Tim Mead, Author at Carolina Sportsman

Wade or float?

The New River and its tributaries are full of places where an angler can slide down the bank and wade fish for a good distance, covering water that’s full of smallmouth bass. […]

Quantity and quality

Tim Mead

There are lots of smallmouth in the New River, according to Jim Kramer and Roger Mabe. […]

Finding smallmouth on the New River

Tim Mead

Jim Kramer offered plenty of tips for locating New River smallmouth. […]

Brand New Smallmouths – The New River in northwestern North Carolina is one of the state’s best spots to catch a nice smallmouth bass

Tim Mead

Fishermen who love the smallmouth bass travel widely, from the hills of northern Alabama to the Great Lakes to the wilds of Ontario, to catch their favorite fish. […]

Mountain Island losing power plant, gaining fish attractors

Tim Mead

Mountain Island Lake was created by Duke Power in 1924 with the construction of the dam and, in 1929, with the beginning of operation of the Riverbend Steam Station. […]

Swarm mentality – Mountain Island lake bream fishing takes off with the mayflies of May

Tim Mead

Why bluegills?

Mayfly carcasses are everywhere. Boat docks and piers are plastered with dead insects. Boats and tarps are covered with them. Carcasses are everywhere — except on the water. […]

Big fish — or lots of them?

Tim Mead

For most fishermen, Wilson Creek is a numbers stream, with plenty of fish available. If you’re targeting bigger trout, you just need to change tactics slightly, according to angler Squeaky Smith. […]

Top-Notch Trout: However you like to fish for trout, Wilson Creek has something for you

Tim Mead

Wilson Creek is one of the jewels of North Carolina’s trout-fishing crown. Just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Caldwell County, it is tucked in among the mountains of the Pisgah National Forest and supports, in various stretches, delayed-harvest and hatchery-supported waters, and several of its tributaries are designated as wild trout fisheries. […]