Division of Marine Fisheries biologist Charlton Godwin holds the largest striped bass, a 34-inch female, collected on Tuesday.
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Weekly Fishing Report for the Roanoke River, May 29
Another striped bass season on the Roanoke River has come to an end. On Tuesday, biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and the Division of Marine Fisheries completed their last spawning stock assessment of the season. They collected about 190 striped bass, a far cry from the 904 collected last week. The sizes of the fish collected ranged from 14 to 24 inches, with the largest being a 34-inch female. Biologists collected the majority of fish from the boat ramp to the mouth of the “Little River.” With water temperatures at 70 degrees and quickly warming as the summer approaches, the few remaining stripers will soon be gone until next spring when water temperatures are favorable for spawning striped bass arrival. Over the course of the striped bass sampling season, WRC and DMF biological staff collected about 5,500 striped bass and tagged about 4,000 of them. Many thanks go out to the following people for their hard work during the 2008 striped bass sampling and creel season on the Roanoke River: Division of Marine Fisheries personnel: Wildlife Resources Commission personnel: Chad Thomas A special thanks goes out to Kevin Dockendorf, Commission fisheries biologist, Bobby Colston, owner of Colston’s Tackle Box on Hwy. 48 south of Gaston and Ricky Mobley from the Roanoke Sportsman at 749 River Road in Williamston. Without their weekly input, these reports could not have been written. These are the folks who work, fish and live in the area and who graciously agreed to take time out of their busy schedules to provide Weldon-bound anglers with timely accounts of the fishing activity along the river. Click here for additional information on striped bass fishing on the Roanoke River. River Conditions Check current river conditions at Roanoke Rapids Check current river conditions at Williamston Additional Water Quality Information
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