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May 5, 2026

Two North Carolina lakes are in Bassmaster's Top 100 list for the 2015.

Two North Carolina lakes are in Bassmaster’s Top 100 for 2015

Two lakes in North Carolina have been ranked in the top 100 bass fisheries in the country according to Bassmaster magazine. […]

Where's the best place in the country to catch a bass? According to Bassmaster, it's Toledo Bend Reservoir, but six bodies of water in South Carolina are among the magazine's top 100 for 2015.

Six SC bodies of water are in Bassmaster’s Top 100 for 2015

South Carolina Sportsman

Six bodies of water in South Carolina have been included in Bassmaster magazine’s list of the top 100 bass-fishing destinations in the United States in its July/August edition. […]

Fishing Fluke-style lures proved to be a great summer tactic on Lake Murray when anglers could find bass crashing schools of bait.

Hit Murray’s summer bass lottery – Variety is the spice of life and the way to catch Lake Murray’s summer bass

David A. Brown

It’s known as “The Jewel of South Carolina” and Lake Murray indeed shines with many facets. Located west of Columbia, the lake created in the late 1920s offers tremendous diversity, and as bass pros demonstrated during last year’s Forrest Wood Cup in July, Murray indulges a variety of fishing styles. […]

Andy Wicker caught these two big largemouth bass on an overcast summer day on Lake Monticello.

Go deep for Lake Monticello’s summer largemouths

Terry Madewell

The bass bite is on at Lake Monticello and the largemouths are being caught throughout the lake in deep water. […]

Bream can be a great target for any fisherman, but knowing their habits can help catch more summer bass.

Take a bream bass fishing

Davy Hite

Almost every fisherman got his start on the banks of a pond somewhere, dangling a worm or a cricket under a cork, catching bream or shellcrackers. […]

Guide Mike McSwain shows off the kind of smallmouth bass that has anglers flocking to the Broad River.

Broad River smallmouth bass locked in on productive summer pattern

Brian Cope

The smallmouth bass in the Broad River are in their summertime pattern, and that means anglers can have a field day as long as they concentrate on the coolest water they can find and use three main lures. […]

Jonathan Phillips of Pittsboroo targets main-lake points for much of his summer bass action.

Fish points for tops in summer bass action in North Carolina

Dusty Wilson

Points are among the most-recognizable features of any body of water. They are also great starting blocks for targeting bass as they ease offshore into their summer patterns. […]

Zell Rowland holds up a bass caught on the YUM Sharp Shooter.

YUM’s Kill Shot, Warning Shot and Sharp Shooter

Don Shoopman

Take it from a Bassmaster Elite pro bass fisherman who is serious about his drop-shot and finesse worm fishing: three soft plastics introduced by YUM Baits at the 2014 ICast are going to be deadly tantalizing to bass from California to his home state of Florida. […]

Lures that catch bass as the summer heat starts to beat down on North Carolina lakes can range from deep-diving crankbaits to worms, to jigs, to topwaters.

Be ready for summer bass with a variety of lures, guides suggest

Craig Holt

For the better part of two weeks, June’s weather has got plenty of naysayers thinking that there may be something to global warming, and don’t think largemouth bass aren’t affected by all those back-to-back-to-back 90-degree days. […]

Hollow-body frogs normally have either a pointed or a cupped face, which produce different sounds upon retrieve.

Faces, legs give frogs different personalities

Brian Cope

Like most lures, artificial frogs come in a variety of sizes and colors, but they also come in a variety of styles. […]