Fishing Archives - Page 718 of 1072

July 9, 2026

After attending one meet-and-fish with the Upstate Kayak Fishing Club, Wayne Swaney of Central was hooked.

Upstate club has a plan

One of the undeniable truths about human nature is that when four or five people with a common interest gather together, they’re going to form some kind of a club. […]

Spraying wheels and nuts at the ramp washes off salt and doesn’t allow it to take hold on the way home.

A quick rinse is the ticket

Jerry Dilsaver

Fishermen who fish in brackish or saltwater either know the evils of salt or are due for a rather rude and possibly expensive awakening. […]

Terry Hobbs (left) and Jesse Wise display their winning catch from Shearon Harris.

Wise, Hobbs outfish field in Triangle Team final on Harris

Tony Garitta

Jesse Wise of Erwin and Terry Hobbs of McGee’s Crossroads beat 22 others teams that qualified for the June 8 CBS Quality Cards NC Triangle Area Team Bass spring mini-championship with an impressive 5-fish Shearon Harris limit that weighed 27.55 pounds. […]

Billy McIntosh and Rick McLean got a payday of almost $1000 for this big catch of Lake Wateree bass.

Sumter anglers cash in on great Lake Wateree bass fishing

Brian Cope

Two Sumter anglers continued their winning ways on Lake Wateree, catching more than 25 pounds of largemouth bass this past Saturday in the Carolina Anglers Team Trail tournament out of Clearwater Cove. […]

Postspawn bass are providing some nice topwater action on Lake Gaston.

Lake Gaston bass in post-spawn mood, but topwaters are producing

Craig Holt

Largemouth bass currently are in a post-spawn period at Lake Gaston, and according to Lynn Harvell of Topwater Guide service, two distinct fishing patterns have emerged on the 20,000-acre impoundment. […]

Lake Jocassee bass are hitting topwater frog baits around blowdown trees in the backs of creeks.

Big bass flooding into Lake Jocassee

Phillip Gentry

While filming his regional television show, The Carolina Outdoorsman, over the past week, Monty McGuffin has had some great outing fishing for bass on Lake Jocassee, and he expects the good fishing to last through most of the summer. […]

Sensation's 423.8-pound blue marlin took the early lead on Monday in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.

Late hookup gives Sensation early lead in 2013 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament

North Carolina Sportsman

An afternoon hookup added drama to the start of the 55th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament as angler Trey Siner of Concord, reeled in a 423.8-pounder to give the Sensation the early lead. […]

Spanish mackerel have been hitting live menhaden around nearshore reefs off the coast near Charleston.

Nearshore reefs off Charleston producing plenty of fish,

Brian Cope

For Charleston-area anglers fishing nearshore or inshore, the fishing couldn’t be better; Spanish mackerel and spadefish are the hottest-biting fish on the nearshore reefs. […]

The waters around Manteo are full of speckled trout, and the action has been hot and heavy this past week.

Speckled trout bite great in waters around Manteo

Jerry Dilsaver

Most fishermen don’t think of the Albemarle and Croatan Sounds as hotspots for speckled trout and red drum, but Richard Andrews of Tar-Pam Guide Service knows differently and is leading his clients to nice specks and reds to over-slot size, plus a few striped bass and flounder just for variety. […]

Bass pros Dustin Wilks and Dave Wolak will debut "Carolina's Perfect Cast" on the Pursuit Channel in July.

Two NC bass pros will debut fishing show in July

Craig Holt

Two pro bass fishermen from North Carolina are set to debut the first 13 episodes of a North Carolina-based fishing show to be televised on The Pursuit Channel. […]