Bass Fishing Archives - Page 112 of 155

June 27, 2026

Big bass moving in to spawn are at their most vulnerable during March, because they’re feeding so heavily preparing for the spawn.

March is tough to beat

March is when most of the big bass are caught in North Carolina. One reason, I think, is because it’s when most people start fishing. […]

Kenny Seagle of Salisbury dominated a big field to win the BFL Piedmont Division tournament March 2 on High Rock Lake with a 24 1/4-pound limit, anchored by an 8 1/2-pound lunker.

Seagle’s huge limit wins BFL bass tournament on High Rock

Tony Garitta

After the first five or six anglers each brought one fish to the scales at the March 2 Walmart Bass Fishing League Piedmont Division tournament at High Rock Lake, Salisbury’s Kenny Seagle stunned the crowd at Tamarac Marina by bringing in a 5-fish limit that weighed a whopping 24 pounds, 4 ounces. […]

Prespawn Explosion — March is a great month for a Lake Murray bass-fishing trip

South Carolina Sportsman

As far as Ben Lee of Columbia is concerned, there is no better month to fish on Lake Murray than March. […]

Jason Selfridge of Saluda shows off a nice Lake Murray bass — the kind the lake is still producing, despite no longer being considered a trophy lake.

The changing nature of Lake Murray

South Carolina Sportsman

Tales of honey holes that produce all the time on Lake Murray are hard to come by these days because, according to Hal Beard, a fisheries biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, who said the nature of the lake has changed. […]

Fishermen who catch big female bass on their spawning beds need to return them as soon as possible.

Pulling female bass off the bed

Jason Snyder

Female largemouth bass stay close to their nests during the spawn, and are a challenge to land. […]

Most anglers use a long rod when fishing a Carolina rig.

The Carolina rig

South Carolina Sportsman

One of the simplest and most-effective set-ups for bass fishing is the Carolina rig. […]

Crankbaits can be tremendously effective in March, both to find concentrations of active fish and to put big ones in the boat.

Time to crank ’em up

Davy Hite

Across South Carolina, March is a tremendous month to get on some really big bass, and I try to take advantage of every chance I’ve got to get on the water. […]

Guide Joel Richardson has been catching bass off steep, rocky banks on the lower end of Badin Lake.

Badin’s chunky largemouths concentrated on steep, rocky banks

Craig Holt

Badin Lake has the reputation for being one of the first reservoirs on the Yadkin River system – or in all of North Carolina – to wake up when spring hovers on the horizon. […]

Brad Knight is a threat to Lake Hartwell stripers when he launches his specially rigged kayak.

Paddle up a striped bass

Phillip Gentry

Taken out of context, the scene may have seemed unusual, even comical. In the middle was a boat considered small by Lake Hartwell standards: a 14-foot kayak. […]

Guide Cecil Wolfe caught this big Santee Cooper largemouth in extremely shallow water.

Shallow-water bass bite has cranked up on Santee Cooper lakes

Terry Madewell

The combination of rain, warm weather and rising water levels have created a situation where the shallow-water bite for big largemouth bass is already red-hot at Lake Moultrie. […]