Freshwater Fishing
Shad Run Catfish
Even though winter never really gets a good grip on the Lowcountry, the lengthening days of March have a feel to them like none other on the calendar. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
It all breaks loose in March
The fishing on the Santee Cooper lakes begins to come together in frantic fashion in March. Despite often unpredictable weather, the fishing is predictable: look for fish in shallow water. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Spring is mayfly time
Beginning around the middle of March, streams begin warming up, trout become active and hungry, and mountain anglers enjoy some of the best trout fishing of the year. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Paddle up some slabs
Styles of fishing change over time. Seldom does the way Grandpa did it still prevail. […]
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Unlimited Slab Success
A lot of anglers might think that Kenny Allen of Brown Summit missed out on the heyday of crappie fishing at B. Everett Jordan Lake in the 1990s, a decade after the reservoir opened and was quickly labeled one of the Southeast’s best fisheries for both crappie and largemouth bass. […]
Freshwater Fishing
It’s all black and white
Most reservoirs support good populations of black crappie and white crappie, and despite pro angler Kenny Allen’s assertions that there are plenty of white crappie in Jordan Lake. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Success does have limits
The crappie fishing at Jordan Lake is managed under regulations that are unique among reservoirs in North Carolina. […]
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Stormin’ Norman
With the exception of perhaps striped bass, there appears to be a great awakening at Lake Norman, formerly referred to by scores of anglers as North Carolina’s “Great Dead Sea.” […]
Freshwater Fishing
No answers just yet
Biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission don’t have any solid reason for the uptick in crappie fishing in Lake Norman. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Put a bull’s eye on docks
With crappie holding on brush or around the pier’s pilings, Neeley and Nichols go to light-action spincasting outfits spooled with 4-pound test mono. […]
