Freshwater Fishing
April is new beginning
I’m old enough to remember when the trout season on hatchery-supported streams closed in the fall and remained closed until the first Saturday in April. […]
Freshwater Fishing
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Know your knots and tie them correctly before targeting big cats, stripers
With spring here and summer approaching, more and more anglers will be targeting stripers and magnum-size catfish in North Carolina’s rivers and lakes, and an important part of landing big fish without fear of losing them is understanding the best knots and line strengths and how those two factors are related. […]
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Commission trying to make up for 150,000 trout killed after hatchery is vandalized
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is exploring a lot of options as it attempts to replace around 150,000 trout that died after vandalism at the agency’s Armstrong Fish Hatchery in McDowell County over Easter weekend. […]
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It’s da Bomb(er)! An after-dark jerkbait bite is a killer pattern for Lake Hartwell stripers this month.
Mack Farr scratches his head when he talks about Lake Hartwell’s great striped bass fishing. […]
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Santee’s shallow cats – Go shallow for Santee Cooper’s spring catfish
Fishermen come from all over to visit the Santee Cooper lakes every year, many to target the great numbers of catfish and the possibility of catching a trophy. […]
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Hyco fishing is behind schedule, but crappie are starting to break out
It’s been a long winter and cold spring, putting fishing behind on most Piedmont lakes, but at Hyco Lake, crappie fishing is finally catching up. […]
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Striper fishing explodes on Lake Marion over the weekend
Striper fishing has been good the past few weeks in the upper end of Lake Marion, both in the river and on the flats, but last weekend, the fishing changed from warm to red hot. […]
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Guide says Lake Hartwell crappie action should break loose soon
Lake Hartwell crappie fishermen had better have all their jigs tied and rigs prepared, because according to Steve Pietrykowski of Fishski Business Guided Fishing, it’s about to break loose. […]
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Good numbers of stripers still biting in lower section of Roanoke River
Joey VanDyke of Fingeance Sportfishing Charters said the striper action is really good in the lower Roanoke Rive, and it continues to get better. […]
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Iva angler brings enormous crappie to the scales at sporting goods store
The Big Crappie Contest at Sportsman’s One Stop in Iva got made a big jump last week when Darren Hill from Iva brought in a 4-pound, 2-ounce black crappie caught from the upper Rocky River arm near Lake Russell on March 20. […]