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Lake Monticello’s blue brutes show up in May
Most of the blue catfish in Lake Monticello will be in the pre-spawn phase in May, so catching 15- to 30-pound catfish is pretty common, according to guide Chris Simpson of Greenwood.
Freshwater Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Roanoke River striper fishing without boats
Fishermen without boats don’t have to miss out on the spring striper run in the Roanoke River. Working with local county and municipal governments, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission was awarded several federal grants to construct fishing piers and riverbank parks for fishermen without boats.
Freshwater Fishing
Black crappie and white crappie
For some anglers who target crappie, they are nothing more than crappie or speckled perch.
Freshwater Fishing
Rattling lures work great for bass, crappie anglers
Rattling lures can be deadly on bass and crappie, especially in murky water or when fish otherwise have their eyesight compromised. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Ideal watercraft for lower Saluda River float fishing
Due to shoals and other features found on rivers such as the lower Saluda, anglers wanting to fish from a watercraft must find vessels other than a traditional, deep- hulled boat.
Freshwater Fishing
Striped bass regulations vary across North Carolina
Striped bass regulations vary according to the body of water across North Carolina, including five distinct areas along the coast.
Freshwater Fishing
Fishing’s tops, no fooling
April is the month when almost every species of fish that spawns is in skinny water: largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, stripers, shellcrackers and bream. Stripers are shallow in the sense they are running up the river to spawn and in fact, many are caught in the Pack’s and Elliott’s flats areas adjacent to the river.
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How to catch more Broad River smallmouth
The water levels on the Broad River are still a little bit high, but not nearly as bad as they have been ever since the big Flood of ’15, and the water temperature and water clarity are just right for smallmouth fishing.
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Rockwell angler catches potential state-record white crappie
Fishermen can speculate on the whereabouts of the next state-record white crappie, but at least one person knows where one such fish lives.
Freshwater Fishing
Beware of rock snot – Unwanted algae shows up in WNC streams
Something nasty this way comes — to paraphrase novelist Ray Bradbury — an alga called “rock snot” that creates carpet-like mats on stream bottoms, smothering aquatic organisms that trout and other fish depend on for sustenance.