Got Water? I dont.

I went down to the Neuse River today with my buddy Nigel today. We were planning on a night of cat fishing, but it didn’t happen. Turns out that the river was so low, we couldn’t even get the boat in. Even with the rain from the last few storms, its way to dry around here. The Neuse was so low that you could actually walk from bank to bank. How many rivers can you do that in? We settled for fishing off the bank for about an hour, but we didn’t catch anything, because unlike the catfish of the Cape Fear River, the catfish in the Neuse don’t bite when the water is low. And it’s so low right now that it’s scary.

The Manteo-area of NC is the exact opposite. I work often in the Manteo/Dare Bombing Range area, and the water in the canals there is plenty high. Last week, I was bogging in mud waste deep at times. Manteo and Kinston are only about 150 miles apart. How can the water levels be so different in such a small area? Its funny I have to ask this, since its MY JOB to know these things.

My rant for today? When are we going to get enough rain?!?!? The water shouldn’t be THAT low. It’s crazy, I tells ya!

For those of you who like to fish for the monster cats, I wish you better luck than I had last night.