Tony Garitta, Author at Carolina Sportsman

Falls of Neuse Lake bass will position around thermocline in August

Tony Garitta

This time of year, when you find the thermocline, you’ll find Falls Lake bass. […]

Target Lake Norman flatheads around perch schools

Tony Garitta

Lake Norman flatheads heat up in summer. Find the white perch, and you’ll find the flatheads. […]

Dock-ing success for High Rock bass

Tony Garitta

June is a transitional month at North Carolina’s High Rock Lake. The bass have finished spawning and are hungry and willing to bite. […]

Smallmouth in shallow water at Lake James

Tony Garitta

April is a great month for catching smallmouth bass at Lake James, and a variety of lures are working, especially in shallow water and along ledges. […]

Beat those bushes for High Rock Lake bass

Tony Garitta

When the water heats up in April, urging bass to migrate to the shallows to spawn, many fishermen resort to sight-fishing for bedding bass — unless they’re fishing North Carolina’s High Rock Lake. […]

Lake Norman crappie are moving shallow

Tony Garitta

Guide Gus Gustafson of Lake Norman Ventures said March is the best or second-best month for crappie at North Carolina’s Lake Norman. […]

Falls of Neuse bass staging for the spawn

Tony Garitta

Joel Munday of Outdoors Expeditions Guide Service said Falls of the Neuse Lake north of Raleigh and Durham is one of the best lakes in North Carolina for tangling with huge, prespawn staging bass. […]