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Southern Rock: Fishing the Striped Bass Spring Migration on the Roanoke River

Southern Rock: Fishing the Striped Bass Spring Migration on the Roanoke River

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Illustration by Mike Sudal This was going to be candy. When the Roanoke River's famed striped bass swarm their spawning grounds, a fishing frenzy grips northeastern North Carolina. Guides from Florida to New England crowd mom-and-pop motels. Interstate 95 is clogged with boat trailers. The only word to describe April and May on the Roanoke is gluttony. I've caught 50, sometimes 75, stripers in a day of flyfishing, and every angler in the eastern half of the state has a tale of Roanoke River grandeur. Hit it right, and you can catch rockfish coming and going. It's like nowhere else on the planet.