Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 132 of 292

July 9, 2026

Bigger streams or lake tributaries are great places to find larger brown trout in winter.

Go to nymphs in winter

Although spring is undoubtedly the ideal season to fish for mountain trout, winter fishing also has its merits. What most discover is that they catch fewer, but larger, fish. […]

Using your boat’s electronics to find baitfish and catfish is essential to success on the Santee Cooper lakes.

Fishing techniques varies tremendously across the country. While a hook and line are critical components, the complexities to dupe fishy foe are virtually endless, driven by location tradition, species availability and habitat conditions. […]

Cut herring or mullet baits are staples among Santee Cooper catfish guides and anglers.

Vary bait options

Jeff Burleson

As the water cools and winter sets in, blue and channel catfish elevate their feeding intervals. While catfish will eat about anything and everything, sometimes certain baits will produce a a quicker response. […]

Spotted bass from Lake Norman like this nice fish caught by Carson Orellana are actually a species known as Alabama bass.

Are spotted bass really Crimson Tide fans?

Dan Kibler

When is a spotted bass not a spotted bass?

Apparently, when it lives in Lake Norman. […]

David Hilton said anglers will have no trouble catching bream in cold weather, as long as they follow a few tips.

3 tips to catching more cold weather bream

Brian Cope

Bream are some of the most sought after fish in the Carolinas, and these fish bite well throughout the spring, summer, and early fall. But once the cold weather months arrive, most panfish anglers stow their fishing gear away and longingly think of spring when they can once again fill their coolers with these tasty panfish. […]

Riahn Brewington caught and released this 112-pound blue catfish from the Cape Fear River, barely missing the state record of 117 pounds.

Wilmington angler catches 112-pound catfish in Cape Fear River

Dusty Wilson

As waters cool across the Carolinas, trophy blue catfish become active. While they are most often landed with stout tackle, a Wilmington angler managed to challenge the North Carolina state record of 117 pounds with a 112-pound blue that he caught on relatively light tackle and 10-pound test line. […]

The onset of cold weather gets the blue catfish in Santee Cooper’s sprawling reservoirs interested in filling their bellies on a regular basis.

Code blue! Cold blues! – It’s time for cold blue cats on Santee Cooper lakes

Jeff Burleson

As the holiday season nears, outdoor lovers gravitate towards an early morning duck hunt or a last-minute sit in their favorite deer stands. But if you’ve got a fishy state of mind, winter is prime time to lock onto a trophy catfish, and there’s no place better than Santee Cooper’s Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion. […]

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

Dan Kibler

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. […]