Freshwater Fishing
A typical multi-species February day on Russell
Guide Wendell Wilson said when fishing for multiple species in February, there’s no need to get out early. The mid-day is just as good because the fish are so deep. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Big baits for big February catfish
Jason Knight said he is a big believer in big bait for big fish year-round, especially in February. […]
Freshwater Fishing
February’s big-cat data
According to Dieter Melhorn of the Catawba Catfish Club, the ”perfect storm” situation for big catfish occurred in February 2010 in a tournament at Lake Wateree. Three of the club’s biggest catches ever were made in that tournament. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Hazel Creek trout fishing
At some time or other, anyone who claims to be a mountain trout fisher makes his or her way to Hazel Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to pay homage to one of the South’s most celebrated trout streams. […]
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Look to backs of creeks for Lake Greenwood crappie
It may take some time chasing birds, but Lake Greenwood fishermen who key in on avian indicators might be well on their way to locating big schools of crappie in the backs of creeks and cuts. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Lower Roanoke River full of stripers as keeper season approaches
Richard Andrews of Tar-Pam Guide Service said striper fishing in the lower Roanoke River has been good for a solid month, with slow days producing catches of 20 to 50 fish and good days reaching triple-digit numbers of releases, very promising action with the opening of keeper season slightly less than three weeks away. […]
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SCDNR schedules Family Fishing Clinic for mid-March on Lake Murray
Want to get your line in the water and reel in the big one, but you don’t feel confident with your angling skills? The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has opened registration for a free Family Fishing Clinic on Lake Murray on Saturday, March 15. […]
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Wateree has surprising shallow catfish bite going on
With the rain and cold weather, fishermen have been finding catfish all over the place in terms of depths in the dingy to muddy water. […]
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Big catfish still on the feed at Tillery, Badin
Guide Chris Hammill of Kannapolis took advantage of the brief reprieve from miserable weather this past weekend to take a number of blue cats from Lake Tillery and Badin Lake. […]
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Piedmont fishermen have good trout fishing at their doorstep
Cameron Loomis of Kernersville got a taste of mountain trout fishing in the Piedmont this past Saturday, thanks to the city of Greensboro, which stocks trout in a hatchery pond at Lake Higgins, a municipal reservoir. […]