Lake Norman Area

My family’s bait debate is over. Corn won! Forget the worms when fishing with the kids. The winning combo was bread balls and corn.
Like last month’s fishing expedition, we headed out one Sunday afternoon armed with poles, worms, and the new bait – corn and bread. My son had the brilliant idea to “chum” the water with potato chips to lure the fish in. He’s seen Jaws too many times. The chips brought the carp and catfish up and we plunked down 3 poles. One with a worm, one with a bread ball (white bread) and one with a bread ball and 2 corn kernels. Not 10 minutes later we had our first fish – a little cat.
No fish tales here – the fish was not large. And, it was the only one we caught in over 2 hours. But it was better than the first try. With temperatures now in the 30’s, we’ll wait for warmer weather to go out again. We need to find some “indoor” activities for the next two months. I’ll let you know what we find.

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