Bass Fishing Archives - Page 112 of 155

May 3, 2026

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

The Carolina rig

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

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

Brandon Barber of Spartanburg took a day off from his fly-fishing shop and wore out the bass at Lake Hartwell.

Unsettled weather is key to catching Lake Hartwell bass

Phillip Gentry

What does a fly fishing guide and fly shop owner do on his day off? He picks up his heavy tackle, heads to an impoundment he only fishes once in a blue moon, and hones his other fishing skills. […]

Trophy bass fishing is on the cusp of breaking out of the winter doldrums on the three major reservoirs around Raleigh-Durham.

Bass on RDU lakes just a few degrees from great action

Craig Holt

Bass fishing for the biggest lunkers of the year at the Raleigh-Durham area’s three big lakes — Jordan, Shearon Harris and Falls — is on the brink of beginning, even though temperatures have been at or below freezing at night. […]