Bass Fishing
Lake of the Month: Lake Hickory
Almost a hundred years ago, Duke Power began its project to electrify North Carolina’s foothills by building a series of dams along the length of the Catawba River. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Shaky head designs and uses
The standard, round-head design (top left) is for all-around use with spinning tackle in its smaller sizes and for baitcasting gear in its larger sizes. […]
Bass Fishing
Where to find shaky head jigs
Shaky Head jigs can be purchased at tackle stores, discount houses, and online at the following sites: […]
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Draw the ‘right’ reaction
Much is written about bass and reaction strikes. Making a bass bite when it is not actively feeding is what separates a good fishing for a whole day from good fishing for a few minutes. Tricking bass into biting that are not in the “feeding mode” is one of the things that makes fishing so fun. […]
Bass Fishing
Upper end of Lake Marion producing regular limits of largemouth bass
The bass-fishing action in upper Lake Marion may not be as red-hot as it was early in the spring, but it’s very consistent, and guide Inky Davis is regularly catching limits of quality largemouths in the area above the I-95 bridge. […]
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Hot or not, Belews Lake producing good shallow-water bass bite
Maybe the warm, early spring weather forced bass to become more acclimated to heat, but even now in the middle of a torrid summer, with surface temperatures at most North Carolina piedmont lakes hot enough to boil shrimp, largemouth bass are active in shallow water. […]
Bass Fishing
Find the bait and find Lake Murray bass
Lake Murray’s big largemouth bass are busting topwater baits early and late, and they’re also being caught during the middle of the day by fishermen willing to work through the heat and humidity.
According to guide Chris Heinning, it’s all about the bait, specifically blueblack herring.
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Surface Sizzlers
While waiting for a visiting angler, Chili the Wonder Dog took guide Jeff Thomas for a walk around the parking lot at the Merry Oaks boat ramp at Shearon Harris Lake as the sun burned through the daylight fog last July 10. […]
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Deep Thinking
Lake Wateree in known for producing great springtime action for quality largemouth bass, but once the weather turns hot, many fishermen move on to other lakes. […]
Bass Fishing
Float trips providing lots of smallmouth for French Broad anglers
One way to beat the heat of summer is a float trip down the French Broad River in Asheville. […]