Bass Fishing
It’s striper time on the Santee Cooper lakes
Santee Cooper’s 2020 striper harvest season opened on Oct. 1, and the fish are biting like mad on live bait and artificial lures. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Catfish
First cast produces first ever catfish
Local Registered Nurse Bobbi K. was fishing for catfish on Lake Marion with cut bait on Sept. 26, 2020 when she landed this 20+ pound catfish on her very first cast. […]
Catfish
Tim Handy’s Lake Moultrie catfish
Oct. 3, 2020 Tim Handy lands a monster cat on Lake Moultrie while fishing the hatchery with cut bait on a santee rig. […]
Fishing Reports
The fall colors of western North Carolina
Colorful trout from Pisgah National Forest When most folks hear the term “fall colors,” they think of the trees changing from green to yellow, red, or bright orange. But to Blake Guffey of Forest City,
Crappie/Bream
Wateree crappie are biting around deep structure
Lake Wateree’s crappie are stacked up on deep structure and feeding up, but once the cold weather arrives, they’ll scatter and be tougher to find. […]
Catfish
Waylay Lake Wylie’s wiley catfish
Lake Wylie catfish come alive as fall arrives. […]
Freshwater Fishing
NCWRC seeking information on hellbender sightings
The NCWRC is asking anglers and other outdoorsmen to report sightings of hellbenders a/k/a water dogs. […]
Mountain Trout
Delayed Harvest regulations start back Oct. 1
Oct. 1, 2020 marks the first day of Delayed Harvest season on 36 trout waters in western North Carolina. […]
Newsletters
Clarks Hill stripers, hybrids are tearing up topwater lures
Clarks Hill’s stripers and hybrids are in a feeding frenzy, and anglers are catching big numbers of them on topwater lures close to the Lake Russell dam. […]
Newsletters
NC angler catches 31-year-old Roanoke River striper
While fishing on the Roanoke River earlier this year, Clark Purvis of Hobgood, NC caught a tagged striped bass that NCDMF said is 31-years-old. […]