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May 14, 2026

Guides Chris Nichols and Jerry Neeley are taking advantage of some unexpectedly good crappie fishing on Lake Norman.

Crappie bite going good on Lake Norman

Discuss North Carolina’s best lakes for crappie, and Lake Norman would hardly be on the list, much last near the top. […]

Fly fishermen will find plenty of beautiful, fishable water on the Nantahala, and with the right fly and drift, nice trout are there for the catching.

The Nantahala River provides great trout fishing opportunities

Richard Bernabe

As the river’s swift water roars through the rugged topography of western North Carolina, it cuts an impressive gorge through the Earth’s crust. […]

The Randleman Dam Reservoir will not open tomorrow, but will instead open April 1. Budget cuts were cited as the reason.

Randleman Dam Reservoir opening delayed until April 1

Craig Holt

The Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority, citing budgetary issues, decided not to open Randleman Dam Reservoir on the scheduled March 1 date, and will instead wait until April 1. […]

Could fishing along pristine banks with excellent fish habitat be at risk?

Is upscale development in Santee Cooper’s future?

Pat Robertson

Could a high-rise hotel or vacation destination development be in the future for the Santee Cooper lakes? […]

Ned Connelly nets an American or white shad at Lock and Dam. No. 1. Now he has catfish bait that’ll work well.

Cape Fear’s No. 1 spot for blue cats

Mike Marsh

Jackie Blanchard made a half-circle into the parking lot at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boating-and-picnic area at Lock and Dam No. 1 at King’s Bluff in Bladen County. […]

As the water warms with the approach of spring, more and more crappie will pull up on shallow flats as they wait for conditions to be just right before heading in to spawn.

Falls’ Slab King

Craig Holt

Rod King had six rods spread in a semi-circle at his boat’s bow as he drifted across a big flat in Falls of Neuse Lake’s Little Lick Creek last March. […]

Biologist John Archambault of the SCDNR proves that he likes to study American shad away from the laboratory, on the end of an ultralight outfit in the Tail Race Canal.

Spring shad run is a Palmetto State ritual

Jeff Dennis

Springtime shad fishing is one of the Lowcountry traditions that stirs great excitement. No fish garners greater attention by anglers looking for a sure thing than the American shad. […]

River Runners

John Gribb

A typical female shad, laden with eggs, puts a huge bend in a fishing rod when she turns her slab-sided body — 20 inches long, weighing four pounds — broadside to the current. […]

Crappie fishing tips for Lake Secession

Phillip Gentry

On Nov. 22, 1860, a meeting was held near the town of Abbeville — at a site since dubbed “Secession Hill” — to launch South Carolina’s secession from the Union, which took place a month later. […]

Crappie fishing can be excellent in March — if you can keep up with their daily movements and patterns.

Santee Cooper’s ‘March Madness’

Terry Madewell

For local anglers, the real meaning of “March Madness” has nothing to do with a basketball; it’s actually the fishing that occurs on the Santee Cooper lakes this month. […]