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May 6, 2026

A big spotted bass and a big largemouth bass adds up to a nice Lake Norman catch for Carson Orellano of Mooresville, N.C.

A great spot to be in – Anglers flock to Lake Norman for North Carolina’s best spotted bass fishing

One morning last December, a bass tournament was blasting off out of the McCrary Creek boating ramp, aka Queens Landing, but Carson Orellana of Mooresville, N.C., was perfectly content to let the traffic clear before he backed his Nitro down the ramp and pushed off into Lake Norman. […]

Crappie at Lake Wateree will hang around debris or other forms of cover close to the main-river channel on the lower end of the lake.

Catch more Lake Wateree crappie this month with these tips

Brian Cope

Willis Trapp has been fishing South Carolina’s Lake Wateree for three decades, and while he enjoys the warmth of spring, it’s December that gets him most excited about crappie fishing. […]

Guide Chris Simpson said channel catfish have made a big comeback at Lake Greenwood.

Try Lake Greenwood’s cold mixed bag

Pat Robertson

Lake Greenwood is a great place to fish this month for plenty of different species; guide Chris Simpson said stripers, catfish, white perch and white bass will all bite in December. […]

Live minnows slow-trolled or fished vertically produce plenty of Jordan Lake crappie in December.

Jordan Lake slabs are on

Tony Garitta

Guide Freddie Sinclair won’t be hard to spot this month when he’s prowling Jordan Lake for crappie. […]

Guide Robbie Burr said big blue cats get active at Blewett Falls Lake when the water temperature breaks the 60-degree mark on the way down, usually in late November or early December.

Blewett Falls ‘logjam’ is winter hotspot for lake’s biggest blue catfish

Tony Garitta

Looking for fishing guide Robbie Burr in December? You’ll probably find him anchored near North Carolnia’s Blewett Falls Lake’s “logjam” — trying to catch huge blue catfish. […]

Productive fly patterns for late fall and early winter include (top, left to right) bead-head Prince, bead-head Pheastant Tail, bead-head Hare’s Ear, (bottom, left to right): brown Caddis, parachute Adams, parachute Blue-Winged Olive.

Cool weather is welcome

Robert Satterwhite

After a record dry and hot summer, fall has arrived in the mountains, bringing cooler weather and, hopefully, improved trout-fishing conditions. […]

Guide Gene Crawford netted this 76-pound blue catfish for a client last November.

How to catch your biggest catfish on Santee this month

Terry Madewell

November is special on the Santee Cooper lakes for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, the fishing is fantastic for multiple species. Striper fishing improves from the excellent, already strong October bite, with more big, keeper-sized stripers on both live bait and schooling patterns. […]

Pro angler Matt Arey fishes only suspending jerkbaits; to add weight to make them suspend, he’ll change out hooks for ones a size larger.

Suspending jerkbaits more common than in the past

Pete Anderson

Deep inside my tackle box, there is a Rapala floating minnow that’s a victim of a late 1980s how-to article. Above the front hook, I drilled three holes and inserted a split shot in each, then sealed the wounds with epoxy. At the time, it was one of only a few ways that anglers could make their jerkbaits suspend. […]

Bass pro Andy Montgomery catches his best jerkbait bass on the lower end of Lake Wylie, where the water is less stained.

Catch more bass by understanding Wylie’s shad

Pete Anderson

Find the shad, and you’ll find the bass. That well-worn wisdom is true on Lake Wylie, especially in the winter. But to find the shad, it helps to know a little about them. […]

Black nose crappie

Dusty Wilson

Without a doubt, the Eno River presents a unique crappie fishing experience, in part because it offers the opportunity to catch a unique crappie. […]