Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 147 of 290

May 7, 2026

Stripers and largemouth bass make for a great mixed-bag on Kerr Lake in March.

It’s double-play time on North Carolina’s Kerr Lake

Largemouth and striped bass feed together at one of North Carolina’s largest lakes during late winter and early spring, but few anglers know. […]

Lake Wylie is producing plenty of nice blue catfish like this one caught by James Moore of Westminster.

Make a game plan before you take on Lake Wylie’s blue catfish

Phillip Gentry

James Moore of Westminster, S.C., will readily admit that he doesn’t consider Lake Wylie as one of his home lakes, but every time he goes there, he does well catching blue catfish. […]

Tar River Reservoir has some of the best crappie fishing in North Carolina.

Slab happy – For big crappie in eastern North Carolina, try the Tar River Reservoir

Mike Marsh

Just as anglers do in early spring, Tar River Reservoir suffers mood swings. One day, the water is clear. The next day, it rains, bringing muddy runoff surging down its feeder creeks. […]

A pair of thick gloves and/or a lip-gripping device will help protect anglers from the pickerel’s array of sharp teeth.

Pick on winter pickerel

Bill Howard

Growing up watching TV fishing shows on the weekend was an experience in itself. However, with everyone bass fishing around home, it always seemed strange when anglers would head north and talk of pike and muskie. […]

Zakk Royce, who holds the N.C. blue catfish record, caught another triple digit blue Friday, this time on Lake Gaston.

100-pound catfish caught on Lake Gaston

Dusty Wilson

Most big blue catfish in Lake Gaston come out of deep water, but when guide Zakk Royce of Murfreesboro hit Lake Gaston this past Friday, he had a hunch that warmer weather might shuffle shad and big cats to the backs of creeks. […]

Big slabs like this one are taken with long lines from Tillery before fish make a big move to the shallows.

Stick Lake Tillery crappie

Tony Garitta

Niorwood’s David Diggs fishes year-round for crappie at Lake Tillery, and he knows that March rates as a prime month for catching large slabs at the Yadkin River impoundment. […]

Some of High Rock Lake’s biggest crappie are caught out of relatively deep water in March.

Stay deep for slabs

Tony Garitta

While March Madness for basketball fans translates into being glued to the television set during the NCAA tournament, for fishermen, it translates into fishing for crappie at High Rock Lake. […]

Most people don't think of the Wateree River as a crappie hotspot, but for anglers who follow these tips, it can be a gold mine.

Wateree River is a crappie angler’s delight

Brian Cope

The Wateree River is known by most anglers as a catfish river, but this river also has a good crappie population, and this time of year, anglers fishing for crappie have plenty of reasons to spend some time on this river. […]

The harvest season for striped bass in the Roanoke River Management Area will open on March 1 and run through April 30.

Striped bass season opening in Roanoke River Management Area March 1

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open the entire Roanoke River Management Area to striped bass harvest from March 1 through April 30, unless closed or extended through proclamation. […]

The water temperature is cold in Lake Wylie, but Capt. Jerry Neeley said that makes the crappie easy to find and catch.

Catch Lake Wylie crappie with these tips

Brian Cope

Many anglers across the Carolinas are eager for water temperatures to warm up, but some anglers are happy with them just the way they are right now. […]