Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 191 of 290

May 8, 2026

Shellcrackers have a distinct red edge on its ear flap that distinguishes it from other sunfish species.

Shellcracker particulars

The shellcracker, also known as the redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), is native to the southeastern United States but can be found all over North America. […]

Hilton Fulmer said that Lake Marion shellcrackers have really been biting over the past week.

Shellcrackers on the feed in a major way in upper Lake Marion

Terry Madewell

The shellcracker fishing in the upper end of Lake Marion is red hot, producing some of the best action in years, according to several experts, among them Hilton Fulmer from Summerton, who has been targeting shellcrackers on upper Lake Marion for 35 years. […]

Stripers and hybrids are headed up into Lake Hartwell's rivers and are beginning to hit topwater baits.

Topwater bite is on for Lake Hartwell stripers, hybrids

Glenn Corley

Lake Hartwell’s hybrid and striped bass have started to move up the rivers for their false spawning run and are hitting topwater lures, according to Capt. Steve Pietrykowski of Fishski Business Guide Service. […]

Lake Tillery holds one of the best populations of shellcrackers of any large lake in North Carolina.

It’s time to box up Lake Tillery’s ’crackers

Tony Garitta

Rusty and Rosco Bowers of Albemarle got hooked on fishing during their high-school years, but not in the manner conceived by the tackle industry’s “Hooked on Fishing” program. […]

Guide Buster Rush shows off the kind of stringer of crappie he expects to catch on any May trip to Fishing Creek Lake.

Little big lake – Fishing Creek Lake fishes big when it comes to great crappie action

Terry Madewell

Fishing Creek Lake is a relatively small body of water, approximately 3,000 acres, downstream from Lake Wylie and upstream from Lake Wateree on the Catawba River chain. […]

Guide Brad Taylor mines Lake Murray’s depths this month for a lot of big, bragging-sized shellcrackers.

Shellcracker game at Lake Murray

Terry Madewell

Perhaps the most underrated and overlooked fisheries at Lake Murray is the shellcracker. […]

Cover: May 2014 (NC) – Bass

North Carolina Sportsman

May is a big-fish month for bass anglers on Shearon Harris Lake, and flounder will be thick at the nearshore reefs out of Masonboro Inlet and Carolina Beach Inlet. […]

Cover: May 2014 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

Lake Murray shellcrackers and Murrells Inlet Spanish mackerel are two speices that make big debuts in May. […]

Rod King of Durham said crappie fishing has broken loose on Falls of the Neuse and Jordan lakes.

Crappie fishing in Triangle-area lakes is heating up

Craig Holt

Grab your pole and head to the fishin’ hole. That’s the advice of Rod King, a veteran crappie fisherman from Durham. […]

Boat docks are holding a lot of nice crappie on Lake Greenwood for anglers like Bill Brookshire of Taylors.

Lake Greenwood’s post-spawn crappie ganging up around piers, docks

Phillip Gentry

After another season of wait, wait, wait, fishermen are reporting that the crappie spawn at Lake Greenwood has come and gone like a spring-break romance. […]