Hunting Reports

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Lake James Bass

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Guide Kelsey Minish with The Catawba Angler caught this bass on Lake James using a shakey head in early spring. Fish weight 5.04 pounds.

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Catawba River Fishing

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This trophy brown trout was caught on a fly fishing trip with The Catawba Angler in early spring. The fish was 22 inches long and was released.

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French Broad Smallmouth Fishing

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This big river smallmouth was caught on a whopper plopper on the French Broad River. Twenty inch smallmouth are rare in North Carolina Rivers, but your best chance at catching one is on the French

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Big Wild Rainbow Trout

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Jack Howard from Tampa, Florida braved the cold and caught a big wild rainbow trout on a size 20 perdigon fly on a recent guided fly fishing trip with The Catawba Angler.

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Trophy Smallmouth Bass

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Houston recently caught this 20” smallmouth bass on a guided fishing trip with The Catawba Angler on the river near Asheville, a North Carolina.

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Magnolias First Deer

Jeff Caldwell

Magnolia Burleson killed her first deer with her crossbow in Yancey County, NC on October 21st. She is seven years old and she was in the blind with her dad Hogan, mom Brandi, and little

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1st ever deer by 14 year old girl

Jeff Caldwell

Hayden Garrett Williamgarrett1983@gmail.com Eden, NC Rockingham County 11/29 4:45 Ruger American Centerfire 350 legend 13 points 141 pound Family members had first trail cam pics for about a week prior, all at night. No one

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9 point buck

Jeff Caldwell

Travis Ellington tdellington120@gmail.com Reidsville, NC Rockingham County, NC 11/27/2023 Remington 750 chambered in .308 9 pointer On 11/27/2023, after work I headed straight for the woods. I climbed my stand and heard something fall out