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September 17, 2026

Barnacles that can be scraped off rocks and pilings make for great sheepshead chum.

Chumming is a sheepshead key

Once located it’s not difficult to get sheepshead to bite, but finding them first is the key, and chumming can be one way to concentrate the hungry convict fish. […]

A white buzzbait fished in the first hour of daylight can “call up” bass from Badin Lake’s deep water.

The Badin bomber: an urban legend?

Craig Holt

Apparently some North Carolina lakes of considerable depth generate as many legendary tales as they do fish tales. […]

Bass pro Davy Hite tends to use extremely large baits when he’s bass fishing at night.

While fishermen have equated big baits with big bass for years, bass pro Davy Hite of Ninety Six takes this to a different level by using worms and soft plastics that start at 10 inches when he takes to Lake Murray’s waters after dark. […]

The tailrace below Tuckertown Dam is a great summer spot to catch largemouth bass, striped baass and white bass.

A ‘dam good’ shallow summer bass spot

Craig Holt

Almost all summer fishing for bass is done in deep water, but one of guide Maynard Edwards’ favorite areas at Badin Lake is only 6 feet deep — if that. […]

Good electronics are essential for navigation and keeping tabs on baitfish during after-dark bass-fishing expeditions.

After-dark electronics are particularly important

Pete Rogers

Good depth-finding equipment is critical to bass fishermen who spend time on lakes at night. […]

WNC Trout Primer

Jeff Burleson

Some of the best mountain trout fishing in the country is in western North Carolina. […]

Small spinning lures such as Beetle Spins are deadly on Edisto River sunfish, especially redbreasts. Ultralight spinning tackle makes casting easier and makes the fights memorable.

Dance a jig for Edisto bass

Brian Cope

One of Billy Garner’s favorite ways to catch largemouth bass on the Edisto River is a dying art that many of today’s anglers have never heard of, much less tried. […]

Guide Joel Munday shows off the kind of quality largemouth bass that Falls of Neuse Lake is capable of producing.

Falls Lake supports excellent bass fishery

Tony Garitta

Electroshocking samples of Falls of the Neuse conducted in 2009, 2011 and 2013 indicate the lake has a balanced bass fishery with an appropriate mix of age classes, including an ample number of trophy bass. […]

Billy Garner’s jiggerpoling technique catches plenty of Edisto River largemouth bass, and his wood-strip boats are perfect vessels for that style of fishing.

A vote for wooden boats

Brian Cope

“You can do anything out of an aluminum boat or fiberglass boat that you can do from a wooden boat,” said Billy Garner of Ridgeville, “but the nostalgia anda beauty of a wooden boat are what attract most people to strip boats.” […]

Fishermen make more than a half-million trips to Falls of Neuse Lake in any given year — many of them for largemouth bass.

Economic clout of Falls of the Neuse

Tony Garitta

When Falls of the Neuse was completed in 1981, the 28-mile long reservoir not only provided drinking water for surrounding communities, aided with flood control and created wildlife habitat, it also offered outdoor recreational opportunities, including fishing, that had a significant economic impact upon the area. […]