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July 9, 2026

Don’t hesitate to switch styles, colors and sizes of mini-jigs to see what crappie have a taste for on any particular day.

Experiment with lure choices

Crappie feast on small fish most of the year, and while live minnows tend to always provoke a strike, small jigs are an excellent alternative. […]

Trolling is a productive way to catch walleye once the water warms and fish move into deeper areas.

Trolling for walleye

Phillip Gentry

Trolling for walleye is a productive tactic that more resembles what southerners view as the northern style of walleye fishing. […]

A quality depth finder is a key to being able to locate and recognize deep structure that’s holding crappie.

Utilize your C.I.A. — Crappie Intelligence Apparatus

Jeff Burleson

For today’s angler, the advances in technology have improved the chances to gain valuable intelligence about the water. […]

Walleye are believed to have become established in Fontana Lake from native fish when the Little Tennessee River was impounded.

Fontana walleye? Where did they come from?

Phillip Gentry

Fontana Lake is a TVA reservoir impounded by Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River located in Graham and Swain counties in North Carolina. […]

When crappie move into deeper water after the spawn, they are more apt to bite in the middle of the day and not just in periods of low-light.

The weather and sunlight factors

Jeff Burleson

Deep-water jigging for crappie can sound intimidating to the angler conditioned to chasing spawning fish in shallow water, yet many of the variables and difficulties involved in finding and coaxing crappie to cooperate dissolve during the post-spawn period. […]

Almond Boat and RV Park has bait, tackle, docking and ramp facilities — plus a place to stay on your Fontana Lake walleye trip.

A fisherman’s full-service dream

Phillip Gentry

Almond Boat and RV Park is occupies an important chunk of real estate on the banks of Fontana Lake — just downstream from the junction of the Nantahala and Little Tennessee rivers. […]

Lucky Craft’s topwater “Sammy” is a popular bait on Lake Keowee to draw strikes from schooling fish.

Say Sammy! to a Keowee spot

Phillip Gentry

Topwater lures come in a variety of sizes, shapes and actions. Most are configured to create a surface commotion that either resembles an injured baitfish or a smaller predator attacking an even smaller prey. […]

Striped bass “fights” aren’t knock outs

Craig Holt

Even though many North Carolina fishermen have seen striped bass “fights,” this type of activity doesn’t indicate a willingness to eat a lure. […]

Spotted bass may giveanglers an alternative to smallmouths and largemouths, but on Lake Keowee, they are out-competing the native species and have become the predominant black bass species.

Seeing spots

Phillip Gentry

Nobody is pointing fingers, but spotted bass are thought to have been introduced into Lake Keowee by fishermen from Georgia, where spotted bass thrive and grow to more than respectable sizes in Lake Lanier. […]

Fly-fishing equipment is perfect for May striper fishing in the Roanoke Rapids at Weldon.

Fly rods now popular for Roanoke stripers

Craig Holt

The Roanoke River is a catch-and-release fisherman’s paradise. […]