Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 207 of 292

July 13, 2026

Guide Chris Simpson said his parties are regularly catching nice blue catfish like this at Lake Murray.

Cool weather has kicked off great catfish bite on Lake Murray

Catfishing on Lake Murray is productive and popular year-round, but November and December are the top two months, according to guide Chris Simpson. […]

Jonathan Seamon of China Grove caught these crappie at High Rock Lake this past weekend; Seamon hopes for stable weather to push bigger fish shallow.

Crappie scattered at High Rock; action at Badin is great in deep water

Tony Garitta

With the constantly changing weather patterns, crappie are wherever you find them. At High Rock Lake, small crappie are scattered around piers. At Badin Lake, quality crappie are in water as deep as 27 feet. […]

Lake Murray shellcrackers moving shallow, hitting nightcrawlers

Brian Cope

Anglers can catch plenty of Lake Murray’s shellcrackers along the rock-lined shallows during the fall. […]

Big, blue catfish are ready to move shallow at Mountain Island Lake when the next big cold front rolls through the Charlotte area.

Mountain Island blue cats ready to make move to shallows

Craig Holt

Kevin Custer of Statesville knows where he’d go if he had to choose a favorite catfish lake today. “If I was gonna go somewhere to catch (blue) catfish, I’d go to MountainIsland or LakeNorman,” said Custer, the vice-president of NC-CATS (www.nccats.net), a North Carolina catfish tournament trail. […]

This flathead catfish was the start on one of Lexington guide Maynard Edwards' trips this past week.

Catfish providing plenty of High Rock action

Tony Garitta

Maynard Edwards and Jason Heitman, both of Lexington, discovered that variety is indeed the spice of life if you leave your options open at High Rock Lake. […]

A good depthfinder is important to locate and key in on brush piles and other deep cover that holds crappie in the fall.

Depth can be a key to daily success on fall slabs

Terry Madewell

Guide Buster Rush said there’s some movement of fish during October because of the change in water temperature; it slowly drops as the month progresses. […]

In the hands of an experienced angler, jigs can produce great catches of fall crappie at Santee Cooper.

Jigs vs. Minnows

Terry Madewell

The age-old debate continues as to which is best for catching crappie out of Santee Cooper, the jig or the minnow. […]

Some popular fall nymphs include (l-r):
Hare’s Ear, Prince, Zug Bug, rubber-legged Girdlebug and Woolly Booger.

Nymphs: the cool flies

Robert Satterwhite

If you want to catch trout when hatches are few or nonexistent, use a nymph. […]

A scheduled winter drawdown of Lake Murray will help bass fishing, according to former guide Doug Lown of Newberry.

Lake Murray will have 8-foot drawdown this winter, utility says

Pat Robertson

The public utility that owns Lake Murray will draw the lake down by eight feet this winter to improve water quality in the lake, and fisheries biologists and local fishermen say it should also improve fishing. […]

Russ Gobble and other striper fishermen have been having great success lately on High Rock Lake; they just hope expected rains associated with Tropical Storm Karen don't ruin things.

High Rock striper fishing has been great, but Karen worrying anglers

Tony Garitta

Since mid-September, Russ Gobble of Churchland and his fishing buddies have enjoyed excellent striped bass fishing at High Rock Lake. […]