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July 20, 2025

If you check the thermocline, baitfish depths and for moving current in a lake during August, they’ll usually be the clues to guide you to more bass.

Be a detective to find August bass

August is an interesting month for bass fishermen in North Carolina. It takes a lot of time and dedication to really hit ’em hard, and it can be a feast-or-famine month — but I like it. […]

Randy Rierson of Walnut Cove (left) and Neil Mahaffey of Winston-Salem won the April 28 Carolina Crappie Team Tournament at Tuckertown Lake.

Moser wins High Rock BFL tourney

Eric Moser of Salisbury cranked his way to victory at the June 16 Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League N.C. Division tournament at High Rock Lake.

His five-fish catch of 15 pounds, 12 ounces was taken with a green crankbait and paid $4,177. […]

Rusty Moore of Gibsonville (left) checks and tunes up Bob Brewer’s compound bow before deer season begins.

It’s tune-up time for archers

Avid bow hunters use archery equipment throughout the entire deer season that begins in September in North Carolina and usually ends Jan. 1 (during years when New Year’s Day is Sunday the season ends Jan. 2). […]

Backlashes

Perfect storm of access problems

What would your reaction be if you returned at dusk to a public boat ramp after a day-long fishing trip and discovered your vehicle and boat trailer had disappeared? […]

Canoe fishing can be as spartan or as you can stand, or you can make easy alternations that will turn your craft into a comfortable fishing vessel.

Make a canoe comfy? No sweat

Richard Bernabe

Fishing from a canoe has many advantages over motorized boats. […]

After dark on a summer night, bass, especially great big ones, will be much more active than they are during the daytime. In addition, they will often move up out of the extremely deep water where they spend most of their time.

August bass get right at night

I can’t speak for every fisherman, but August is not a month I look forward to. It’s hot. Hot. HOT. […]

Deanne Huebner shows off a 3-1/2-pound flounder caught in the Carolina Lady Anglers Club’s annual “Fishing for a Cure” tournament. She was the winner of the flounder division in 2006.

It’s a real “girl thing” for CLA

This Lowcountry fishing club isn’t unique because it promotes the sport of fishing, but because of its all-female membership. […]

WRC executives (left to right) Dick Hamilton (director), Wes Seegars (WRC chairman), Fred Harris (assistant director) and David Cobb (Division of Wildlife Management chief) spoke to the NCBA convention about coming changes in WRC bow-hunting regulations.

Bow hunting rules change

For the fast-approaching archery season (two more months and September will be here, can you believe it?), Tar Heel bow hunters will have to deal with a number of new regulations. […]

James Newsome of Kannapolis (left) and Tracy McCready of Concord won the April 14 National Bass Circuit Yadkin Division tournament at High Rock Lake with 22.32 pounds.

McPeters, Woody win at Hickory

Grant McPeters and Donnie Woody won the April 21 Foothills Marine Team Benefit Bass Tournament at Lake Hickory with 20.14 pounds and received a Skeeter SX190 boat and 150 Yamaha motor. […]

Waterfalls are excellent places to fish when water levels are low.

Hot, dry weather affects trout

Robert Satterwhite

Summer 2007 in the mountains is shaping up as hot and dry. Stream levels are low, and water is crystal clear, certainly not the best conditions for trout fishing. […]

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