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April 30, 2026

Jay Garrard and Rhonda Reid of Durham enjoy Jordan Lake crappie fishing each March and also are one of the region’s top bass teams.

Slab crappies hot at Triangle lakes

March is the time to catch slab crappie at most Piedmont lakes, according to veteran tournament angler Jay Garrard of Durham. […]

Red drum in the shallow bays north of Baldhead Island run the gamut from just-below-slot sizes to nearly 30 inches.

Reds plentiful at flats, but bite is ‘spooky’

Craig Holt

The one constant inshore fish for N.C. anglers this winter and early spring at the southeastern coast has been red drum, said Carolina Beach fishing guide Jeff Wolfe. […]

Joel Richardson enjoys fishing the 60-degree water of Belews Lake during winter.

Try a hot-hole lake for late winter bass

Craig Holt

Joel Richardson, a bass pro and guide from Kernersville, doesn’t have to go to Florida during the winter to find warm-water bass habitat. […]

MirrOlures in the Texas Chicken (pink and white) are good topwater lures for early spring specks at the upper reaches of the Neuse River above New Bern.

Try Neuse doubleheader of specks and stripers

Craig Holt

Many people believe striped bass, classified as an anadromous species (living in fresh and salt water) spend just a short time — the March-April mating season — in fresh water, then return to the high-salinity ocean and estuaries after their reproductive cycle ends. […]

Deep jigging with spoons during winter is a favorite technique of central N.C. bass anglers at deep lakes.

Feast on winter bass with spoons

Craig Holt

Winter and early spring are usually difficult seasons for bass anglers because cold water temperatures slow fish metabolisms, which means they don’t need to eat as much as they do during the spring and summer. […]

Anglers have the best opportunities to land large speckled trout at the N.C. coast during February.

Specks at night provide hot bite

Craig Holt

Although the weather is more benign during spring, summer and fall, February offers the best chances to catch ‘gator specks at North Carolina’s Crystal Coast (Morehead City-Atlantic Beach-Cape Lookout) area, said guide David Dietzler of Cape Lookout Charters (252-240-2850, www.capelookoutcharters.com, ddietzler@ec.rr.com). […]

Redfish biting — when the wind isn’t

Dan Kibler

Given that it’s almost February, Capt. Todd Stamps of MyFish.com in Charleston is pretty happy with the redfish action he’s seeing.

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Neil Culbreath landed this 25-pound striper at Lake Hartwell.

Hartwell spitting out good stripers, hybrids

Dan Kibler

Neil Culbreath wasn’t expecting much when he left his home in Spartanburg this past Tuesday morning, heading for Lake Hartwell.
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Before the freeze, reds and specks still biting

Dan Kibler

The inshore bite for redfish and speckled trout remained good in the Charleston area, right up until the cold front that hit the area at mid-week.
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Dustin Wilks of Rocky Mount will compete in his fifth Bassmasters Classic at the Red River during February.

Three Tar Heels qualify for 2009 Classic

Craig Holt

Dustin Wilks, a North Carolina Sportsman Magazine fishing columnist; David Williams of Maiden; and Dave Wolak, a transplanted Pennsylvanian living in Wake Forest, are the three Tar Heels who will compete at the 39th Bassmasters Classic Feb. 20-22 at the Red River near Shreveport-Bossier City, La.
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