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July 5, 2026

Fish terrestrial patterns close to stream banks where bugs are most likely to be blown into the water to waiting browns, rainbows and brookies.

’Spray’ for summer bugs

Summer is the season for bugs: grasshoppers, ants, crickets, inchworms and beetles. Just about any insect that crawls, flies or hops is prime fare for trout. […]

Pre-dawn bass action on Lake Murray has keyed on the presence of blueback herring and a good topwater bait, according to guide Chris Heinning.

Find the bait and find Lake Murray bass

Terry Madewell

Lake Murray’s big largemouth bass are busting topwater baits early and late, and they’re also being caught during the middle of the day by fishermen willing to work through the heat and humidity.

According to guide Chris Heinning, it’s all about the bait, specifically blueblack herring.
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Shearon Harris Lake is among North Carolina’s best largemouth bass fisheries, even in the summer.

While waiting for a visiting angler, Chili the Wonder Dog took guide Jeff Thomas for a walk around the parking lot at the Merry Oaks boat ramp at Shearon Harris Lake as the sun burned through the daylight fog last July 10. […]

Dearal Rodgers hefts a couple of summer Lake Wateree largemouths that came off deep structure.

Deep Thinking

Terry Madewell

Lake Wateree in known for producing great springtime action for quality largemouth bass, but once the weather turns hot, many fishermen move on to other lakes. […]

Smallmouth bass are providing some good summer action on the French Broad River.

Float trips providing lots of smallmouth for French Broad anglers

Craig Holt

One way to beat the heat of summer is a float trip down the French Broad River in Asheville. […]

SC's DHEC has set up a website to help fishermen learn about fish-consumption advisories due to mercury contamination in certain species, flathead catfish in the Edisto River, for example.

State sets up website for fish-consumption advisories

Matt Coffey

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control recently announced a new initiative to help fishermen determine if the fish caught out of a specific body of water are fit to eat. […]

Red grouper like this one -- along with gags, scamps, beeliners, triggers and black sea bass -- are being caught in 15 to 25 fathoms of water off Atlantic Beach.

Bottom-fishing excellent off Atlantic Beach

Jerry Dilsaver

Grouper aren’t jumping into boats off Atlantic Beach; you do have to reel them in, but sometimes it seems like they are lined up waiting for the next bait. Other bottom species are biting just as well. […]

This 17 1/2-inch smallmouth hit a lure behind a series of rapids on the New River.

New River smallmouth can be cool summer target

Craig Holt

With 100-degree days blanketing most of the state in the past 10 days, the main fishing respite occurs in North Carolina’s mountains. Anglers can put together float-fishing trips and get cool at the same time. […]

Fishermen can catch some tasty sheepshead on a regular basis at the State Port wall.

Herding Morehead City’s sheep

Jerry Dilsaver

While easing across the no-wake zone at the State Ports in Morehead City, Matt Lamb was paying a lot of attention to just how the tide was moving and how strong it was flowing. […]

Redbreast sunfish are a fish of slow-moving streams like the Lynches River and a favorite of anglers that target them.

Lynches ‘Mob’

Brian Cope

Dalton Reams of Sumter summed up a sure-fire way to land a mess of redbreast sunfish on the Lynches River in July. […]