Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 271 of 290

May 14, 2026

‘Rock’ Not a Hard Place

After the exceptional drought of 2002 that dropped High Rock Lake more than 21 feet below full pool, many anglers pondered the fate of the lake’s once wonderful fishery. […]

Cover: March 2009 (SC) – Freshwater

South Carolina Sportsman

Offshore is kicking off, and crappie are in high gear. […]

There are numerous ways and even more numerous baits and lures on which you can catch a big, slab crappie at Santee Cooper.

Time for trophy cats and slaying the slabs

David Sweat

March is upon us, and some cold weather remains. But cold-weather fishing has become popular and very productive, especially for blue catfish, crappie and bass. […]

Fishermen who can follow the seasonal migration of crappie in a lake usually key on the backs of creeks as the spawn approaches, and they know how to find fish coming and going.

Slabs on the March

Bennett Kirkpatrick

Spring is in the air, and crappie are in the creeks getting ready to spawn or already bedding, making it an outstanding time to challenge Lake Murray’s 50,000 acres. […]

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Wildlife Commission sets fishing informational meeting in Greenville

From News Reports

RALEIGH — Anglers interested in learning more about freshwater fisheries management and research being conducted on rivers in eastern North Carolina are invited to attend a public meeting at River Park North in Greenville on March 3.

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MirrOlures in the Texas Chicken (pink and white) are good topwater lures for early spring specks at the upper reaches of the Neuse River above New Bern.

Try Neuse doubleheader of specks and stripers

Craig Holt

Many people believe striped bass, classified as an anadromous species (living in fresh and salt water) spend just a short time — the March-April mating season — in fresh water, then return to the high-salinity ocean and estuaries after their reproductive cycle ends. […]