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October 14, 2026

Cover: March 2015 (NC)

March brings out some great spring fishing for reds on the coast, but don’t forget that it’s also the peak of crappie fishing. […]

Guide Richard Andrews loves the kind of action he gets from striped bass in the lower Roanoke River and its tributaries before the spring spawning run opens up.

Ready for Roanoke rocks? The lower end of North Carolina’s Roanoke River is full of striped bass this month

Craig Holt

Some angler think striper fishing in the Roanoke River begins around March 1 each year, because that’s when the keeper season opens on the Roanoke River and in the Albemarle Sound. […]

The spring spawning run puts countless American shad within reach of anglers in Cooper River tailrace.

Sack spring shad – South Carolina’s best spring run of American Shad is in the Cooper River tailrace

Jeff Burleson

On the eve of spring, an awesome fishery erupts this month in the Cooper River tailrace downstream from 60,000-acre Lake Moultrie. […]

Keeper season for striped bass in the Roanoke River opens on Sunday, March 1, running through April 30.

Commission will open Roanoke River keeper striped bass season March 1

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open the entire Roanoke River Management Area to striped bass harvest on Sunday, March 1. […]

Crappie are a great target for winter trips on days when the weather cooperates.

Paddle up a winter slab

Bill Howard

The day was projected, according to weather forecasters, to be as beautiful as a winter day could be. Slight winds with a mid-day high in the lower 50s did not seem unbearable. […]

Nice crappie have already moved toward the backs of Kerr Lake's major creeks, and all it will take is a little warm weather to get their appetites cranked up.

Kerr Lake slabs already moving back into big creeks, waiting for warm weather

Dusty Wilson

The arctic blast that swallowed up much of North Carolina may have frozen crappie in their tracks, but rest assured the clock is ticking on a big move to shallower water before the spawn. […]

Steve Pack and Jacob Chalmers show off the kind of blue catfish that have been biting on the upper end of Lake Marion.

Blue catfish bite kicks off in upper end of Lake Marion on rising water

Terry Madewell

It’s only takes a few inches of rising water for the catfish action to go from okay to great in the upper end of Lake Marion, and according to Andy Pack at Packs Landing, the water is rising and the catfish action is on. […]

Rather than battling the elements out in the main lake, wintertime crappie anglers can find fish stacked up under deep water boat docks that provide both shade and cover for the fish.

Forget deep brush, go to deep docks for dead-of-winter Hartwell crappie

Phillip Gentry

According to guide Doug Youngblood, one of the most-productive patterns crappie fishermen can count on in the dead of winter is targeting boat docks in deep water. […]

Most fishermen have all they need to build a homemade downrigger in their tackle box or shop.

Hold onto that hard-earned money; make your own downrigger

Tony Garitta

With striped bass, hybrid bass, spotted bass and white bass in many North Carolina lakes, downriggers have become standard equipment to get baits down to these open-water fish, but they aren’t a poor-man’s fishing tool, with most systems costing more than $200. […]