Bass Fishing Archives - Page 114 of 155

May 3, 2026

Striped bass are at their most active in the colder waters of January on most of South Carolina’s reservoirs.

Turn to stripers this month

Deer season is over, and hopefully, everybody has got plenty of venison in the freezer. […]

Once you locate fish in an area, working slowly with a jig can produce some great catches.

Keep it simple in winter

With all the fancy fishing items we have available today, sometimes it is best to get back to basics for winter fishing. […]

Spotted bass have become Lake Norman’s primary gamefish, and they’ve had on their feed bags lately.

Anglers mine ‘funnels’ for Lake Norman spots, largemouths, crappie, perch

Craig Holt

Spotted bass, largemouth bass, crappie and white perch are concentrated in deep water at funnel points across Lake Norman, and anglers who can locate them can have fantastic fishing days. […]

Guide Jeff Thomas shows off a nice Jordan Lake bass caught off the riprap near a bridge

Despite unpredictable weather, Jordan’s bass are still biting

Craig Holt

December weather has been variable in the Piedmont, one day featuring temperatures in the low 40s before the mercury climbs into the mid-60s for a few days. […]

Bass fisherman Monty McGuffin said it’s time to head for the warm-water discharge at Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Plant on Lake Keowee to get in on some hot spotted bass action.

Keowee’s “hot hole bite” heating up

Phillip Gentry

With cooler weather finally settling in over the Upstate, bass fishing on Lake Keowee is beginning to heat up. […]

The Little Tennessee River in Macon and Swain counties is one of North Carolina’s top-drawer smallmouth bass streams.

The ‘other’ mountain fish

Robert Satterwhite

North Carolina mountain streams aren’t just about trout fishing. Many of the larger streams also have healthy populations of smallmouth bass. […]

Hybrid bass haven’t been stocked in Jordan Lake since 2002, but some nice hybrids still show up occasionally.

Late-Fall Linesides

Craig Holt

Troy Roberson, a fishing guide on Jordan Lake who specializes in striped bass, loves deer season. […]

Bass fishing in the upper end of Lake Murray has been great over the past week.

Upper end of Lake Murray features a good bass bite

Terry Madewell

Largemouth bass fishing typically slows this time of year on many lakes, but the upper end of Lake Murray is producing good action. […]

Other than a lunker bass, a fisherman can’t ask for anything better for Christmas than one of Lew’s new BB1N baitcasting reels.

Going back to reel basics

David Fritts

More than 25 years ago, when I started to get the reputation for catching a few fish on crankbaits, one of the tools I carried with me wherever I fished was a Lew’s BB1N baitcasting reel. […]

South Carolina winters are often mild enough to keep bass active and keyed in on crawfish, one of their favorite foods.

Hook a holiday jig fish

Davy Hite

I make my living bass fishing, but I love to fish for other species during my offseason, and December is probably my favorite month to fish in the offseason. […]