High Rock

[funkja]

My wife and I were visiting the mother in law last week in Thomasville. Somehow my boat followed us . I had a great time fishing High Rock and spoke to some really friendly folks at the ramps and on the lake. I had never fished there before but had been at the Southmont ramp years ago when the lake was dry. Here are the details on my trip:

Thursday afternoon 2 - 6 PM. I was headed down 8 trying to find the Southmont ramp. I passed right by it and ended up launching in Flat Swamp Creek. I stayed in the creek and caught some fish (7 in all) with a crank bait mostly (bandit 300 series chart with blue back). One was a 3 pounder on a rocky point with the crank. Some dinks on or near docks with a finesse worm. 3 keepers in all.

Friday 9 AM to 3 PM. Launched at Southmont and went to second creek after the fog buned off. 9 bass, 4 keepers one was 4 lbs. Most were caught on a 1/2 oz spinnerbait (white with silver blades) including the big one. Rip rap along the bridges / roads was most productive. However the 4 lber was caught in a cove.

Sunday 6:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Launched at Southmont and fished the creek to the left under the bridge near the ramp. I don't know the name of it. Caught 14, 7 were keepers. Would have had a 11 - 12 lb limit. Bridge / road rip rap was the ticket. Caught 1 on crank, 1 on spinner and the rest on a june bug zoom finesse worm texas rigged with a 1/8 oz bullet weight. Most were real shallow right up against the rocks. One 3 pounder was in 12 - 15 ft.

For the amount of fishing pressure I felt pretty good about my trip. Hope I get to fish High Rock again soon!

[TBirck]

Glad you enjoyed the Rock. Tahnks for the report

[Stickbait]

Was thinking which lake to fish Thursday. Thanks for the report guess I will try High rock.

Glad you had a good time on the rock.

[funkja]

No problem. By the way the water temp was 57 - 60 deg.

[BuzzB8]

Iff'n we would have known you were going to be there, we'd have come on out to harass you!

Glad to hear you were catching them! Did you know there were a couple more lakes down stream from High Rock? Next time out this way, you should give Tuckertown and Badin Lakes a try.

[funkja]

Yes I spoke with one guy who said he had been fishing Badin earlier in the day but they weren't schooling very well yet so he came to the rock. My mother in laws boss has a place on Tillery. He said he would show me the ropes there next time. He also said the water is very clear there...

[BuzzB8]

Badin is rather clear also, we need some rain to add just a tiny bit of color to the water.

At Tillery, it can be punishing with all of the boaters if you go in the heat of summer. It's much better once the weather cools a bit and the bigger skiing boats get off the water.