Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 156 of 290

May 7, 2026

In the fall, big stringers of bull bream can be caught around the same deep brush piles where crappie are lurking.

September: a full plate

Fish are biting in the Santee Cooper lakes, but we’re at the time of year when some of the best hunting in South Carolina takes place as well. […]

Clinton Bardner shows off a flathead catfish, many of which will exceed 30 pounds and at times push 80 pounds.

Large flathead catfish hunker down during the day in deep holes and in undercut river banks and don’t feed much when the sun is out, but they become active during evening hours in the narrower sections of the Neuse River south and west of Kinston. […]

Live bluegill are favored baits for flathead cats in most bodies of water, including the Neuse River.

All baits should come from the river

Craig Holt

Anglers who use live baits typically follow a rule that’s a cliché: the larger the bait, the bigger the fish it will catch. […]

Finding Norman’s rock reefs

Tim Mead

Numerous websites, including one belonging to the N.C. Wildlife Federation, provide map coordinates, not GPS coordinates, for the Lake Norman artificial rock reefs. […]

Channel catfish and blues are both biting at night on Lake Murray when anglers use stink baits in the right spots.

Lake Murray catfish biting at night, especially on stink baits

Brian Cope

Anglers looking for some catfish action will find it at Lake Murray, especially if they fish at night and use stink bait on the bottom. Channel catfish and blues of various sizes are the two main whiskered-fish that are easy to catch right now, and Leesville’s Tony Alexander said he doesn’t see any sign of the bite slowing down. […]

Dropper flies can be dynamite on heavily pressured trout waters.

Drop a dropper on trout

Robert Satterwhite

Droppers give fly fishers the advantage of fishing a dry fly and a nymph at the same time, an especially effective measure when it’s not obvious how trout are feeding. […]

Jackson Boykin shows off the kind of bream that can be caught in rivers, as well as ponds and lakes.

How to catch bream in moving water

Brian Cope

Bream fishing on a river is a different ball game than fishing in a pond or lake, but it can be just as fruitful and rewarding for anglers who don’t mind fishing in these waterways, which are often seen more as catfish waters than bream holes. […]

The author with a nice Clarks Hill striper.

Swipe Clarks Hill stripers this month

Jeff Samsel

The bad news about September on Clarks Hill is that the water is warm — borderline hot — which makes tough customers out of cool-loving striped bass. […]

Fish all night for Blewett Falls catfish

Find out the keys to catching Blewett Falls catfish

Brian Cope

Anglers looking to catch good numbers of catfish are having the most luck at night in Blewett Falls Lake while using live shad for bait. […]

Guide Mike McSwain fights a Broad River Smallmouth

Top 2 lures for Broad River smallmouth

Brian Cope

The smallmouth bass bite is hot on the Broad River, and the fish are hitting especially well in the afternoons on inline spinners and surface lures. […]