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September 25, 2026

Biologists and bass fishermen agree that the worst of Kerr Lake’s experience with the largemouth bass virus is over, and that the fishery is improving.

LMBV effects are dissipating

Largemouth bass virus invaded Kerr Reservoir’s bass population in the past decade, but anglers didn’t notice a big decline in fish populations until 2009. […]

Tony Waterhouse (left) and Orlando Giles won the March 25 CATT event at High Rock Lake.

Clayton “Mark” Williams of Taylorsville topped the 38-man field at the April 21 Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament on High Rock Lake with a five-fish catch of 22.31 pounds that included a 6.86-pound bass, the big fish of the day. […]

Frog baits come in several styles, from hollow-body (top) to keel-design (foreground).

Frogs and toads

Glenn Corley

Even though Ryan McMurtury only uses a soft-plastic green frog on Lake Russell, he has boxes of different types of frogs in various colors that he uses in different situations. […]

The introduction and presence of blueback herring in Kerr Lake has led to changes in the way the largemouth bass population behaves.

Kerr Lake’s new ‘structure’

Craig Holt

During the glory days of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, Kerr Reservoir anglers knew spots that were the lake’s major bass magnets. […]

Cover: June 2012 (NC) – Bass

North Carolina Sportsman

The Outer Banks cobia run is in full swing this month, while bass are biting on High Rock and Buggs Island lakes. […]

Ryan McMurtury cut his teeth fishing on Lake Russell, where he learned techniques that helped him win the 2010 Bassmaster Weekend Series national championship.

Classic berth was ‘no fluke’ for McMurtury

Glenn Corley

Ryan McMurtury has been known as a great bass fisherman around Abbeville and the Lake Russell area for years, but it was not until 2010 that he got much outside recognition. […]

Sight fishing for cobia is best around any type of cover – tide lines, flotsam, even other marine life.

Cobia in the Crosshairs

Phillip Gentry

Riding high in the tower of his boat, Aaron Beatson of Carolina Sunrise Guide Service scans the waters off the coast of the Outer Banks for any sign of life, anything that might tip him off that one or more cobia were moving through the area. […]

Cover: June 2012 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

The Outer Banks cobia run is in full swing this month, while bass are biting on Hight Rock and Buggs Island lakes. […]

The Fish Grip by United Plastic Molders is a great addition to your kayak arsenal. When you get one, it becomes one of those kayak accessories you don’t know how you lived without.

Get A Grip

Phillip Gentry

Space for gear when fishing from a kayak is at a premium. Anglers frequently find themselves doing without or making do with what they have because they don’t have room for all the equipment that is taken for granted in a larger vessel. […]

Menhaden Milk, a concentrated, manufactured product, is an economic way to set up a chum slick for cobia.

Cheap chumming

Phillip Gentry

One of the most famous scenes from the movie “Jaws” is Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody ladling bloody chum out of a drum when the big fish makes its first appearance to the crew of the Orca. […]