A still, cloudless night on the water, with a faint WSW drift and pressure going nowhere. The water to cover at Frazier Lake is points where shallow meets deep. Block out the hours from the day. Cover water early, then settle where the signs are. Falling temperatures are switching fish back on.
The bites are average now
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This water sits in Durham County, North Carolina. The surroundings are pine and hardwood. At 8 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Nearest town is Durham, 3.5 miles off. The nearest city of size is Durham, 3.7 miles away. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.
No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Public occurrence data for Durham County names redbreast sunfish, bluegill, Roanoke darter and green sunfish. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Read Frazier Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.
Long-term averages put July at about 79°F and January near 39°F. The year never really closes; it just gets uncomfortable in summer. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. It sets the rhythm of the year at Frazier Lake.
No access rule appears in what we hold. Parking is not close: half a mile from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. There are picnic tables half a mile away. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Straford Lake Number Two is 0.3 miles off. Signs at Frazier Lake carry more weight than any list.
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The bites are average now
| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 6 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 47° | 45° | 44° | 43° | 41° | 40° | 39° | 38° | 42° | 48° | 54° | 58° | 61° | 64° | 65° | 65° | 64° | 59° | 55° | 53° | 51° | 50° | 49° | 49° |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30.1 | 30.1 | 30.1 | 30.1 | 30.09 | 30.1 | 30.13 | 30.13 | 30.13 | 30.13 | 30.13 | 30.11 | 30.09 | 30.06 | 30.04 | 30.01 | 30.01 | 30.01 | 30.01 | 30.02 | 30.03 | 30.03 | 30.03 | 30.02 |
| 77 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 89 | 91 | 92 | 94 | 88 | 75 | 66 | 59 | 54 | 48 | 45 | 47 | 51 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 87 |
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