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September 7, 2026

Hit the swamps for February bass

Many anglers view March as the biggest transition month for bass fishing, but February is when it takes place in shallow-water areas like Santee’s Sparkleberry Swamp. […]

Plenty of stripers can be caught at High Rock this time of year, and very few of them are small fish.

These are the keys to catching High Rock stripers in winter

Tony Garitta

Guide Maynard Edwards of Lexington, N.C., targets stripers that follow baitfish into Abbotts, Flat Swamp and Second creeks at High Rock Lake during February’s cold weather. […]

Dieter Melhorn shows off a typical winter striper for Lake Wateree.

VIDEO: Catching stripers on Lake Wateree

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This time of year, everything is biting on Lake Wateree, including stripers. Dieter Melhorn fishes for stripers on several lakes across the Carolinas throughout the year, and while fishing on Wateree last week, he made this informative video. […]

The NCWRC has approved 38 rule changes for North Carolina's 2017-18 hunting and fishing seasons.

NCWRC sets hunting, fishing regulations for 2017-18

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission voted last week on proposed rule changes to 39 agency regulations related to wildlife management, fisheries, game lands, and law enforcement for the 2017-18 seasons. […]

North Carolina anglers will have a four month cobia season in 2017, beginning May 1.

N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission sets four-month cobia season for 2017

Jerry Dilsaver

It won’t be as long or wide open as in past years, but the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted last week in Wilmington to open a cobia season for 2017, allowing anglers to fish from May 1 to Aug. 1 in state waters with creel and size minimums. […]

Trout in high-elevation reservoirs in both Carolinas tend to grow faster and larger than their stream-bound cousins. This brook trout is a good example.

Don’t forget trout lakes

Robert Satterwhite

Western North Carolina and South Carolina’s Upstate have dozens of lakes with fair to excellent populations of trout. Some of these lakes, especially smaller ones, are classified as hatchery-supported waters and are regularly stocked with catchable-size fish in the spring and winter. […]

Jigs can be effective on Lake Wylie's winter bass, but that's not the only lure worth trying this time of year.

How to catch Lake Wylie’s winter bass

Dan Kibler

Lake Wylie has always been considered one of the better cold-weather lakes in the Carolinas for largemouth bass, and February is prime time for big fish to start stirring, plus, there’s the constant action around one of the lake’s warm-water discharges. […]

After a vote by the NCMFC, shrimp trolling in North Carolina's state waters appears to be limited.

N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission votes to tighten trawling regulations

Jerry Dilsaver

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted today to accept the Petition for Rulemaking proposed by the N.C. Wildlife Federation last November to reduce by-catch from shrimp trawling in North Carolina’s coastal waters by designated inshore waters as nursery areas and restricting the kind of gear used by trawlers. […]

Striped bass will begin their spawning run to the upper end of Lake Marion and into the Wateree and Congaree rivers this month.

The month of the move

Terry Madewell

With just a little breath of warm air from Mother Nature, several species of fish will be on the move this month Anglers pursing them will have to move and adapt to changing patterns as water temperatures warm, but the reward can be fat fish in skinny water. […]