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June 28, 2026

Guide Andy Fox likes a variety of baits for prespawn bass on Lake Hickory, and jigs and soft-plastics when bass begin to spawn.

It’s big-bass time on Hickory

Andy Fox of Fishers of Men Guide Service changes tactics during April as largemouth bass transition from staging areas to their spawning grounds on North Carolina’s Lake Hickory. In either phase, Fox (828-312-8711) said plenty of bass from 4 to 7 pounds will be caught this month. […]

Weather changes should cause anglers to change their lures to catch more Broad River smallmouth bass.

Try river smallies

April can be a tough month as far as weather goes. A string of warm days can be interrupted by just as many cold days, and this has an impact on the smallmouth bass fishing on South Carolina’s Broad River. […]

Bass pro Jonathan Phillips of Pittsboro, N.C., believes bass may already be in a post-spawn mode this April.

Will Jordan bass spawn early?

The rapid approach of spring has thrown a curveball to anyone patterning bass by their usual seasonal locations. While anglers shouldn’t count out a cool-down, one Pittsboro, N.C., bass pro is predicting an early spawn, with fish going into post-spawn patterns by April on B. Everett Jordan Lake. […]

Catch more spawning bass with this little-known tactic.

Bump-n-grind it out for spawning bass

Spring provides ample opportunities for anglers to catch spawning bass and/or a heavy stringer of green machines on any lake or river system. But catching them isn’t always easy when the angler and fish are separated only by 20 inches of clear water. […]

Electroshocking surveys show that Falls of Neuse Lake is loaded with healthy bass like this one caught by Todd Massey of Chapel Hill.

By the numbers, Falls of Neuse is NC’s top lake for largemouth bass

Bass fishing often is a numbers game. By one analysis, Falls of the Neuse Lake may be North Carolina’s best bass lake. […]

Learn everything you can about using your electronics, and your prespawn bass fishing will improve.

Use electronics to find fish-holding structure

Steve Pietrykowski of Fishski Business Guided Fishing said one thing that Lake Hartwell bass fishermen can do to improve their catches is to learn to use their electronics. […]

Don’t get frustrated being in the back of a bass boat when fish are bedding and sight-casting is the ticket. Plenty of fish are still in range, moving into the same coves in slightly deeper water.

Back-of-the-boat bed fishing tips

Sight-fishing for spawning bass can be tough on the angler in the back of a bass boat, especially in a tournament situation where both are competing but only the angler on the front deck has a real shot at the fish. […]

Bennett Pridgen caught this double-digit bass at Badin Lake in February.

Badin Lake angler catches 12-pound, 6-ounce bass

During a recent meeting at the Concord Bass Pro Shops, anglers were passing around a cell phone with a photo of a 12-pound, 6-ounce largemouth bass caught at Badin Lake by an angler they only knew as “Bennett.” […]

Is Falls of Neuse the best bass-fishing lake in North Carolina? It may be, at least in March.

March for lunkers on North Carolina’s Falls of Neuse Lake

Around the Raleigh-Durham area, some disagreements exist among anglers about which of three local lakes — Shearon Harris, Jordan or Falls of the Neuse — offers the fishing for largemouth bass. […]

March is a month of change for bass fishermen on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell.

The change-up – You can’t sit still and keep up with Lake Hartwell’s prespawn bass

March is a transition month, as winter gives way to spring, and that goes for a lot more than just the weather, bass-fishing for example. […]

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