"Son, there's gonna be some days ya cain't keep the fish off'n yer hook and some days when it's a good time ta jus' lay back an' enjoy what the good God done give us." -- Grandpa Earl, 1963
I grew up fishing small creeks and streams in Harnett Co., N.C. in the 1960's. Back then most of the water was very clean with native water vegetation. Redfins were our favorite fish. A half pounder was like a trophy. We used small strips of fat meat and jigged it around logs and water plants where they would hide. Some of the best days of my life.
So cool to go to new places and catch different fish. I like the fresh water fishing better also...but I like eating the saltwater ones more. Thanks for sharing John. God bless brother.
That was a cool little red fin pickerel, and of course the bull head was nice . I have only seen either of those in pictures and I have never caught one....What a great adventure and another great Video...God Bless and GO KATS!!!!
John, absolutely love this video my friend... those Redfin Pickerel look so beautiful and amazing! Nice chunky bullhead catch and those bowfins are a beast to catch. Have a great weekend my friend, blessings! 🎣👊🏼🇺🇸
It's the best notice you can get. John started my day this morning. The redfin pickerel a beautiful fish. Great fish, never had I seen or heard of one. Just goes to show you, John takes us to places we have never been to. Keep going. One of my favorite yet.Stay Safe😇
From KY and watching everyone's fishing vid's. Enjoy bank fishing most. I use jawbone rod / bait caster reel with any size line. Rivers, Lakes, Creeks.. Awesome to fish.
I could not agree more than the two comments immediately below as I get excited when I see a new creek fishing video pop in and I MUCH prefer creek fishing over saltwater fishing anytime and anywhere!! Keep them coming! 😆
I loved fishing the beaver ponds and tiny streams in Clarksville base on Fort Campbell KY. I caught some really huge Largemouth in the ponds and really nice Brown Trout in the stream. Between the beaver ponds the stream was the size you were fishing. I pulled some good bass and panfish out of those little ditches between beaver dams. Where I live in Ohio now it’s mostly up ground reservoirs and muddy creeks full of carp. Which the carp are insanely fun to catch. There are some largemouth and smallmouth mixed in with the carp.
Pickrel are so fun! Theres a pond my dad and i used to fish that had good size ones, they give a great fight to em. As someone who mainly fishes for fun, theyre some of my favorites to catch
John, i watched all this and then realized you were in the Croatan. Dang!!!!! I was stationed at Cherry Point, fished the Croatan creeks alot. Cahouquee creek was a good one and i hit up Minesott Beach Ferry sea wall since i lived in that neighborhood. Have fun man!
I like seeing you go for different species, I would love to catch a redfin pickerel one day. I have caught some bowfin on lures before, very hard fighters
Whoa again this guy is amazing this was one of my favourite video right here jhon your the best bro keep these nice adventures i love when i get a video from you cause i know its gonna be 🔥
That was fun !!! I have never seen a Redfin before. I have been as far East as West Virginia but I didn't fish there. So I'm not familiar with the fish where you are. I'm learning as YOU go. lol. Those Boston must be sly dogs. Happy fishing.
Those red fin pike are great eating believe it or not. Fry them up pull out the backbone and they are practically boneless. My dad and I used to wear out the creeks near our home in NC. We didn't throw much back like people today, we cleaned and ate our catch.
You said you liked that creek fishing a lot more than the saltwater fishing, well I can tell you that a fair number of people that watch this channel feel the same way. I don’t much care for saltwater fishing.
I love both: plus you can do an outstanding light tackle fishing in europe for seatrout (similar to your steelhead). But beachcasting is totally different and it can be much harder to read the circumstances under water. If you are fishing in a stream, after some experience you know, where the fish is hiding. You appear a spot and directly start to make a plan on how and where to fish.
Pickerel was the one thing i never went fishing for looks like i might have missed out on some fun. Had friends that fished them yearly on Hurricane creek in Houston county Tn.
Nice Redfin Pickeral, have never caught one. Up here in NJ, lots of Chain Pickeral, and I've caught a Grass Pickeral which don't get much bigger then those Redfins.
About 50yrs ago when I was a boy I caught a red fin in a small ditch by hand in upstate New York. Kept it in the basement where my dad had live baitfish. He told me it was going to eat the bait but I doubted it. The very next day sure enough I went down stairs to check and that little pickerel was swimming with one of my dad’s baitfish in his mouth.
love fishing for the redfin the ones around here seem to be bigger than the ones on this one i use a small rod and reel with 2lb fireline and a red mepps spinner bait that i cut all but one of the hooks off easeier to get the hook out . i fish in creeks that are moving pretty good about 2 feet from the bank had reather catch these than bass Cumberland Robeson and Bladen counties
Should be sleeping, got the notification, had to check it out! Love the content, I hope you catch your bowfin! I wanna catch them myself, just don’t have the patience haha
Redfins are awesome. When I was fishing at a hidden pond in the woods I actually caught an NC State Record Redfin Pickerel without realizing it and released it. It weighed a little under 3 pounds, so hopefully I can catch him again.
I met an older gentleman when I worked at Cabela's that used the Trout Magnets on his fly rod. Just something to think about for your next Fly Fishing video.
In north ga for me lake Rabun lake seed and lake burton I get to catch chain pickerel I’m always bass fishing but I don’t mind catching them when I’m not in a tourney the red fin is a beauty
Who else gets excited when the get a creek fishing adventures notification!?!
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Never get enough on Creek fishing on ultralight setup.. Super fun
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"Son, there's gonna be some days ya cain't keep the fish off'n yer hook and some days when it's a good time ta jus' lay back an' enjoy what the good God done give us."
-- Grandpa Earl, 1963
Those red fin look like baby Muskies, lol. Nice vid John!
I grew up fishing small creeks and streams in Harnett Co., N.C. in the 1960's. Back then most of the water was very clean with native water vegetation. Redfins were our favorite fish. A half pounder was like a trophy. We used small strips of fat meat and jigged it around logs and water plants where they would hide. Some of the best days of my life.
9:25. John pulls in a TOAD horned pout!
So cool to go to new places and catch different fish. I like the fresh water fishing better also...but I like eating the saltwater ones more. Thanks for sharing John. God bless brother.
That was a cool little red fin pickerel, and of course the bull head was nice . I have only seen either of those in pictures and I have never caught one....What a great adventure and another great Video...God Bless and GO KATS!!!!
John, absolutely love this video my friend... those Redfin Pickerel look so beautiful and amazing! Nice chunky bullhead catch and those bowfins are a beast to catch. Have a great weekend my friend, blessings! 🎣👊🏼🇺🇸
You r truly a man of God, nice show again brother, GOD BLESS as always. THANK YOU!!!
It's the best notice you can get. John started my day this morning. The redfin pickerel a beautiful fish. Great fish, never had I seen or heard of one. Just goes to show you, John takes us to places we have never been to. Keep going. One of my favorite yet.Stay Safe😇
Nice little session Creeky & friends 👍👍👍
Btw I have been here since 1.43 k subs. Your content has improved so much! Keep it up man!
Thanks a ton!
From KY and watching everyone's fishing vid's. Enjoy bank fishing most. I use jawbone rod / bait caster reel with any size line. Rivers, Lakes, Creeks.. Awesome to fish.
I could not agree more than the two comments immediately below as I get excited when I see a new creek fishing video pop in and I MUCH prefer creek fishing over saltwater fishing anytime and anywhere!! Keep them coming! 😆
Great job John. .I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of NC trip.
I loved fishing the beaver ponds and tiny streams in Clarksville base on Fort Campbell KY. I caught some really huge Largemouth in the ponds and really nice Brown Trout in the stream.
Between the beaver ponds the stream was the size you were fishing. I pulled some good bass and panfish out of those little ditches between beaver dams. Where I live in Ohio now it’s mostly up ground reservoirs and muddy creeks full of carp. Which the carp are insanely fun to catch. There are some largemouth and smallmouth mixed in with the carp.
Brackish multi species. Oh yeah. Looks like a great trip so far John.
Little mini Pike. NICE!!!
"I want my bait back!" LOL tightwad 😂😂😂
Very cool little red fin. I was so hoping that you could land a bowfin...but, maybe next time. Thanks for the vid, John!
11:24. What could be better than that guys!
Pickrel are so fun! Theres a pond my dad and i used to fish that had good size ones, they give a great fight to em. As someone who mainly fishes for fun, theyre some of my favorites to catch
Pretty neat looking fish great video
Great stuff man!
Nice catch that Redfin looks super cool.
Love this North Carolina series keep it up
John, i watched all this and then realized you were in the Croatan. Dang!!!!! I was stationed at Cherry Point, fished the Croatan creeks alot. Cahouquee creek was a good one and i hit up Minesott Beach Ferry sea wall since i lived in that neighborhood.
Have fun man!
hey thats cool
The smallest creek has the most fun. Keep it up boss!
I like seeing you go for different species, I would love to catch a redfin pickerel one day. I have caught some bowfin on lures before, very hard fighters
Whoa again this guy is amazing this was one of my favourite video right here jhon your the best bro keep these nice adventures i love when i get a video from you cause i know its gonna be 🔥
Haven't seen one of those in years! Used to have them in The Guyandotte but not so much, now. Cool vid!
Flier and Redfin Pickerel! What an awesome trip!
That was fun !!! I have never seen a Redfin before. I have been as far East as West Virginia but I didn't fish there. So I'm not familiar with the fish where you are. I'm learning as YOU go. lol. Those Boston must be sly dogs. Happy fishing.
Bowfin not Boston. Grrr.
That pickerel is awesome! Catching a new species is one of the most exciting moments in fishing.
You got that right!
Awsome video those fish were beautiful
Those red fin pike are great eating believe it or not. Fry them up pull out the backbone and they are practically boneless. My dad and I used to wear out the creeks near our home in NC. We didn't throw much back like people today, we cleaned and ate our catch.
Looked like a lot of fun!
I have not caught a Pickerel yet. Beautiful fish.. Love catching Bowfin.
Great entertainment as always! 👍👍
Great video! Love seeing new species in small waters.
You said you liked that creek fishing a lot more than the saltwater fishing, well I can tell you that a fair number of people that watch this channel feel the same way. I don’t much care for saltwater fishing.
I live on the ocean but still prefer both freshwater and brackish water fishing. Takes more skill and finesse. Plus super heavy tackle isn't my thing.
I just love CFA content in general
@@TimHaunFishing Yeah, John is always fun to watch. Unlike so many other fishing channels.
Yup!
I love both: plus you can do an outstanding light tackle fishing in europe for seatrout (similar to your steelhead). But beachcasting is totally different and it can be much harder to read the circumstances under water. If you are fishing in a stream, after some experience you know, where the fish is hiding. You appear a spot and directly start to make a plan on how and where to fish.
Love that kinda fishing!!!
Great mini-monster pickerel ~~~unlucky minnows in that crick’
We have northern pike up here in northern Indiana there just like pickerel's they fight hard too nice videos man I cant wait to saltwater fish someday
That was a great episode. That area with the Bowfin looked juicy as hell.
Another great video. Hooked up with some great fish. Juicy spots.
Dang those pikkeral look cool😱
I get excited that who also those fish look just like northern pike but a lot smaller love that show.
Nice to see a fellow East TN fisherman
Awesome red fin pickerel!!!
Nice video John, be careful as there are Plenty of Gators in and arount the Croatan.
Those bullhead are the best tasting catfish I've ever eaten!
They are excellant eating. 💯❤️
Been here for a whole year now and love the conyent progression...god bless
I'm loving this Carolina send. If you want to get on some Bowfin you got to get with Nick from 618 Fishing.
Leo Sheng probably already planning his trip out there.
Love the vids keep up the good work!!!
I need to do some traveling! Awesome day and video!
Pickerel was the one thing i never went fishing for looks like i might have missed out on some fun. Had friends that fished them yearly on Hurricane creek in Houston county Tn.
Damn bro! The beard lookin fire! Goals
Nice Redfin Pickeral, have never caught one. Up here in NJ, lots of Chain Pickeral, and I've caught a Grass Pickeral which don't get much bigger then those Redfins.
Beautiful fish love the patterns they have. Much respect man keep goin strong.
I came here from arm’s family homestead from a vid 2 years ago and i made sure to subscribe
About 50yrs ago when I was a boy I caught a red fin in a small ditch by hand in upstate New York. Kept it in the basement where my dad had live baitfish. He told me it was going to eat the bait but I doubted it. The very next day sure enough I went down stairs to check and that little pickerel was swimming with one of my dad’s baitfish in his mouth.
I caught some Redfin Pickerel today in Georgia with the trout magnet. Such a cool fish
Good video neat new species
Love the content 🔥👍
Nice catch my man
The red fin pickerel are awesome we don't get the red fins here in Canada I don't think, great fishing!
In Ontario they call Walleye Pickerel. You have joined a unique club, some people will never see much less catch a true Pickerel.
love fishing for the redfin the ones around here seem to be bigger than the ones on this one i use a small rod and reel with 2lb fireline and a red mepps spinner bait that i cut all but one of the hooks off easeier to get the hook out . i fish in creeks that are moving pretty good about 2 feet from the bank had reather catch these than bass Cumberland Robeson and Bladen counties
There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon.
Fish at 4:48 looks like a mix between bass and pike :))
Good vid! Thanks! Jonesy
Should be sleeping, got the notification, had to check it out! Love the content, I hope you catch your bowfin! I wanna catch them myself, just don’t have the patience haha
sorry,
@@CreekFishingAdventures no need to apologize, sir!
I caught a chain pickerel once that was about 3' long! Thought it was a pike when I was reeling it in.
Those bowfin are slick
Are you down around Wilmington or up toward Virginia?
So cool. I've never seen the redfin.
If you are still in NC you should check out the Lumber River portions of it are creek size
Cool video 🤙😎
Love the vids man keep it up👑
Caught a 10 lbs pickerel yesterday. Yours is cute. Good job!
Have you ever caught a Redfin pickerel
Redfins are awesome. When I was fishing at a hidden pond in the woods I actually caught an NC State Record Redfin Pickerel without realizing it and released it. It weighed a little under 3 pounds, so hopefully I can catch him again.
wow. i love those fish
I like that Bullhead 💪👊
I’ve never seen a flier it’s now on my bucket list to catch
Your beard is like a beaver pelt is hiding from some fur traders. I wish my hair was that thicc. All love. Happy vacation dude.
Great video buddy , I have a couple of questions ?? What is a flier ,and are bowfin good to eat ?? Thank you ...
Those wouldbe soo cool in an aquarium!
I grew up fishing for redfin pike with a cane pole and red cloth as bait
oh thats really cool
Nice colors on the pickerels, if you have a chance to go for chain pike: the colors are (to me) even more beautyfull.
Ha ha ha... sound like Homer Simpson trying to catch that Bowfin. “”” I got one !! DOH!!! “””
That little guy would go in my 200 gallon aquarium 😀
I caught one this morning and had no idea what it was, thought it was a baby gar at first
I met an older gentleman when I worked at Cabela's that used the Trout Magnets on his fly rod. Just something to think about for your next Fly Fishing video.
I've done it. They snag a lot if the current isnt fast enough but they kill it on the fly rod in the right creek.
How is his line so straight after each cast when I cast I get tangles and twists
I had a friend who tokd me he loved to catch those small pickeral in wood areas that had small streams and holes of water. First I have seen.
In north ga for me lake Rabun lake seed and lake burton I get to catch chain pickerel I’m always bass fishing but I don’t mind catching them when I’m not in a tourney the red fin is a beauty
i mat have to try that
Thanks
I also live in NC. It would be so cool to meet and fish with u.
You'll get em next time thats for sure