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September 6, 2026

Bass eat less during the winter, but they still eat. Catch your share with these tips.

Top 6 tips for catching winter bass

Anglers can catch plenty of bass during the cold weather months. This is especially true during warming trends, which we get often during the winter in the Carolinas. […]

Top to bottom winter slabs

Phillip Gentry

Crappie, just like anglers, are looking forward to the spring weather. But that doesn’t mean they won’t bite now. Anglers can catch a pile of slabs in February, especially if they follow these tips. […]

There’s no bigger factor than the weather when it comes to winter trout fishing in North Carolina’s inshore waters.

Full frontal assault – Winter speckled trout fishing is a full-frontal assault in North Carolina waters

Mike Marsh

Allen Jernigan launched his 18-foot tunnel-hull skiff and pointed the bow into the channel of a coastal river. The wind was calm, the water slick. Within minutes, he turned out of the main channel and headed into a shallow bay. […]

For winter Carolina reds, let your kayak takes you to the right spots.

Cold yaks, hot reds

Jerry Dilsaver

Approaching the mouth of a creek, Noah Lynk warned a handful of kayakers that the water would be shallow, that they might bump bottom a time or two, and that they would have to wade back across it when the left — but he was certain the fishing would be worth it. […]

Big female bass will start to stir this month on North Carolina’s Lake Tillery, and you should be waiting with jigs and jerkbaits.

J&J joy on Tillery – Double your bass-fishing joy by fishing the “J&J” baits on Lake Tillery this month

Tony Garitta

If February 2018 is anything like February 2017 — with its unseasonably warm weather — bass fishermen can expect to encounter a good number of trophy fish. The key is water temperature; once it climbs into the lower 50s, big female bass migrate in numbers into shallow staging areas before they even think about spawning. […]

Bass will bite in February, but you need to fish slowly, in open water, with light line and small-profile baits.

Pick a clear lake, go slow, fish open water

David Fritts

A lot of fishermen approach February as a good month to go to boat shows and look at all the newest boats and fishing tackle, but some years, you miss out on a lot of good fishing by staying off the lake. […]

G. Loomis E6X

Carolina Sportsman

Lightweight, strong, and sensitive. That’s the recipe for a fishing rod that bass anglers strive to find, and it can be elusive, especially when you add affordability into the mix. Or at least it used to be. But the G. Loomis E6X changes that. […]

January means big blue catfish on South Carolina’s Lake Monticello.

Feeling blue? You betcha!

Terry Madewell

If you wanting to get your string stretched to the limit by a big catfish in cold weather, you’ll be hard pressed to do better than South Carolna’s Lake Monticello. It is an real wintertime catfish destination for a couple of very good reasons. […]

Hybrid bass have replaced stripers as No. 1 targets for many Lake Norman anglers and guides.

Hunt Norman’s hybrids – February is time to hunt hybrid bass on North Carolina’s Lake Norman

Tony Garitta

In 2012, when the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission decided to quit stocking striped bass in Lake Norman, that probably wasn’t the best news for Bob Curan, who grew up fishing for striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay before moving to North Carolina in 1997 and putting in 15 years learning the 32,500-acre lake north of Charlotte. […]