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September 3, 2026

Finding a handful of active bream beds is as close to a guaranteed good catch as anything in fishing.

Bustin’ Beddin’ Bream

Certain fish are usually targeted by a particular group of anglers. It becomes normal for certain people to fish for stripers, catfish or bass. […]

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Trout Lake in Ashe County still closed

From News Reports

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is reminding fishermen that Trout Lake in Ashe County remains closed to the public. […]

Trout fishermen enjoy a stretch of the Tuckasegee River managed under delayed-harvest regulations.

Tuckasegee River is an underrated gem

Robert Satterwhite

It’s an early weekday evening, and I’m on my way home from work, driving along North River Rd. between Webster and Dillsboro in Jackson County. […]

Catfish, like these two flatheads, take center stage on the Santee Cooper lakes in June, especially when action heats up in the late-afternoon and early-evening hours.

Release stripers, keep those catfish

Terry Madewell

June is a busy fishing month on the Santee Cooper lakes, Marion and Moultrie, and there’s excellent fishing for numerous species. […]

New Kids on the Block

Terry Madewell

Catfish anglers in South Carolina are certainly on a roll. They have enjoyed a boom the past few years, with new opportunities in more lakes.

And the good news continues to get better. […]

Fishing for post-spawn crappie on the Santee Cooper lakes has almost become a lost art — and not because of too few crappies; papermouths are still found in good numbers and certainly in slab sizes. […]

Guide Troy Roberson of Bear Creek has good luck during May and June at Jordan Lake fishing for big stripers.

Jordan stripers active now

Craig Holt

When Tar Heel anglers think about striped bass fishing during May, they rarely zone in on Jordan Lake near Pittsboro. […]

Channel catfish have been hitting stinkbaits in Santee Cooper's Diversion Canal.

Windy weather heats up action in Santee Cooper’s Diversion Canal

Dan Kibler

An unrelenting wind has kept a lot of fishermen off Santee Cooper’s wide-open waters lately. […]

Post-spawn crappie can be caught in big numbers -- including a few slabs each trip -- at High Rock Lake.

Don’t give up on crappie bite just yet

Craig Holt

While most people have quit fishing for crappie by late May because the slabs have finished their spawn season (for the most part), Maynard Edwards, a guide at the Yadkin River chain of lakes, said they’re making a mistake. […]

Mark Bollenburg goes for a swim with the 108.6-pound blue catfish he caught on April 9. He kept the fish alive while transporting it from the Tailrace Canal below Lake Moultrie, to the state hatchery in St. Stephens.

Huge catfish caught in tailrace below Lake Moultrie

Terry Madewell

Mark Bollenburg of Bonneau Beach landed the biggest catfish caught in years on April 9 when he landed a 108.6-pound blue in the Tailrace Canal below Lake Moultrie. […]