Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 157 of 292

July 10, 2026

Anglers in Stokes County don't normally get to catch rainbow trout, but they will thanks to stocking in Hanging Rock State Park.

Rainbow trout being stocked in Hanging Rock State Park

Hanging Rock State Park is getting a boost to its lake on Oct 12. The NCWRC and the NC State Parks Commission is stocking 1200 catchable-size rainbow trout. […]

Tributary creeks are good spots to look for spawning brown and brook trout in the fall.

If it’s brown, it’s down

Robert Satterwhite

In early October, fall arrives in the mountains with the first dull-red coloring of sourwood, dogwood, and sumac leaves. […]

The first Smoky Mountain Fly Fishing Festival is being held Oct 10 in Bryson City.

Bryson City hosting Smoky Mountain Fly Fishing Festival Oct 10

Brian Cope

The Smoky Mountain Fly Fishing Festival will take place this Saturday, Oct 10 in Bryson City on the Tuckaseegee River. […]

A paved parking lot and steps leading to the river make this new public fishing area a great addition to Western North Carolina's South Fork New River.

New public fishing area opened in South Fork New River

Brian Cope

North Carolina anglers have a new place to wet a line thanks to the opening of a new public access area in Watauga County on the South Fork New River. […]

A small, square-lipped crankbait is a great choice for bass fishermen on Lake Tillery in October.

Fish fast for fall bass on Lake Tillery

Dan Kibler

Dylan Fulk had his trolling motor on high and his baitcasting rod in perpetual motion, firing casts at just about any piece of visible cover as he worked a bank in Lake Tillery’s Jacobs Creek. […]

Lake Hartwell produced this trophy striper for Adam Rice during the fall, when they move out of deep water and within range of plenty of fishermen.

When cool means hot – Fall weather brings Lake Hartwell’s stripers out of deep water and into a big feeding zone

Pete Rogers

When it comes to filling a cooler with striped bass from Lake Hartwell, October is a tough month to beat. […]

Guide Buster Rush can load up a stringer with big crappie by fishing a series of several brush piles in deep water.

Stalk fall Santee slabs – Sample Lake Marion’s great fall crappie action

Terry Madewell

The long rod bowed into a deep, inverted “U” as another slab crappie was swung aboard the boat. Guide Buster Rush grabbed his client’s fish and sized it up. […]

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

Terry Madewell

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. […]