Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 149 of 292

July 10, 2026

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

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. […]

Stripers are just one species of the mixed bag coming out of Lake Thurmond in the cold weather.

Winter Wonderland – Lake Thurmond giving up plenty of fish

Brian Cope

Lake Thurmond is giving up a mixed bag to anglers who are braving the cold weather. Catches include everything from white perch, crappie, stripers, hybrids, largemouth, and flathead catfish, and all these fish are mixed in together chasing schools of bait throughout the lake. […]

Catching catfish in the winter can be a little tougher than at other times of the year, but these tips from Zakk Royce will help.

Catch more winter catfish with these tips

Brian Cope

Catfish can be a little tougher to catch when the water temperature gets bitterly cold, but anglers can still put together a good pattern that will put cats in their boat, even if it is at a slower pace than at other times of the year. […]

Fly fishing classes, as well as other outdoor-related courses will be held at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education throughout the month of March. All courses are free.

NCWRC hosting fly fishing, other skills workshops throughout March

North Carolina Sportsman

The NCWRC is hosting 14 outdoors-related programs at the Pisagah Center for Wildlife Education in Transylvania County throughout March. The events are free, open on a first-come, first-serve basis, and require pre-registration. […]