Bass Fishing
Fontana Lake is a bass buffet for anglers
Bass anglers on Fontana Lake have a lot to choose from this month. Spotted bass, smallmouth bass, and largemouth bass are all active and hungry this month on the western N.C. lake. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
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. […]
Bass Fishing
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 Fishing
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. […]
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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. […]
Bass Fishing
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. […]
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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. […]
Bass Fishing
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. […]
Bass Fishing
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.” […]
Bass Fishing
Seine the swamp – Cypress and tupelo trees in South Carolina’s Sparkleberry Swamp are bass magnets
Lake Marion is not only the largest lake in South Carolina, but its 110,000 acres are undoubtedly some of the most unique along the eastern seaboard due to their complexity and abundance of varied habitat. […]