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September 3, 2026

Shellcrackers are a wonderful spring diversion at Santee Cooper. When they’re on their spawning beds, action can be fast and furious.

Bream beds draw hungry fishermen

There is so much technical equipment and electronic fishing aids available these days, it’s easy to get caught up in the thrill of the gizmos. […]

Trout Getaways

Jim Casada

A century ago, Horace Kephart, the “Dean of American Campers,” came to the North Carolina mountains seeking a place “back of beyond.” […]

This crappie didn’t need to be measured, but slabs at Jordan Lake have to be at least 10 inches long to be creeled, and there’s a 20-fish daily limit.

Just the Right Time

Craig Holt

Rhonda Reid glanced over her shoulder at her boyfriend, Jay Garrard, and giggled. […]

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Northern Snakehead caught in Lake Wylie

From News Reports

An angler fishing the Paw Creek arm of Lake Wylie in Mecklenburg County, N.C., caught a 31-inch northern snakehead on April 19. […]

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Northern Snakehead caught in Lake Wylie

SCDNR News Release

An angler fishing the Paw Creek arm of Lake Wylie in Mecklenburg County, N.C., caught a 31-inch northern snakehead on April 19. Lake Wylie is located on the border of North and South Carolina.
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Ronnie Emory's 3-1/2-pound white crappie is the new state record.

Franklinton fisherman catches state-record white crappie

From News Reports

Ronnie Emory Jr. of Franklinton will long remember March 30, 2009 – the day he and fishing buddy Jeff Williams caught 43 crappie in a private pond in Granville County. […]

Bass on Buggs Island (Kerr) Lake will move shallow in April as part of the spawning process. Savvy anglers will use this to their advantage.

A Bit of Flooded Heaven

Dan Kibler

If there is a bass-fishing nirvana, it’s got to be Buggs Island Lake in April. […]

Anglers are catching white shad ranging from 3 to 5 pounds from the Roanoke River near the N.C. 48 bridge.

Shad fishing sizzles at Roanoke River

Craig Holt

Last week’s heavy rains swelled rivers in the north-central piedmont, including the Roanoke River. […]

Big blue catfish like to eat chunk baits fished on the bottom. Anglers who use live bait (mostly for flatheads) must catch their baitfish with a rod and reel and not a net.

Buggs cats scratch spring fishing fever

Craig Holt

If you’re interested in catching huge catfish at Kerr Reservoir (aka Buggs Island), a 50,000-acre impoundment straddling the N.C.-Virginia border, be sure to take an ultra-light rod, 4-pound-test line, a small hook and some earthworms. […]

E.J. Bowden and his 5-year-old son, Louis admire a 23-pound, 4-ounce channel catfish caught in 1970. The state record at the time of the catch, the fish was eclipsed by a 33-pound catfish caught the same year that was only recently discovered to have been a flathead catfish. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has certified Bowden's fish, caught at City Lake in Rocky Mount, as the reigning state record.

“Old” State Record becomes “New” State Record

From News Reports

RALEIGH – It was a chunk of shrimp that landed E.J. Bowden of Rocky Mount his state-record channel catfish back in 1970, and it was a stack of papers that gave him back the state record title nearly 39 years later.

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