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Fall: Opportunities, decisions abound
September offers plenty of action around the Santee Cooper lakes, and it’s not all about fishing. […]
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Earn Your Stripes
The bad news about September on Clarks Hill is that the water is warm — borderline hot — which makes tough customers out of cool-loving striped bass. […]
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Mountain Island more than just a bass lake
Mountain Island offers a lot of fishing for anglers who aren’t planning to target largemouth or spotted bass. […]
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Accessorize your boat for catfish
Many anglers would like to take their youngsters catfishing, but they don’t want to drill holes in their bass boats to accommodate bases for rod holders for slow-trolling. […]
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Traditional flies will still catch trout
Long before the first settlers arrived in Western North Carolina mountains, and long before “gentlemen” fly fishers discovered the fine trout waters of the Southern Appalachians, the Cherokee were using flies to catch trout, not for sport, but for food. […]
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Piers pay off for Walters at High Rock
Greensboro’s Todd Walters targeted flat piers to beat his fishing peers at the June 19 FLW Bass Fishing League North Carolina Division tournament on sun-baked High Rock Lake. […]
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Don’t let the heat mess up fishing
It may be hot and humid, but there are plenty of fishing opportunities on the Santee Cooper lakes this month. […]
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Public Lakes = Summer Fun
Big things really do come in small packages — sometimes. Any fisherman who doubts that needs only to look at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ “State Managed Lakes” program. […]
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Channel Your Efforts
Lexington’s Charlie Kingen has fished for about every species that swims in High Rock Lake. […]
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Deep catfish, stripers create hot High Rock bite
With summer’s heat blanketing North Carolina, freshwater anglers are turning to deep water fishing, and no place is better than High Rock Lake near Lexington. […]