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September 20, 2026

Guide Freddie Sinclair is catching lots of nice crappie fishing deep brushpiles at Falls of Neuse Lake.

Deep brush piles holding plenty of Falls of Neuse crappie

‘Tis the season for using Christmas trees to catch crappie at freshwater venues across North Carolina, and it’s no different at Falls of Neuse Lake near Raleigh-Durham. […]

Trophy largemouth bass and a handful of other species are being caught from Lake Greenwood by fishermen targeting schools of baitfish around the junction of the Saluda and Reedy rivers.

Trolling through big schools of bait producing plenty of Greenwood fish

Phillip Gentry

Producing a mixed bag that would make any fisherman jealous, kayak fishing guide Zach Caldwell of Travelers Rest said Lake Greenwood is producing more striped bass, white bass, white perch and largemouth bass than at any other time of the year […]

Chris Foster shows off a triple of whiting caught just inside the mouth of the Cape Fear River.

Cape Fear River mouth holding big concentration of whiting

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Butch Foster of Southport hasn’t been able to get to Frying Pan Tower where the king mackerel and bottomfish are biting because of the wind the past few days, so he’s stayed inshore and found a nice concentration of whiting around the mouth of the Cape Fear River. […]

Grouper fishing has been great around offshore livebottom out of Grand Strand ports.

Bottom-fishing excellent off Grand Strand for black sea bass, grouper

Jeff Burleson

Falling water temperatures are is making for a perfect scenario in both nearshore and offshore waters off the Grand Strand for bottom-fishing. […]

The Tuckasegee River has four miles of water in the state’s delayed-harvest program, which allows trout to be creeled only during the summer.

Don’t delay, fish today

Robert Satterwhite

Winter fishing is often iffy in the mountains. Get out on a stream on one of those rare, warm sunny days, and you’ll likely hit a Blue-Winged Olive or midge hatch, and the trout will be hitting. […]

Deep brush piles are producing some great crappie from Lake Moultrie.

Fish deep brush for whopper-sized Lake Moultrie slabs

Terry Madewell

Guide Kevin Davis out of Blacks Camp on Lake Moultrie said he has put clients on five crappie weighing more than three pounds each in the past two weeks. […]

Ralph Hollifield Jr. (left) and Chris Chimiak have had non-stop action catching crappie at High Rock Lake lately; they've just been on the small side.

Huge numbers of crappie biting around docks at High Rock, but size is lacking

Tony Garitta

Granted, the crappie biting at High Rock Lake these days are little bitty, with most measuring less than the legal length of eight inches. […]

Redfish, like this one caught by Joe Stegner, have been biting for Charleston-area anglers over the past several weeks.

Inshore and offshore bite has been great around Charleston

Brian Cope

December has brought inconsistent weather to the Lowcountry, but Scott Hammond of Haddrell’s Point Tackle in Charleston said fishing has been strong for a number of species, both inshore and offshore. […]

Crappie fishing has picked up at Jordan Lake, and cooling weather will only make it better as winter approaches.

Jordan Lake crappie working over baits fished in New Hope channel

Craig Holt

Cold weather is often difficult in freshwater because many fish species go into a lockdown mode as their metabolism slows. Not so for crappie, and not at Jordan Lake. […]

Redfish are starting to gang up into their huge winter schools in the Sneads Ferry area.

Sneads Ferry redfish starting to gang up in huge, winter schools

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Allen Jernigan of Breadman Ventures in Sneads Ferry said the rapid changes in the weather appear to be more confusing to fishermen than to redfish, which have ignored the occasional warm water and are beginning to gather into their larger, winter schools. […]