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October 10, 2026

Don’t wait for fish to bite when you set up this month at Lake Hartwell. Move if they aren’t biting. If they are, you might finish off your limit before daylight, but maybe not.

Patience is not a virtue

Fishing success often depends on being patient. You put your lines out, wait — and hope for a bite. But not when fishing the spring hybrid/striper feeding frenzy on Lake Hartwell. […]

Some tremendous territory is available this month to bass fishermen in kayaks, like Lake Moultrie’s Hatchery area, which regularly produces trophy largemouth bass.

April bass fishing is tough to beat

Phillip Gentry

April is the top month for the bass spawn in both Carolinas, and there is nothing like setting the hook on a sho’nuff bucketmouth from a small plastic boat. The beauty of kayak bass fishing is that it’s hard to find a body of freshwater in either Carolinas that doesn’t hold bass. […]

Mike McSwain shows off a bass caught on a topwater, hollow-body frog lure. These lures are popular choices in the spring for largemouth bass, especially around weeds, lily pads, and other surface debris.

Top 4 tips for catching bass on frog lures

Brian Cope

Spring has finally gained a foothold across the Carolinas, and that means it’s the perfect time to cast topwater, hollow-body frogs for largemouth bass. […]

Soft baits catch plenty of shallow, spring largemouths, but they’re not the only way to go.

Three go-to hard baits

David Fritts

Most people who know bass fishing understand that I feel most comfortable when I’ve got a crankbait tied on. So when bass go really shallow in the spring, that makes things tough on me, but anyone who likes fishing crankbaits can still catch plenty of fish. […]

Big stripers are a big deal in April on Clarks Hill Lake.

Spring into big stripers

Terry Madewell

Getting your string stretch by a trophy striper can happen year-round at Clarks Hill Lake, aka Lake Thurmond, but if you want to boost your odds for trophy fish, go now. […]

Downsize your swimbaits for better post-spawn bass success.

Swimbait? Go small

Tony Garitta

With the introduction of Florida-strain largemouth bass into southern California in 1959, fish weighing as much as 20 pounds made that state’s waters treasured fishing grounds for the next world-record fish. Twenty-one of the heaviest 25 bass ever caught have come from California waters, mostly the San Diego city lakes. […]

Cover: April 2018

Carolina Sportsman

April is a big-bass month across both Carolinas. Tune in for tips on baits and learn which North Carolina lakes are trophy destinations. […]

Raleigh-Durham’s three bass lakes are North Carolina’s best.

Mining RDU’s ‘Golden Triangle’

Craig Holt

Fishermen having trouble choosing a month to target largemouth bass on the three lakes around the Raleigh-Durham area can get answers from two groups — serious anglers or biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission — and they can take those recommendations to the bank(s). […]

Red-clay fever will infect striper, hybrid fishermen on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell this month.

Fast and furious – Striper, hybrid bass action

Pat Robertson

It is nighttime — the crack of dawn is still and hour or more away — and South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell is dark. Chip Hamilton points the bow of his striper boat straight at the bank of a point jutting out into the lake and revs the engine briefly to drive the front of the boat up on the bank. […]

D.O.A.’s PT-7 topwater bait can be fished weedless across surface vegetation

Top baits for spring bass

Jeff Burleson

As the sun thaws out the Carolinas after a chilly winter, spring is welcomed, especially by fishermen with an affinity for taming big largemouth bass in shallow water. With endless lure combinations available, there is more than one way to land a heavy stringer. […]