Fishing Archives - Page 713 of 1072

July 9, 2026

Vudu Shrimp

Can an artificial lure — a soft plastic — outfish a natural creature? That day has arrived and it’s like magic, hence lure’s name, thanks to Ken Chaumont of Lacassine. […]

Todd Massey of Chapel HIll (left) and Brandon Gray of Bullock won more than $19,000 at the Boats Unlimited tournament at Falls Lake.

Massey, Gray take home rich payday in Falls of Neuse tournament

Tony Garitta

Todd Massey of Chapel Hill and Brandon Gray of Bullock topped a field of 63 teams to win the June 22 Boats Unlimited NC Team Tournament Bass Trail championship at Falls of the Neuse Lake. […]

Mike Gault displays a mess of Broad River channel cats destined for the deep fryer.

Broad River’s unknown channel cats are making plenty of noise

Phillip Gentry

According to Union County angler Mike Gault, it doesn’t matter where you cast in the Broad River these days, your chances are excellent of bringing back a feisty channel catfish on your retrieve. […]

Clay Gentry admires a flounder that hit a topwater bait in less than two inches of water in the Edisto area.

Patient paddlers catching inshore favorites on soft plastics, natural baits

Phillip Gentry

The phenomenal speckled trout bite that began last fall is still going, and kayak-bound anglers are taking special advantage of it – and other inshore species – in Lowcountry waters. […]

Offshore fishing out of Southport has been great for king mackerel and bottomfish, weather permitting, according to Capt. Butch Foster.

Southport offshore action is great — when the wind allows

Jerry Dilsaver

The offshore bite out of Southport has been excellent over the past week, both bottom-fishing and trolling for bluewater species. Now, if only the wind would quit blowing for Capt. Butch Foster. […]

Guide Rodger Taylor is catching a mixture of blue catfish and channel cats on Lake Wylie, drifting throughout the day and after dark.

Catfish bite is on at Lake Wylie for blues, channels

Terry Madewell

The bite for channel and blue catfish on the South Carolina end of Lake Wylie is about as hot as the weather, according to guide Rodger Taylor of Rock Hill. […]

Guide Joel Richardson has been catching plenty of Randleman Dam bass on topwater and soft-plastic baits.

Randleman bass bite is Piedmont’s hottest

Craig Holt

Even though the spawn has ended, the hottest bass bite in the Piedmont likely is at Randleman Dam Reservoir. […]

Hybrid bass, not stripers, will become a top-level predator at Lake Norman once stockings by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission take hold.

Commission stocking hybrids; will replace stripers in Lake Norman

NCWRC Release

Fisheries biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission on Wednesday stocked 162,500 hybrid striped bass into Lake Norman, marking a shift in the agency’s management of the 32,510-acre reservoir from a striped bass fishery to a hybrid striped bass fishery. […]

Charter guide Peter Young won the top guide award for helping his anglers catch the most fish during the IWFA tournament fished in Venice, La., last week He's pictured here with Pam Marmin from Miami Shores, Florida.

Florida’s Simmons wins IWFA tournament held out of Louisiana

North Carolina Sportsman

Almost 2,500 fish were caught and released during the recent International Women’s Fishing Association’s Louisiana Slam Tournament held out of Venice, La., on June 10-12. […]

Steve Phillips' 20.82-pound limit won the Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament last weekend on Lake Wateree.

Lugoff man wins at Wateree with big sack of bass

Brian Cope

Steve Phillips of Lugoff won the June 15 Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament on Lake Wateree with a 20.82-pound sack that was better than a pound heavier than the runnerup catch. […]