Lake Chatuge, a popular TVA reservoir at the Hiwassee River in Clay County, N.C., and Towns County, Ga., once was known as a prime smallmouth bass lake, second only to Fontana Reservoir — but not any longer. […]
September is a transitional month for trout fishers, a limbo period between summer and autumn when streams are still at summer temperatures and trout are active only during the cooler parts of the day, usually early morning and late evening. […]
The Nantahala River in Macon and Swain counties is widely known as one of the top white-water paddling streams in the Southeast. […]
Except when major hatches are coming off, trout feed more often below the surface than they feed on top of the water. […]
Local residents call it the “Road to Nowhere,” a 7-mile stretch of paved road that connects Bryson City to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. […]
For more than 30 years, brook trout have been protected in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Keeping a brook trout anywhere in the park has been prohibited since 1976, and some brook trout streams were closed to fishing altogether. […]
Big Snowbird Creek in Graham County stands out in an area noted for scenic trout streams. […]
North Carolina has approximately 4,000 miles of trout waters spread across 25 western counties, and during 40 years of fishing, I’ve fished at least two-thirds of those streams. […]
Winter is a prime time for smallmouth bass fishing at the mountains. […]
The Cherokee Indians were the first fly fishers in the mountains, fashioning hooks from chipped stone and deer bones and wrapping the shanks of their hooks with deer hair. […]
Copyright 1999 - 2024 Carolina Sportsman, Inc. All rights reserved.