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June 27, 2026

Guide James McManus targets smallmouth bass on gravel and chunk-rock banks this month on Fontana Lake.

Prespawn smallmouth starting to stir at Fontana Lake

The signs are out that fishing is about to pick up on Fontana Lake in North Carolina’s extreme southwestern corner. […]

Tournament promoter Bo Russell expects Badin Lake’s big bass to bite this month.

Badin Lake to rebound?

Last March, when unreasonably warm weather drove the big-bass bite to explode on North Carolina’s High Rock and Tuckertown lakes, the trophy bass at Badin Lake just downstream didn’t get the message. Few bruisers were caught, which was shocking, because Badin historically has been the best of the Yadkin River lakes for giant bass. […]

Bass eat less during the winter, but they still eat. Catch your share with these tips.

Top 6 tips for catching winter bass

Brian Cope

Anglers can catch plenty of bass during the cold weather months. This is especially true during warming trends, which we get often during the winter in the Carolinas. […]

Bass will bite in February, but you need to fish slowly, in open water, with light line and small-profile baits.

Pick a clear lake, go slow, fish open water

David Fritts

A lot of fishermen approach February as a good month to go to boat shows and look at all the newest boats and fishing tackle, but some years, you miss out on a lot of good fishing by staying off the lake. […]

G. Loomis E6X

Carolina Sportsman

Lightweight, strong, and sensitive. That’s the recipe for a fishing rod that bass anglers strive to find, and it can be elusive, especially when you add affordability into the mix. Or at least it used to be. But the G. Loomis E6X changes that. […]

Hybrid bass have replaced stripers as No. 1 targets for many Lake Norman anglers and guides.

Hunt Norman’s hybrids – February is time to hunt hybrid bass on North Carolina’s Lake Norman

Tony Garitta

In 2012, when the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission decided to quit stocking striped bass in Lake Norman, that probably wasn’t the best news for Bob Curan, who grew up fishing for striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay before moving to North Carolina in 1997 and putting in 15 years learning the 32,500-acre lake north of Charlotte. […]

Big female bass will start to stir this month on North Carolina’s Lake Tillery, and you should be waiting with jigs and jerkbaits.

J&J joy on Tillery – Double your bass-fishing joy by fishing the “J&J” baits on Lake Tillery this month

Tony Garitta

If February 2018 is anything like February 2017 — with its unseasonably warm weather — bass fishermen can expect to encounter a good number of trophy fish. The key is water temperature; once it climbs into the lower 50s, big female bass migrate in numbers into shallow staging areas before they even think about spawning. […]