Fishing Archives - Page 605 of 1072

July 16, 2026

Guide Jeffrey Thomas has had a productive August catching schooling bass on top at Shearon Harris Lake, and catching an occasional big fish on a jig in deep water.

Consistent topwater bass bite has been good at Shearon Harris

The lake with the most-consistent largemouth bass bite in the Raleigh-Durham area should be no surprise – Shearon Harris Lake. […]

Wahoo fishing off Morehead City usually picks up in the fall, but it's August and charterboats are starting to bring in catches of multiple 'hoos in day's trip.

Good fall wahoo fishing has begun off Cape Lookout earlier than usual

Jerry Dilsaver

The fall wahoo fishing off Atlantic Beach has gotten off to an early start, according to Capt. Mike Webb of Pelagic Sportfishing, who isn’t sure what has caused this good fortune be said the cooler-than-usual summer probably fits into the mix. […]

A youth paddling clinic will be held Sept. 13 at Cheraw State Park, the same day a youth fishing clinic is scheduled for the Cheraw Fish Hatchery.

Youth fishing rodeo, paddling clinic scheduled for Cheraw area

SCDNR News Release

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources and S.C. Parks of Recreation and Tourism will partner to hold a youth fishing rodeo and paddling clinic at Cheraw State Park on Sept. 13. […]

Jordan Lake is once again producing some bragging-sized crappie after a 2011 fish kill.

Stick to New Hope Creek channel for Jordan Lake crappie

Craig Holt

One angler who doesn’t need any convincing that Jordan Lake’s crappie fishery has returned to prominence is Freddie Sinclair, a guide from Clayton. […]

Tarpon fishing has turned in around Georgetown, and guide Jordan Pate expects it to last at least another six weeks.

Sizzling tarpon fishing around Georgetown has anglers excited

Jeff Burleson

August is normally a month when fish start to frustrate fishermen enough that they empty their tackle boxes trying to find something that will work. […]

H. R. White took advantage of the return of a deep bite in High Rock's Flat Swamp Creek.

Surprise! Cooler weather returns bass to deep water at High Rock

Tony Garitta

Throughout a sizzling July, the offshore bite for bass at High Rock Lake was almost non-existent, much to the chagrin of crankbait and Carolina-rig fishermen, as fish snuggled tight to the piers in less than 5 feet of water, hitting jigs and plastics flipped their way. […]

Bass pro Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity won the FLW's Forrest Wood Cup and its $500,000 first-prize money by having a backup plan for Lake Murray last week.

Backup plan pans out for Gagliardi in FLW win

Pat Robertson

In 2008, bass pro Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity had a pattern he thought would produce the kind of fish he needed to win the FLW Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Murray. […]

A soft-plastic imitation shrimp needs to be rigged with the eye of the hook protruding from the shrimp's tail to present a natural action when worked in front of a trout.

Turn that hook around and fish that plastic shrimp more naturally

Jerry Dilsaver

Guide Noak Lynk of Harkers Islands has noticed for a while that rigs that use soft-plastic, artificial shrimp, don’t exactly match what nature presents. […]

Andy Wicker uses his electronic "bird dog" to point out black bass, but others use it to identify different species with excellent results.

Summer is great time to use new fish-finding technology

Terry Madewell

New technology and developments in fish-finding systems can lead to quick and definitive location of fish-laden hot spots. And summer is an ideal time to take advantage of this technology. […]

Victoria Navaroli caught this huge green sunfish, which weighed 1 ounce shy of 2 pounds. It is the new North Carolina state record.

Charlotte teen catches state-record green sunfish

NCWRC Release

It was a team effort that landed Victoria Navaroli a state-record fish from a private pond in Creston. In the early morning hours of July 12, the 13-year-old Charlotte girl watched as her big brother Jack baited his hook with a quarter of a night crawler and then handed his fishing rod to her. […]