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July 16, 2026

Freshwater grass shrimp are common around Shearon Harris’ grass beds, and they’re a killer bait for shellcrackers, but not readily available at bait shops.

Freshwater grass shrimp are a killer bait for shellcrackers at North Carolina’s Shearon Harris Lake

It may be common knowledge to some, but it’s probably safe to say that most anglers are unaware that the grass beds in Shearon Harris Lake are literally teeming with freshwater grass shrimp, which make an excellent shellcracker bait, according to guide Greg Griffin. […]

Planer boards allow striper fishermen to cover a wide swath of water with their baits and to get them away from the boat in shallow, clear-water situations.

Use planer boards around striper hot spots

Terry Madewell

Guides Brad Taylor and Mike Glover agree that covering a wide swath of water enhances your odds of success when fishing live bait for stripers. The way they accomplish that is with planer boards. […]

Periods of falling barometric pressure will encourage mountain trout like this brown to feed.

Expert tips will help trout fishermen

Craig Holt

After decades of observing and studying, Lance Milks of Greensboro is an encyclopedia of trout knowledge. […]

Fishermen who can follow stripers on their transition from shallower, spring patterns to deeper, summer areas, can catch limits consistently.

Follow the transition to summer stripers

Terry Madewell

By late June, hot-weather patterns typically set in on Lake Murray, but the striper fishing continues to be red hot for those adapting to deep-water patterns. […]

The tenkara style of fishing for trout will be on display at the two-day Tenkara Jam this October in Cherokee.

Tenkara Jam set for October

Craig Holt

The third-annual Appalachian Tenkara Jam is scheduled Oct. 15-16 in Cherokee, with tenkara fishing lessons offered by the Appalachian Tenkara Anglers. […]

Marking waypoints and tracks during the day will make fishing after dark that much easier.

At night, GPS units are doubly important

Pete Rogers

A GPS unit is crucial to fishing for catfish at night on Lake Wateree. Unlike many other lakes, Wateree is very dark at night, with few shoreline lights to provide illumination. Knowing your GPS and trusting it is crucial to a successful night fishing. […]

White perch are a bonus for fishermen trolling spoons and plugs for Lake James smallmouth bass.

How are white perch, herring changing Lake James’ fishery?

Dan Kibler

Guide Colt Bass said that Lake James is developing and changing as a freshwater fishery because of the presence of two species and the reappearance of another. […]

Hollow-bodied frogs and mice are great lures for river smallmouth bass whenever grass beds are found.

Grass means bass, even in a river, and even when they’re smallmouths

Brian Cope

Surface grass isn’t usually the type of cover you’d expect to fish on a river with the kind of current the Broad River has, but some areas have plenty of it. […]

Warmouth are popular panfish for anglers who spend time on blackwater rivers in southeastern North Carolina.

Warmouth: more mouth than anything

Mike Marsh

By late May, Northeast Cape Fear River anglers begin catching an abundance of warmouth sunfish. Some anglers call them “more-mouths” because they say they are more mouth than anything else. Another popular name is “goggle-eye.” […]

Smallmouth bass are plentiful in the section of the Broad River just downstream from the Parr Reservoir dam.

Tailrace below Parr Reservoir is hot spot along South Carolina’s Broad River

Brian Cope

One of Mike McSwain’s favorite summer haunts on the Broad River is the backside of the Parr Reservoir above the Alston canoe launch. He heads upriver and stays to the right where the river forks. It’s a few miles upriver, so he uses his trolling motor when the depth allows it, and once at the dam, he’s in business. […]