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October 14, 2026

Solar Bees may help sting Jordan fish kills

A program by the N.C. Division of Water Quality to help prevent algae blooms in Jordan Lake may also help prevent fish kills. […]

Lake Greenwood has so many boat docks along its shoreline, shooting jigs back under them is a tremendous fall tactic for crappie.

Take a shot at fall crappie

Phillip Gentry

Braxton Wall and his father, Rod, may prefer tight-line or long-line trolling for crappie during tournaments, but Braxton readily admits trolling isn’t as much fun as shooting docks. […]

Lake Norman anglers can't do without a Sabiki rig when it comes to catching every species of gamefish imaginable.

Sabiki rigs working over various Lake Norman species

Craig Holt

Lake Norman, like many other reservoirs in North Carolina, has seen major changes in its fish species. […]

Catching mountain trout with in-line spinners

Robert Satterwhite

Spinner fishing is an effective alternative to fly fishing when trout aren’t rising to a dry-fly pattern or hitting nymphs. A spinner often will elicit a strike even when trout aren’t hitting live bait.

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Trolling is key fall tactic on Fontana Lake for a variety of species

Phillip Gentry

Trolling is the key to putting Lake Fontana’s fish in the boat this time of year. […]

Capt. Truman Lyon caught 35 stripers in just two hours this past Wednesday, opening day of the striper season on the Santee Cooper lakes.

Santee Cooper striper season opens with a flourish

Terry Madewell

The striper fishing on both Santee Cooper lakes, closed for four months, opened on Oct. 1, and for many fishermen it was as celebrated an opening day as any dove or deer opener. And many were rewarded for their effort. […]

Guide Maynard Edwards said that flatheads and other catfish have really been biting on High Rock Lake as the water level drops.

As water level drops, High Rock catfish are going on a feeding spree

Craig Holt

It’s one of the interesting things about High Rock Lake that when the lake level falls, fishing success rises. […]

A limit of 20 slab crappie like this one Freddie Sinclair is holding can make for the beginnings of a great fish fry.

Autumn slab fest? Jordan Lake crappie fishermen expect a great fall

Craig Holt

Happily for crappie fishermen, Jordan Lake has recovered from a massive 2011 fish kill. The rare combination of a cold-weather threadfin shad die-off that February, then a week of 100-degree temperatures that July wiped out a lot of fish. […]

Braxton Wall of Ninety Six is a 17-year-old crappie-fishing wizard who is particularly adepth at catching Lake Greenwood’s fall slabs.

Fall semester slabs – Ninety Six high-school senior is wise beyond his years when it comes to catching Lake Greenwood’s fall slabs.

Phillip Gentry

Most teens strive to find their niche in high school. Some are athletes, others student government types, others bookworms, socialites or not-so-socialites. […]