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April 30, 2026

Rick Kellum caught a nice speck with a Skitter Walk topwater lure during late March.

New River’s Trout Bite is Speck-tacular

Although spring weather often is variable in North Carolina, ranging from sunny to wet, cold and windy, it doesn’t seem to affect the speckled trout bite at the New River.
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Paul Elias of Laurel, Miss., landed 132 pounds, 8 ounces of bass in Texas to shatter the former four-day BASS total weight record.

Elias Sets Four-day BASS Record in Texas

From News Reports

ZAPATA, Texas — Falcon Lake was full of big surprises, but maybe none bigger than Paul Elias jumping from fifth place April 6 to win the Bassmaster Elite Series Lone Star Shootout with a record BASS four-day tournament total of 132 pounds, 8 ounces of largemouth bass.
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Drifting for blue catfish working well at Santee Cooper

Dan Kibler

Capt. Dave Broome of Dave Broome’s Guide Service will wait a little while before he starts fishing for crappie and bream, and the way he’s been catching catfish, who can blame him?
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Chuck Deeter, of Oak Island, with his 33 pound, 8 ounce red grouper that established the N.C. record for the species.

Oak Island Angler Establishes Red Grouper Record

Jerry Dilsaver

MOREHEAD CITY – Thanks to angler Chuck Deeter, of Oak Island, and Capt. Anthony Ng, of Winterville, North Carolina now has a state record for red grouper. […]

Sheepshead ganging up on inshore reefs off Charleston

Dan Kibler

With fishermen itching to get on the water after a few days of warm weather, there might be no better place to be than around the inshore reefs outside of Charleston harbor. […]

Jerry Dilsaver of North Carolina Sportsman Magazine (left) congratulates Joseph Daughtry, who won a fishing trip to Jensen Beach, Fla. to fish with Capt. Mark Nichols, creator and owner of D.O.A. Lures.

Princeton Man Wins Trip at NCS Fishing School

Craig Holt

RALEIGH — Joseph Daughtry of Princeton drove March 8 to Barwell Road Community Center and North Carolina Sportsman Magazine’s Saltwater Fishing School, hoping to pick up fishing tips from a bevy of experts.
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Beat the wind, catch Charleston area redfish

Dan Kibler

Fighting the wind has been a chore for Charleston-area fishermen over the past two weeks, but when the wind loses, it’s a win-win situation for anglers targeting redfish.
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Alton Jones of Waco, Texas, celebrates his victory in the Bassmasters Classic at Lake Hartwell, S.C.

Texas’ Jones Captures Bassmasters Classic

From News Reports

GREENVILLE, S.C. — When Alton Jones motored to Lake Hartwell’s Portman Marina, he was pretty sure he didn’t have enough fish weight in his livewell Feb. 24 to win the Bassmasters Classic.
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Spotted bass on Lake Keowee have cranked up their feeding activity already, hitting off points, around ledges and under docks.

Keowee spotted bass are on the feed

Dan Kibler

Spring in the upstate is still a month away, but bass fishing on Lake Keowee is starting to really pick up, according to Capt. Chris Shuber of Fishboy Adventures Guide Service in Walhalla.
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Johnny Hauser (L) caught this 11 pound, 5 ounce speckled trout at Cape Lookout on January 22.

Near-record Speck Landed at Cape Lookout

Jerry Dilsaver

Johnny Hauser of Johnny’s Goodtime Fishing Charters had a brush with a state record trout when he landed the 11 pound, 5 ounce whopper speckled trout pictured here on the evening of January 22.
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