Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 194 of 292

The N.C. Wildlife Federation has created six rock reefs in Lake Norman over the past three years.

Fifth and sixth rock reefs are built in Lake Norman

Artificial reefs long have been deployed in coastal waters to enhance habitat for fish. They’re made of sunken ships, concrete pipes and old bridge pilings. […]

Guide Rod Thomas said stripers are on the way up the Roanoke River but haven't reached Weldon yet.

Roanoke River stripers still downriver, but headed for Weldon

Craig Holt

The cold snap that ripped through North Carolina late Tuesday may have killed some plants and fruit-tree buds, but it fired up striped bass in the Roanoke River. […]

Glenn "Teach" Corley pulled in this 3-pound Lake Keowee crappie last week.

Big crappie are still deep at Lake Keowee

Glenn Corley

The old saying goes, “Dogwoods in bloom, crappie coming soon,” but on Lake Keowee the crappie are here now, and they are huge. […]

Bass fry and the hatchlings of other species will draw plenty of attention from predators, including bass, around vegetative cover, making those spots great for fishermen.

Follow the fry

Jeff Burleson

When the shallow areas of the Santee Cooper lakes green up in the spring, they provide ideal places for small fish to hide and spawners to being their annual ritual. […]

Bass are liable to be spawning across the entire Santee Cooper system throughout April.

Counteract water levels and still catch fish

Jeff Burleson

Anglers fishing reservoirs controlled by power companies will experience drastic changes in water level throughout the year. […]

Spotted bass (right) are much more of an open-water fish than their largemouth cousins.

Established without state’s help, spotted bass are an angler favorite

Pete Rogers

As numbers of spotted bass have grown in South Carolina lakes, so has their popularity. […]

A good depth-finding unit can not only locate fish on its sonar side, but its GPS unit can help return fishermen to the exact same spots, time after time.

Electronics will help spot spotted bass

Pete Rogers

Electronics are critical when it comes to finding the deep-water structure that spotted bass prefers. […]

Bridges provide the kind of vertical structure that stripers around the Albemarle Sound area love.

Albemarle Sound fish get special attention

Jerry Dilsaver

Striped bass are one of the few fish managed by specific bodies of water in North Carolina The Albemarle Sound Management Area begins at the Virginia border in Currituck Sound and runs along the western side of the Outer Banks to Eagles Nest Bay, just south of Oregon Inlet. […]

Lake Wateree crappie action is really breaking loose

Terry Madewell

Crappie season has literally boomed in the past few days at Lake Wateree after a very slow start to the season. […]

A bill moving through the state legislature would tighten restrictions on blue catfish on the Santee-Cooper lakes, but despite widespread support, several Upstate pay-pond owners feel it might have a negative economic impact on those relying on Santee Coo

Bill to protect Santee Cooper blue cats draws ire of Upstate politician

Phillip Gentry

A bill introduced in January that would establish a daily creel limit and change the size limit on blue catfish at the Santee Cooper lakes has made it through the S.C. House and has moved to the S.C. Senate in early March, setting up a possible confrontation between commercial and recreational fishermen on Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie and pay-pond owners in the Upstate who rely on the lakes to acquire fish for their ponds. […]