday, 8-1-24
Today Barbara, Bubba, and myself met Darrell Freedle from Lexington, NC, and Jake and Amanda Reece from Winston Salem, NC at the Southmont wildlife boat ramp to take the 24' pontoon on a crappie catching mission. I was pretty optimistic after yesterday's trip but once again the rising and falling of the lake waters proved to have the fish on guard and skittish again today.
We started off at " Steven's hole" and the fish were there but we could only entice a couple to bite from the pile of crappies on the livescope. Trying to put the puzzle together again today would have me to soon realize that today's fishing was going to be one of those days where you would get only a couple crappies from each place we went so the run and gun style fishing was today's choice of pattern.
We caught all sizes of crappies today with the majority being nice fish. Jake put on a fish catching clinic for a while, but before the trip was over Darrell and Amanda got in the hunt and reciprocated with helping out with the 50 crappies and 4 catfish that was in the fish box when we called it a day around 3PM.
Always a great time and lots of fun fishing with today's folks. Just good people like all our fishermen and fisherwomen that God has to cross our path for their fishing trips. Good times were definitely had again today!!!
Tomorrow, Barbara has a follow up at the specialist for a recent surgery and I decided to go along with her for moral support and to help in any way I can. She is doing really good and we just want to be sure she continues to keep doing good.
Thanks to all that stop by to read our fishing reports and letting us know you appreciate what we do. Till next time,,God Bless You All!!
Wednesday, 7-31-24
Today has been a tough one for me. At 11:10 AM today was the 1 year mark when I lost my best friend and loyal companion Bobo. I kept it inside, but, I hurt pretty bad today missing him so much everyday since this day one year ago.
Thanks to all that have called, messaged, and sent texts to me and Barbara hoping everything was OK with us since I haven't posted much lately. We haven't been taking risks with all the mixed weather reports from storms lately and all the rains.
Today, we found the crappies to be schooled up and biting some. We've been following the Cube Hydro water reports for a while and the continuous raising and lowering the water levels in High Rock lake have not been helping the bite for me either. Yesterday, was our first trip in a while and we had 4 guys and we only caught around 20 crappies, making that only 5 crappies for each man so I didn't charge for the trip. I know I guarantee fish or it's a no pay policy, but the Yeah Right Charters fishermen know I also don't charge if I don't feel like you got enough fish for at least a good fish fry, that's just the way we do business, and always will put our customers first with respect!!, So Pete and his crew came back again today and things looked up and today I redeemed myself and Pete Phillips from Salisbury, NC, Leon Gaither from Salisbury, NC, Howard (Butch) Foxx from Spencer, NC and Clinton Lewis from Charlotte, NC put around 50 crappies in the fish boxes. So, hopefully the August bite will now get back to the really good bite we have this time of year with Normal weather conditions, I sure hope so, I'm past ready.
Going to try it again tomorrow on High Rock lake and hope it's better than today. This is the time of year we're supposed to be finding big schools of hungry and aggressive biting crappies and I sure hope they have now gotten the memo!!!
If the weather doesn't mess up our plans for tomorrow, check back late tomorrow evening and see if they are still biting. Till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Tuesday, 7-23-24
Let me first say you might ask why I would make this post. Well, we talk the talk, so we also walk the walk....what I mean by that is you will only get nothing but the truth from Captain Butch Foster and Yeah Right Charters, no matter how embarrassing it is to me. It is what it is, and this is just the way we roll, so, here's the truth!!!
Today we met Mark Mullins from Charlotte, NC and Robert Walker from Midland,NC at Lilly's Bridge Access on lake Tillery. Before we left the dock we spoke with Matt Taylor and he pointed us in the right direction for crappies but 1st we tried our original plan to catch Bream today.. To say it was tough is not even in the same universe for us today.
We fished everything and everywhere from lily's bridge access to mountain creek up stream around Morrow Mountain state park and a LOT in between. The guys fished red worms while I tried a variety of Betts Spins, Rooster tails, mepps spinners, panther Martin's, crickhoppers, jigs from 1/16 to 1/32, to 1/64 and I never got the first bite on any of those while we fished brush, trees, logs, rocks, shallows all the way to deep points. It was a fantastic day of fishing on a beautiful day but the catching was the toughest I have experienced in so many years I can't ever remember a day this tough in 66 years of fishing. The 19 Bream we did catch including 8 small Bream and Perch for catfish bait were caught on red worms.
We finally headed back towards Lilly's bridge area to try the crappies where Matt told us to go. The crappies were stacked up on the brush piles there. The guys were fishing minnows by counting down to place them just above and some were dropped about 6 inches into the schools of fish. Did I mention the catching was tough, well, if I didn't mention it, let me say we only caught one crappie out of the big schools. Then I took the livescope and located a school of small blue catfish suspended and they were chasing baits and I had a time staying on them but the guys did catch 2 of those and the many other bites either broke off after slimming the line or just didn't hook up.
The guys were 2 of the most gracious and understanding fishermen I've had on a charter in over 40 years. When I told them they didn't owe me anything for the day they insisted on tipping Barbara for all her hard work today and insisted on covering my expenses. I was absolutely humbled and Blessed to meet these guys.
They wanted to go with us again tomorrow on High Rock lake but with Barbara booking everyday we finally found a date that would work for them. If all works out, I'll have a chance to redeem myself on October 14. Thanks guys for believing in us and Yeah Right Charters after a day like we had today.
Yes, I know it's called fishing and not catching, but, I don't want my fishermen to go fishing, I want them to go catching so much I guarantee it, and when and if a day like this comes along, I don't like it, but, it's God's will and I have to accept it no matter how embarrassing it is for me and we do the most ethical thing we can for our fishermen in these very rare circumstances.
Thanks for stopping by and till next time, God Bless You All!!!
Friday, 7-19-24
Met our friends Oron and Ryan Huneycutt from Richfield, NC at Tamarac Marina to try for some catfish today. We all looked at the weather forecast and funny thing was all 4 of us pulled up the forecast on 4 different venues and all 4 were different .
Well, we figured that the only way to see which one would be the closest to being right was to go fishing. Ryan and myself, took the Betts cast nets, since Ryan is several years younger than me, I graciously let him use the the 10' Morada net while I used the 10' Betts camouflage old salt, which is about 1/4 the weight of the 10' Morada. Just a few cast with Barbara at the helm putting us on the schools of shad like the pro she is, we wer