Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 289 of 290

May 2, 2026

Biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission search for trout and other inhabitants of western N.C. streams and rivers by hiking and 'electrofishing.'

New Data Shows Brook Trout Imperiled Throughout Eastern Range

RALEIGH, N.C. – Brook trout once thrived in nearly every coldwater stream and river in the eastern United States, but unfortunately that isn’t so any more. […]

Stripers are fast growing and reach sizes of over 40 pounds. This makes them a favorite of Palmetto State anglers.

2.5 Million Striped Bass Stocked in Santee Cooper Lakes

From News Reports

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources Freshwater Fisheries Section is stocking 2.5 million Striped Bass in the Santee Cooper lakes of South Carolina. […]

Cover: May 2006 (NC) – Freshwater

North Carolina Sportsman

Tar Heel anglers don’t have to go far to find trophy-sized crappie this month. […]

Catfish anglers won’t find bigger specimens of fine-tasting channel cats than the ones available at Blewett Falls.

Big Blue Bite

Mike Marsh

Sunset promised cooling conditions as Randy Willard pulled his truck off a dirt road into what served as a parking lot at the Wildlife Commission ramp downstream from Blewett Falls Dam. […]

A typical Nantahala smallmouth bass will measure between 10 and 17 inches in length, but enough 5- and 6-pounders are caught each spring to keep anglers on the edge of their seats.

Wilderness Smallies

Tim Mead

Would you like to catch smallmouth bass in about as pristine a spot as Tar Heel anglers can find? […]

During May, bass at the Buckhorn pool on the Cape Fear River will hit topwater baits, especially early in the morning.

When Jeffrey Thomas was growing up in the Lee County town of Broadway, there was only one place to go fishing — at the outskirts of town, below the junction of the Deep and Haw Rivers, an old, abandoned dam impounded a section of the Cape Fear River. […]

When anglers troll quickly, they seem to get more strikes from Falls Lake crappies if they use straight soft-plastic lures, such as small tubes, instead of curly-tail jigs. Slower trolling is best for curlytails.

Sibling Slab Rivalry

Dan Kibler

Falls of the Neuse Lake and Jordan Lake have grown up together — an hour’s drive apart on either side of the Raleigh-Durham area — since they were impounded more than 20 years ago. […]

Probing a pond or lake with a canoe or small boat is a fun way to find and catch May bluegills.

The Merrie Month

Jim Casada

“See that disturbance in the water over there next to the bank?” Jeff Efird asked. “Try to get a cast in there.” […]

When Wateree anglers see a boat that looks like a big spider gliding over the water, they know Babin is seeking crappies. He said some call his multiple-rig setup “pushin’.”

Slab City

Dan Kibler

How good is the crappie fishery at Lake Wateree?

Well, Nick Babin and Brian Davis live in Gilbert at the south side of Lake Murray, and when they want to catch big slab crappie and lots of them, they drive completely around their home lake and head up the road to Lake Wateree, downstream from the town of Great Falls on the Catawba River, forming the border between Fairfield, Lancaster and Kershaw counties. […]

Anglers who watch for sea gulls diving on bait often find stripers.

Fish of Dreams

Richard Bernabe

Spring is a time of transition, and all good anglers realize the value of transitions in fishing success — those between day and night, shallow and deep water, cover and open water, etc. […]