Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 159 of 290

May 7, 2026

Lake Norman catfish have been biting cut white perch all over the lake during the hot weather.

Trolling cut bait, watching electronics, has been key to Lake Norman catfish

Catfish are biting across Lake Norman in a variety of sizes, and Jerry Neeley of Jerry’s Fishing Guide Service said trolling with cut bait is the best way to catch them during on hot days. […]

When it comes to catfish bait, the sky is the limit

Brian Cope

Catfish love to eat some of the stinkiest bait you’ll ever want to handle, but they’ll also eat fruit and even soap. […]

Chunks of bar soap, grapes, slices of apples and blackberries are among the interesting baits that a South Carolina anglers uses when targeting catfish.

Imagination is everything when it comes to catfish baits

Brian Cope

Many hardcore catfish anglers have favorite baits they swear by over all others. A variety of live baits, cut baits, stinkbaits and homemade concoctions are on the list of baits many outdoorsmen use to pursue Mr. Whiskers, but Mike Spinks of Sumter, S.C., has branched out in other directions when searching for the perfect catfish bait. […]

Wyn Mullins enjoys catches like this of big, bull bream in the Cooper River through the summer.

Learn this four-letter word for catching big Cooper River bream: deep

Terry Madewell

August may not rate high as prime time to catch bull bream, but it may be time to do some deep thinking and reconsider. […]

Brown trout are better targeted by trolling live bait closer to the bottom. Bigger specimens are caught later in the fall as they migrate up the river to spawn.

Keep it cool at Cheoah Lake

Phillip Gentry

In the 1993 Warner Brothers film, “The Fugitive,” actor Harrison Ford plays Dr. Richard Kimble, wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife, who escapes from custody and is declared a fugitive. […]

Guide Wendell Wilson regularly does battle with big Lake Russell stripers.

Striper strategies – Here’s how to target Lake Russell’s trophy stripers

Phillip Gentry

In 2012, fishermen began urging South Carolina officials to put in place regulations that would turn Lake Russell, the middle lake of the three major impoundments on the Savannah River, into a trophy striped bass fishery. […]

Hartwell heats up – August is not dog days, but striper days

Terry Madewell

Greet a sunrise on the lower end of Lake Hartwell this month armed with blueback herring and a good graph, and odds are, the hot fishing will rival the heat. […]

Rainbow trout in the Watauga River near the Watauga County town of Foscoe have been discovered to have whirling disease, a potentially devastating disease for trout populations.

Commission discovers whirling disease in Watauga River trout

North Carolina Sportsman

Whirling disease, a disorder affecting trout, has been confirmed in rainbow trout collected from Watauga River near Foscoe in Watauga County — the first occurrence of the disease in North Carolina – and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has suspended stocking fish raised at its three cold-water hatcheries until it can confirm that those populations are free of the disease. […]

Baylen Moore and guide Townie Wessinger show off the best fish from two limits recently caught in deep water at Lake Murray.

Deep-water pattern has taken over, but Lake Murray is still spitting out nice stripers

Terry Madewell

Hot-weather patterns have set in for Lake Murray striped bass, but that hasn’t slowed down the action for fishermen able to adapt to deep-water patterns. Guide Townsend “Townie” Wessinger has been mauling stripers with live bait in deep water. […]

Deep brush piles are producing plenty of nice crappie for Kerr Lake fishermen, along with white perch.

Deep brush piles producing crappie, white perch for Kerr Lake anglers

Craig Holt

With the heat on across North Carolina, many fishermen have taken to after-dark trips, but Chris Bullock, a veteran guide on John H. Kerr Reservoir has been knocking out plenty of black crappie and white perch on daytime trips. […]