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August 27, 2026

Stripers on Clarks Hill Lake will be congregated in the Georgia and South Carolina Little Rivers this month in search of baitfish.

Striper fishing is simple on Clarks Hill Lake in February

February is one of the best times of the year to catch big stripers in Clarks Hill Lake and the two Little rivers that feed it. […]

Not fly fishing, not bait fishing, spinning is happy medium

Robert Satterwhite

Die-hard fly fishers, some of them, are scornful of bait fishers, portraying them as low-brow fish killers who consume every trout they catch. Bait fishers, some of them, are equally scornful of fly fishers, considering them elitists who catch fish not to eat but to release. […]

How to recognize productive water when trout fishing

L. Woodrow Ross

Choosing where to fish is as important as your fly selection; fishermen need to learn to “read the water.” […]

Trout will hit a variety of nymph patterns if the weighted flies are kept near the bottom of a stream.

“High stick” technique

L. Woodrow Ross

1. Angler casts well above fish, keeps rod tip down as nymph falls to bottom of streambed. […]

High Rock is a winter sleeper lake

Terry Madewell

Guide Jerry Neely targets several lakes in January when he’s crappie fishing, and he said one that can be sneaky good is High Rock Lake on North Carolina’s Yadkin-Pee Dee system. […]

A crappie rig for winter fishing

Terry Madewell

Guide Maynard Edwards has a unique rig he’s developed for wintertime crappie fishing, enabling him to fish near the bottom and suspended fish at the same time. […]

The author shows off a 25-pound Lake Hartwell striper, his best-ever from a kayak, on a cold, January day.

Stripers are a great winter target for paddlers

Phillip Gentry

The striped bass has a long, colorful history, both as a commercial and recreational resource. From the booming commercial fishery in the Northeast in the late 1800s, stripers were transported across the country from New England’s coastal waters to the waters off California, the idea being reproduction of the burgeoning commercial fishery. […]

Fly fishing and kayak fishing clinics are some of the programs offered at the John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center throughout February 2018.

Fly fishing, kayak fishing workshops offered at John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center is offering five free fishing workshops for people of all ages and skill levels throughout the month of February. Online registration is required for the workshops, which are open on a first-come, first-served basis. […]

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Learn the top techniques for catching crappie

Brian Cope

Think of all the hours you’ve spent in a classroom learning about subjects you probably didn’t have a whole lot of interest in. Its been a necessary part of life for us all, from grade school, college, the military, or civilian jobs. Learning is a great thing, but let’s face it, we’ve all spent time staring out the window during countless classes, wishing we were fishing. […]