Bass Fishing Archives - Page 102 of 155

June 27, 2026

It's about time for big bass at High Rock and Badin lakes to get on a small-crankbait bite, according to Chris Brown of Lexington.

Crankbait bite about to bust loose at High Rock, Badin

The recent weather – near-freezing rains and cold winds – have prompted some fishermen to call it a season at High Rock and Badin lakes, but not Lexington’s Chris Brown, who said the small-crankbite bite should be just around the corner once the weather stabilizes. […]

Don’t forget soft plastics

Davy Hite

Soft plastics are some of the most-overlooked baits that bass fishermen have in their tackle boxes once the leaves begin to turn in the fall. […]

Spotted bass and largemouths have been schooling at the surface around creek mouths on Lake Greenwood and Lake Hartwell.

Creek mouths producing great catches of bass on Hartwell, Greenwood

Phillip Gentry

A stopover earlier this week at Port-Tronics Fishing World in Greenville found manager Justin Holder holding court with several of his regular bass-fishing customers over which Upstate lake was the best place to catch bass right now. […]

Colorado, Indiana and willow-leaf blades give spinnerbaits different actions that excel in situations that are widely different.

A spinnerbait primer

Dustin Wilks

For many fishermen, spinnerbaits have taken a back seat to a lot of new lures and trends in fishing: swimbaits, umbrella rigs, vibrating jigs and swim jigs. […]

Lake Hickory bass are on main-lake docks, but one guide expects a move back into the creeks with a little more cool weather.

Fishermen waiting for cooler weather to kick off Lake Hickory bass bite

Craig Holt

Event with recent cooler weather, November has had enough balmy days and nights to confuse Lake Hickory’s bass, but guide Andy Fox of Claremont said the situation is about to change. […]

Guide Chris Heinning is catching stripers and largemouth bass in the same areas, on the same lures, at Lake Wateree.

Lake Wateree’s 2-for-1 special: stripers and largemouths

Terry Madewell

There’s a 2-for-1 special right now at Lake Wateree, with excellent fishing for largemouth bass along with the opportunity to catch bonus hefty stripers. […]

South Carolina anglers can keep up to 10 spotted and/or largemouth bass in aggregate.

Know your limits

Phillip Gentry

Fishermen who are interested in keeping a limit of spotted bass for the table and fish a number of Upstate lakes may find it useful to carry a scorecard to keep up with what’s legal to keep based on what body of water you’re on. […]

Guide Wendell WIlson holds a spotted bass in his right hand and a largemouth in his left; with a little know-how, it’s not hard to distinguish between the two species.

Seeing spots, I think….

Phillip Gentry

When setting the revamped regulations for black bass, SCDNR biologists were wary of splitting limits between similar-looking bass species for fear of anglers harvesting the wrong fish. […]

Changes in creel and size regulations have helped Shearon Harris Lake remain one of North Carolina’s premier trophy bass fisheries.

Commission, CP&L decisions boosted big Harris bass

Craig Holt

With Shearon Harris Lake’s popularity among bass fishermen and its proximity to the heavily populated Raleigh-Durham area, fishing pressure could have hurt its reputation for producing trophy bass. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s regional fisheries biologist Kirk Rundle said the Shearon Harris Lake fish kill seemed to run its course fairly quick, and the overall bass population wasn’t negatively affected.

Harris has recovered from first fish kill

Craig Holt

Shearon Harris Lake experienced its worst — and probably first — fish kill this past April, when fishermen noticed a majority of the 110 largemouth bass, 35 crappie, 20 sunfish and two catfish near the Holleman Landing boat ramp. […]