Fishing Archives - Page 834 of 1072

July 3, 2026

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission instituting creel and size limits for crappie on Jordan Lake in 2004 and improved the fishery tremendously in terms of quality of fish and better age distribution.

Success does have limits

The crappie fishing at Jordan Lake is managed under regulations that are unique among reservoirs in North Carolina. […]

Now is the right time for Lake Murray shellcrackers

Lake Murray’s shellcrackers are bunching up in groups and getting ready for the spring spawn, and anglers like Brad Taylor are having a field day catching them. […]

Jerry Neeley said this kind of stringer of crappie has become “common” at Lake Norman in the past two or three years.

Stormin’ Norman

Dan Kibler

With the exception of perhaps striped bass, there appears to be a great awakening at Lake Norman, formerly referred to by scores of anglers as North Carolina’s “Great Dead Sea.” […]

Shellcrackers spawn around different kinds of cover, but they can usually be found close to beds of freshwater mussels or clams.

Next, please

Phillip Gentry

Long, rocky points — especially those that provide some underwater cover in the form of stumps, brush or rockpiles — tend to be very busy places on Lake Murray during the spring. […]

Lake Norman’s crappie fishery has improved over the past half-dozen years, with fishermen like Chris Nichols reporting greater numbers of fish, as well as the quality fish they’ve caught in the past.

No answers just yet

Dan Kibler

Biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission don’t have any solid reason for the uptick in crappie fishing in Lake Norman. […]

Bluegills have characteristics similar to shellcrackers, but they lack teeth in the throat that shellcrackers use to crush shells.

Although they share many common characteristics and are commonly lumped together in many circumstances under the handle “bream,” bluegill and shellcrackers have distinctly different characteristics, especially when targeting one specific species while fishing. […]