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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Spring has Sprung on Lake James!
Sunday afternoon was a bright sunny day bringing out a beautiful azure color of Lake James as viewed from the Paddy's Creek Dam. The lake was teeming with boats out for their first time after the long winter.
I saw many fishermen plying the waters, anxious to net this year's first walleye, white bass or large mouth bass. The fisherman were not the earliest fishers I had seen that day.
As the morning fog ascended from the smooth lake early Sunday, several large loons were feeding in the cove. Then the great blue herron appeared out of the mist on the opposite shore with a silvery fish in his beak. A chattering kingfisher swooped across the cove and also plucked a shad from the surface. The smaller diving ducks were there as well, bobbing on the surface and then slipping below the water only to emerge 20 yards from where they went under, with fish in their bills.
I will test the waters myself this weekend here at beautiful Lake James in Burke County in Western North Carolina.
Phil Howerton
North Carolina Real Estate Broker at Lake James
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