Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 241 of 290

May 10, 2026

Pinching off the tail or a soft-plastic crappie trailer will often take care of the problem of fish short-striking and missing the hook.

Make that jerk count!

Many anglers miss the strike of a crappie because they only feel a tap or hesitation as the lure falls. […]

This Piedmont reservoir is one of North Carolina’s most-underrated fishing holes.

Lake of the Month: High Rock

High Rock Lake is a reservoir on the Yadkin River south of Lexington that covers approximately 15,000 surface acres of water. […]

Randleman Lake produces great crappie as well as bass.

Randleman Slab Rally

Mike Marsh

As it should have been on a typical hot June weekend, the parking lot at the lake office at Randleman Regional Reservoir was packed with boat trailers and tow vehicles. […]

Although many North Carolina anglers may have missed the shallow water daytime bite for walleyes at Fontana, walleye guide Ronnie Parris says the night time bite is still on.

Fontana walleye turning to after-dark bite on bank

Phillip Gentry

If you’ve been waiting on the daytime shoreline bite for walleye at Fontana Lake, the wait is over – you missed it. […]

Guide Brad Taylor has been catching a lot of Lake Murray crappie in 12 to 20 feet of water this month.

Go Live for Lake Murray’s best fishing

Matt Coffey

From crappie to stripers, live bait on Lake Murray seems to be the cat’s meow when it comes to catching fish lately. Just ask any fishing guide and they’ll tell you that from panfish to their larger cousins, if it’s live bait, it’s working. […]

Guide Buster Rush has been catching Lake Wateree slabs by back-trolling jigs over brush piles

Back-trolling over brush piles producing Lake Wateree crappie

Brian Cope

The crappie fishing at Lake Wateree is hot this month, and Buster Rush of Rush Guide Service said back-trolling jigs over brush piles is a great technique to put these fish in the boat. […]

Guide Marcus Leach casts on the Chattooga.

Trout Triple Play

L. Woodrow Ross

With turkey season in its final days, it’s a perfect time to plan some great trout fishing. […]

Stripers and hybrids head to South Carolina’s Clarks Hill Lake in the spring.

Where and how, not why

Phillip Gentry

William Sasser, a veteran fishing guide on Clarks Hill Lake, just shrugged his shoulders and remained pretty much speechless.

The list of items that Sasser doesn’t have much to say about is definitely a short one, but ask him why May is such a good time to catch striped bass and their hybridized cousins on the sprawling, 70,000-acre reservoir, and the instantly likeable angler goes silent. […]