Shortly after Eric Weir of Belmont landed a 6-pound, 5-ounce spotted bass out of Lake Norman the day after Christmas in 2003, he made two predictions: first, that his record wouldn’t last long; and second, that it would be broken by another fish caught at Norman. […]
DJ’s Lake Norman Winter trail has drawn some of the western Piedmont’s best fishermen over the past handful of years, and through the first handful of this winter’s events, two teams have been consistently cashing checks. […]
Strict harvest regulations the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission put in place in the 1980s saved one of America’s most-popular gamefish. […]
Striped bass can be extremely aggressive and powerful, testing the integrity of the line, lure and reel. Even during bone-chilling conditions, these fish are feisty creatures, willing to eat. […]
I do a lot of seminars at fishing shows and boat shows around the country, and it’s hard to teach people a lot in just 30 minutes, but the one thing I try to get across to bass fishermen is that the most important thing to having success on the water is to understand the seasonal patterns of bass. […]
Striped bass fishing at the upper N.C. coast is suffering right now because of warm water, but just a few miles to the north at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, anglers are loading up on big rockfish — from time to time. […]
Lots of fishermen look at January as a time when they can step back and take a month completely off from fishing — winterizing your boat, cleaning your tackle, then sitting back and watching pro football playoffs and college basketball on TV. […]
Wade Grooms of Bonneau finished second at the Bassmaster Weekend Series national championship on the Santee Cooper lakes on Nov. 9-12, missing the winner’s berth in the Bassmasters Classic by less than a pounds. […]
Richard Szczerbala of Apex won the Oct. 20-22 Walmart BFL regional on Tenneesse’s Lake Chickamauga out of Chattanooga. […]
Copyright 1999 - 2026 Carolina Sportsman, Inc. All rights reserved.