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What is a Roanoke Bass? Well a Roanoke Bass is a cousin to the Rock bass, Shadow bass, and the Ozark Bass. To all but a very few they look the same. Except 2 things, 1 the Roanoke bass gets bigger and 2, whereas the others are known for being lazy fighters, the Roanoke is a brawler on the line.Where are they Found??. They were firstfrom theriver in Virginia(hence their name) and then found out to be in the Tar andin North Carolina. Today you will not usually find these fish in the bigger waters as they are now too turbid and/or polluted. They have vanished from some of these major rivers and their tributaries due to what I believe are changes to their, Dams and othercauses. Their biggest enemy now is the introduction of Rock bass to their waters. Oh, Where are they found? I could list a few then everyone would go there and put a lot of pressure on them so I will list everywhere I know them to be. This is not exact as there are surely other places.Here we go1. Roanoke Basin.....creek,(both),, Smith(above& from the NC line to), Dan,Creek, Falling river, Otter river and possibly a few others. Almost forgot, how could I almost forget that they are in the Roanoke River !!!!2. Tar Basin....Tar river, Fishing Creek, Swift Creek, Little Fishing Creek3.Basin......, Little, Flat, 2Little river, Mill Creek4. Cape Fear Basin......Deep River, Brush Creek,Creek,Creek (one of the previous state records was caught increek)5.Basin., Little , and a few tributaries of LakeI first encountered the Roanoke in theRiver back in the 70's.Here is a picture of a winter NC Roanoke.and a spring caught RoanokeHere's a VirginiaHere are some of the lures I use to catch the RoanokeHere is a Roanoke from the Uwharrie...never caught any lunkers there, but ones this size are fairly common.In the spring, summer and early fall I usually start off with aor a smallbait and targetaround boulders sticking out of the water. Unlike other fishwill often be found in the fast water around these boulders instead of the slack areas. If not there I will then target the eddies and slack areas behind rocks. They also can be found in deep water areas and under these conditions i usually start throwing abait and if no hits i sometimes go to a 4" worm.can be caught onon anything a bass will hit and for the biggeryou should use a bigger bait. In the winter you should fish deep holes slow and with smallgrubs , 4' worms, or 3 inch tube jigs fished real slow.Ideallyare found in the upper part of ourstreams, but I have seen them in the coastal plain with cypress trees and knees sticking outthe water.will usually be around 8-10 inches but they are out there 1 lb plus. I have caught them up to 1.8 lbs and I will be lucky to catch one bigger than that.......note: I was up ina few years ago and was in a local hunting and fishing store. On the table in the store were severalof customers catches and hunting successes. I was causally flipping through several of these and kept seeing the same guy withof 2lbs plus!......some were even pushing 3 lbs.....wow!!!! They made my 1.8look puny. There use to be reports of them getting to 4 lbs though now that is unlikely with the degraded habitat. I have thename and have tried to phone him but I have been. I have found out where he lives and next time I am up there I am going to stop by his house. Maybe I can get a few photos to publish. (the store is now gone and who knows where those pictures went)Also see http://mackinncblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Roanoke%20Bass The Roanoke isone of my favorite fishes to pursue and anything over a pound will be a battle. Good luck Mack