Bass Fishing Archives - Page 54 of 155

May 9, 2026

Guide Preston Harden said stripers and hybrids are hungry and feed aggressively in June on Lake Hartwell once they’ve finished their annual false spawning run up the lake’s main rivers.

Hartwell stripers, hybrids put on the feed bag this month to recover from spawn

June is one of the best, if not the best month, to fish for stripers and hybrids on Lake Hartwell, according to guide Preston Harden of Commerce, Ga. […]

High Rock Lake may not boast the huge numbers or huge fish of other lakes, but its 8- to 12-pound stripers are there for the taking this time of year.

Rock a striped bass

Tony Garitta

Guide Jerry Hill of Lexington, N.C., has swapped striper boats three or four times in recent years, and he’s back on the water in his latest vessel just in time for some of the best striper fishing that High Rock Lake has to offer. […]

The marshes around Georgetown, S.C., will fill up with hungry spot-tail bass during June.

Spot-tails make Georgetown waters a June destination

Jeff Burleson

Summer is in full bloom this month along South Carolina’s coast, with inshore options wide open. Among the best locations are the sprawling marshes around Georgetown, where it’s ground zero for some of the best action of the season on spot-tail bass, aka redfish. […]

Guide Joel Richardson fishes plenty of search baits to find concentrations of chunky Buggs Island bass in June.

Buggs bass go to the bushes

Tony Garitta

Guide Joel Richardson of Kernersville, N.C., said bass fishermen not only can find top-to-bottom action in June at Buggs Island Lake, aka Kerr Reservoir, but they can also catch fish in a variety of ways. […]

Bedding bass can be tough to catch, but Gary Abernethy knows how to entice them into biting.

How to catch stubborn bedding bass

Brian Cope

Bass are still spawning in many of the lakes across the Carolinas, and that adds the element of sight to bass fishing like no other time of year. And while it’s often easy to spot the beds – and even the bass – it’s not always as easy to convince them to bite. […]

Waccamaw River bass stay off the beaten paths

Brian Cope

The Waccamaw River runs through tourist and saltwater fishing land, but bass anglers can have a field day on this tidal river. […]

Soft-plastic stickbaits like Senkos will fool plenty of post-spawn Tuckertown Lake bass this month.

Smoke ’em with Tuckertown cigars

Tony Garitta

Cigar-shaped soft-plastic lures, with their slow, tantalizing spiral fall are deadly for smoking out spawning and post-spawn bass on North Carolina’s Tuckertown Lake in May. […]

Topwater baits that can be popped across the surface are great bets when Randleman Lake bass key in on spawning bream.

Look for Randleman topwater bass

Tony Garitta

One of the better lakes in North Carolina this month for explosive topwater strikes is Randleman Lake in Randolph and Guilford counties. […]

May bass-fishing action at Lake Gaston can produce plenty of quality fish in a variety of places, using a variety of baits, depending on where they are in the spawning ritual.

Gaston bass on the move

Dusty Wilson

According to guide J.T. Palmore of Blackstone, Va., May is a transition month for largemouth bass at Lake Gaston on the North Carolina/Virginia border. That doesn’t mean it’s not one of the best times to visit — it just means you have more options. […]

This largemouth bass spawn may be over by May across most of the Carolinas, but there are plenty of bass still in relatively shallow water, and hungry.

Don’t miss May’s magic

Davy Hite

I have said many times before that as far as the chance to catch big bass across the Carolinas, March is probably the best month. But I’m just as sure that, overall, the best month to just go out and catch bass is May. […]