Fishing Archives - Page 677 of 1072

July 11, 2026

Lexington's Jerry Hill caught these three stripers trolling bucktails on High Rock Lake.

Trolling bite for stripers has kicked in at High Rock Lake

For the past two weeks, plenty of striped bass in the 10-pound class have been caught at High Rock Lake by fishermen slow-trolling bucktails or using live bait. […]

Guide Steve Crenshaw said the long awaited fall schooling pattern for hybrid, striped, and black bass on Lake Hartwell finally showed up in earnest earlier this week.

Topwater bite for Lake Hartwell stripers, hybrids and largemouths heats up

Phillip Gentry

The on-again, off-again demise of summer has finally dropped water temperatures enough to start the long-anticipated fall schooling activity for hybrid, striped and even black bass species on Lake Hartwell. […]

Derek Frick of Columbia has been catching a lot of Lake Murray crappie in the Little Saluda, shooting jigs under docks and fishing minnows around brush piles and bridge pilings.

Lake Murray crappie bite is picking up in Little Saluda area

Brian Cope

The crappie are biting on Lake Murray, and two popular techniques are keeping anglers busy: spider-rigging and single-pole fishing. […]

Guide Chris Heinning is catching stripers and largemouth bass in the same areas, on the same lures, at Lake Wateree.

Lake Wateree’s 2-for-1 special: stripers and largemouths

Terry Madewell

There’s a 2-for-1 special right now at Lake Wateree, with excellent fishing for largemouth bass along with the opportunity to catch bonus hefty stripers. […]

ProMariner chargers can be set to charge either flooded/standard AGM batteries or gel batteries.

Battery chargers with a pulse

Allan Tarvid

The chemical process that produces electrical power in a battery can also damage it without human intervention. […]

Shannon Clark's 5-pound, 8-ounce redfish was weekend's biggest, and she and husband Rennie won the Lowcountry Redfish Cup's championship.

Carolina Beach couple knocks off championship of South Carolina redfish tour

Jerry Dilsaver

Rennie and Shannon Clark of Carolina Beach decided earlier this year to fish the Lowcountry Redfish Cup trail – there being no trail in North Carolina in 2013. […]

Changes in creel and size regulations have helped Shearon Harris Lake remain one of North Carolina’s premier trophy bass fisheries.

Commission, CP&L decisions boosted big Harris bass

Craig Holt

With Shearon Harris Lake’s popularity among bass fishermen and its proximity to the heavily populated Raleigh-Durham area, fishing pressure could have hurt its reputation for producing trophy bass. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s regional fisheries biologist Kirk Rundle said the Shearon Harris Lake fish kill seemed to run its course fairly quick, and the overall bass population wasn’t negatively affected.

Harris has recovered from first fish kill

Craig Holt

Shearon Harris Lake experienced its worst — and probably first — fish kill this past April, when fishermen noticed a majority of the 110 largemouth bass, 35 crappie, 20 sunfish and two catfish near the Holleman Landing boat ramp. […]

Clyde Cheek and Jim Thomsen keep this converted school bus/camper on the South Core Banks for regular fishing/camping trips.

Must carry items

Walt Bowen

There are no restaurants or hotels on the barrier island that is South Core banks. You must take along everything you will need during your stay. […]

Joe Gantt caught these two Gulf kingfish from the Kure Beach pier.

Don’t forget fishing piers

Mike Marsh

Fishermen should not overlook their favorite ocean fishing pier when targeting whiting. […]