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Big smallmouth bass are very active in April on North Carolina’s Lake James.

Lake James smallies stack up in clearest water

Paying attention to water clarity and wind will pay big dividends for smallmouth anglers on Lake James during April. […]

Jerred Martin of Goucher, S.C. dropped both of these birds on March 20, 2019 in Cherokee County.

Cherokee County hunter kills two turkeys on opening day hunt

Brian Cope

During an opening day turkey hunt in Cherokee County, S.C., 21-year-old Jerred Martin killed a gobbler and a jake. His brother, James Martin, was doing the calling. […]

Fifteen-year-old Peyton Sorrow caught this 14-pound bass in a Greenwood, S.C. farm pond in March 2019.

Teen angler catches 14-pound bass

Pat Robertson

A teenage angler caught a huge bass in a Greenwood County, S.C. farm pond in mid-March 2019. The fish weighed 14 pounds. […]

North Carolina's Hatchery Supported Trout Waters will open April 6, 2019.

North Carolina’s Hatchery Supported Trout Waters open April 6

NCWRC Release

NCWRC will post daily updates of stocking schedule The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open approximately 900 miles of Hatchery Supported Trout Waters at 7 a.m. on April 6. The season will run through Feb.

Painting a crankbait, even with a state-of-the-art airbrush paint, is a process that takes many, many steps and coats of paint to give the bait a perfect finish.

Tie on a Black Label balsa crankbait

Don Shoopman

Mississippi pro’s hand-crafted balsa crankbaits are square-billed, bass-catching creations. […]

The new striped bass harvest closures will impact more of N.C.'s eastern waterways.

New waters closed to N.C. striped bass harvest

NCWRC Release

More of North Carolina’s eastern waterways are being closed to striped bass harvest beginning March 29, 2019. […]

Anglers are still catching plenty of shad in the Santee River and the Rediversion Canal.

Shad still biting on Santee’s Rediversion Canal

Brian Cope

Even though the herring run has already started in the Santee River and the Rediversion Canal, anglers are still catching plenty of shad on Sabiki rigs. […]

Phillip Bridges of Snow Camp, N.C. caught this 10.69-pound bass in a farm pond on March 23, 2019.

Huge bass surprises farm pond angler

Dan Kibler

Phillip Bridges wasn’t targeting big bass — or even bass at all — when he caught a 10..69-pound largemouth from a farm pond in Snow Camp, N.C. on March 23, 2019 […]

Johnny Wilder caught his biggest bass ever -- this 10.69 pounder, during a tournament at Falls of the Neuse on March 16, 2019.

Falls of Neuse spits out huge bass in tournament

Dan Kibler

A 10.69-pound largemouth bass helped Johnny Wilder and his partner Mike Harris take second place in a bass fishing tournament on Falls of the Neuse Lake on March 16, 2019. […]

Bless the Santee Cooper bass spawn

Terry Madewell

Experienced bass anglers at Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie begin looking for big bass moving into shallower water by late February. […]

Addilyn Williams kills Vale, NC buck

Deer

Addilyn Williams, 11-years-old, killed a nice Vale, NC buck in late September of the 2026 deer hunting season. […]

Nathan Efird kills 214-pound, 10-point buck in Chesterfield County

Deer

Nathan Efird killed a 214-pound, 10-point buck in Chesterfield County, SC in late September of the 2026 deer hunting season. […]

Lexton Jordan kills Chesterfield County 8-point

Deer Hunting

Lexton Jordan killed this buck in Chesterfield County on Sept. 24 of South Carolina’s 2026 deer hunting season. […]

First deer

Bag a Buck

Kinley Lambert of Stanfield, NC killed a 13-point buck in Stanly county County, NC on Sept. 26, 2026. […]

Waynette Morris kills white-faced, 4-point buck

Deer

Waynette Morris killed a unique white-faced, 4-point buck in Williamsburg County, SC during the state’s 2026 deer hunting season. […]