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June 28, 2026

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

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. […]

Casey Ashley fishes a popping bait from mid-morning, working it around any kind of shady cover and around bream beds he locates.

Tune up that popping bait

Pro fisherman Casey Ashley, the reigning Bassmaster Classic champion, loves his popper fishing. He’s particularly fond of the XCalibur Zell Pop, but even though the bait comes ready for action, Ashley makes a few adjustments to ensure he gets the performance he needs. […]

Fishing the piers in an area thoroughly will allow fishermen to finds and hone in on areas that are holding a lot of bass.

Fish upriver: the alternative to piers

With the deep-water bite vanishing at High Rock, pounding piers is shallow water has become the norm at the lake. On any given day, a parade of fishermen marches along, flipping piers and docks along the shoreline. […]

Some anglers use armbands to relieve pressure on their elbow tendons caused by the repetitive nature of flipping hundreds of boat docks in a day’s fishing.

Flipping can lead to fishing elbow

Flipping may be the most-effective way to fish piers and reach their hard-to-reach inner recesses, but its practitioners risk an injury known as “fishing elbow,” which can result in surgery. […]

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

Faces, legs give frogs different personalities

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

Most of the time, bass will hit a frog in the last 10 feet of a bed of lily pads or weeds, or in the first 10 feet outside it.

Remember the 10-10 rule for fishing pads, weeds

Bass love to hide under lily pads and other surface weeds, and fisheries biologist Scott Lamprecht of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources said anglers should be aware of what he calls the “10-10 rule” in these areas. […]

The section of the Catawba River below Lake Wylie is largely undeveloped, with a few bridges the only reminders that civilization is close by.

Catawba has Scenic River designation

The 30-mile stretch of the Catawba River from the base of the Lake Wylie Dam to the SC 9 bridge is designated as a State Scenic River, a classification given to only nine sections of rivers throughout the Palmetto State. […]

The uppermost section of the Catawba River in South Carolina isn’t known for producing big numbers of largemouth bass, but the quality of the fish can be very good.

June is big-bass month on Catawba River

Adam Fillmore, who owns Lake Wylie’s Hunt-Fish-Paddle, fishes the Catawba River several times a week in June, and he said it’s one of his favorite times to fish there. […]

Recovered from the spawn, bass will get their appetites back in June.

It doesn’t get any better

Across North Carolina, I think June is the best month to fish for bass. When you wake up in the morning this month, you need to take all the vacation time you’ve got and go to the lake. […]

Jordan Lake's postspawn bass are biting in 8 to 10 feet of water.

Despite postspawn, Jordan Lake’s bass are still biting

Bass fishing on the Raleigh-Durham area’s three big lakes — Jordan, Falls of the Neuse and Shearon Harris — is just about to settle into a normal summer pattern, which means deep water. […]

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