Fishing at Lake Gaston

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Upcoming Weekend Forecast
Friday June 19th - Sunday June 21st
Friday
High   94  Low   73    30%    Rain   8mph WSW Winds
Saturday
High   95  Low   71    30%    Rain   8mph WSW Winds
Sunday
High   92  Low   68     0%    Rain   5mph WNW Winds

Current Water Temperature:
74-80 degrees Fahrenheit

New Website Updates:

I am 18 years old and currently live in Raleigh, North Carolina.  However my father has opened the ACE Hardware of Lake Gaston.  We commute to the lake almost every weekend and I have really come to love fishing.  Within the ACE store we provide a large amount of bait & tackle for all your fishing needs.  This section is where I will do most of my work.  As a part of the bait & tackle section, I have created this site to provide information about fishing on the lake. 
    We have a house on Lizard Creek and I have done a lot of bass and catfishing over the past 5 years.  I haved fished all over the country including 2 trips to Alaska in 2003 and 2006.  I have also fished in over 20 tournaments on the lake in just the past 2 years and have over 20 planned for 2009 across the east coast.  On this site I will provide information about fishing on Gaston and provide news and events going on around the lake.

Store Hours
 
Monday - Saturday   8:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday                   10:00am - 5:00pm
 
Summer hours now active.
 
Store Number: 252 - 586 - 0330

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Big bass caught at Falls Lake in August

Caught on May 2nd, 2009
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Caught on April 18th, 2009
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5 Fish Limit from Recent Tournament

Caught April 12th, 2009
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Weighed in at 7lbs 8oz

Baits to Use
Postspawn Pattern
 
As the water is moving into the mid to upper 70s, the bass are moving out of their spawning patterns and starting the post spawn.  While many bass can be found around shore grass in shallow pockets, many are moving out to points and ledges of flats close to deep water.  Most main lake points at the front of major spawning coves tend to hold bass as well as secondary points within creeks.  A key to catching bass this time of year is to throw colors that imitate a shad.  As the shad are currently spawning, the bass will be gorging on those shad for most of their meals.  If you see a bunch of shad surfacing but no bass, they are most likely there just not showing themselves.  Shad love to spawn around rock and rip-rap and that can be another key area to catching fish during the postspawn.  For full product details and information, stop by the ACE and ask for Paul, I will be glad to help.

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To go to Ace Hardware of Lake Gaston site, click here.

 
If you have any information that you would like me to put up about fishing on Lake Gaston please contact me at paulowens@fish-gaston.com.
 
Created and edited by Paul Owens

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