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July 7, 2026

Warm water from a power-plant discharge will fool gamefish like this bass into thinking it’s really springtime instead of early winter.

Hot Hole Fishing

North Carolina usually doesn’t get its coldest winter weather until about the third week of January, but some years – 2010 and 2011 being fine examples — the freeze arrives in time for the Christmas holidays. […]

Big blue catfish aren’t bothered by cold weather, in fact, they become more active and feed heavily during the winter when they get around baitfish.

Monticello’s cool customers

Bennett Kirkpatrick

It was still dark when Ed Robinson and guide Chris Simpson met for a catfishing trip to Lake Monticello. […]

Guide Andy Fox targets and catches schooling bass in warm-water discharge areas on jerkbaits.

Go to ‘school’ in the hot hole

Dan Kibler

Some canals or creeks that carry warm-water discharge away from power plants have restricted access to boats. The mouth of the warm-water discharge canal at Belews Lake, for example, is barricaded to keep boats out. […]

A good depthfinder can give a fisherman the ability to determine the depths at which both baitfish and catfish may be holding.

Drift or anchor?

Dan Kibler

Drifting is a great way to catch Lake Monticello’s big blue catfish through most of the fall, according to guide Chris Simpson, but as the weather starts to really cool off, he catches more fish anchored up. […]

Guide Joel Richardson said that winds from certain directions can expand the effects of warm-water discharge by blowing the warm water across a wider area.

Watch the wind

Dan Kibler

The effects of warm-water discharge aren’t experienced only in the immediate areas, especially on sprawling Lake Norman. […]

When landing catfish, it helps to have a king-sized landing net in the boat.

Catfishing tips

Bennett Kirkpatrick

Guide Chris Simpson has some tips for Lake Monticello catfish anglers; some basic and some gleaned from years of catching big blue catfish. […]

After two seasons of voluntary release efforts by anglers, the speckled trout fishery in Bulls Bay, just north of Charleston, is rebounding well beyond expectations.

Speckled trout bite great in Bulls Bay

Phillip Gentry

After two years, fishermen are recognizing that voluntary catch-and-release efforts to help speckled trout recover from winter kills in 2009 and 2010 are paying off with more and larger trout this season. […]

False albacore have returned to the beaches off Cape Lookout, rounding out an outstanding mixed bag of species biting from the cape back up the Neuse River to New Bern.

Specks, albacore highlight great fishing from Cape Lookout to New Bern

Jerry Dilsaver

The fishing has been good from New Bern to Cape Lookout, and the variety of species that are biting isn’t bad, either, with stripers, puppy drum, speckled trout and false albacore making the short list. […]

Evinrude's 135-HP E-Tec is a perfect engine for shallow-draft hulls.

Evinrude introduces new 135-hp outboard in E-Tec line

Jerry Dilsaver

On Nov. 27, Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) introduced the newest horsepower model available in the Evinrude E-TEC outboard engine line-up, the 135 HO. BRP dealers have been authorized to accept orders with delivery beginning in January 2013. […]

Striper fisherman Jerry Hill of Lexington said the bite at High Rock has really taken off around creek mouths.

Cold weather kicks off striper bite at High Rock

Craig Holt

Striped bass fishing has been sporadic at High Rock this fall, much like the naughty little girl — when she’s bad, she’s been very, very bad but when she’s good, she’s been very, very good. […]