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Hot weather doesn’t slow down the bass bite on Shearon Harris Lake, rated as one of the nation’s best.

Shearon Harris Lake bass don’t mind hot weather

While the 16-to 20-inch slot limit on North Carolina’s Shearon Harris Lake may be an obstacle for some tournament anglers, it is a boon for the casual angler. […]

The water level determines whether guide Joel Munday fishes shallow or deep on Falls of Neuse Lake this month.

Falls of Neuse’s July bass can be deep or shallow

Tony Garitta

Guide Joel Munday said largemouth bass can be caught shallow and deep this month on Falls of the Neuse Lake, a 12,410-acre fishing playground north of Raleigh and Durham, N.C. […]

Spotted bass are the main summer targets among Lake Keowee’s bass, but you’d do better to fish during the week and avoid weekend boat traffic.

Avoid weekends for best bass action on Lake Keowee

Pat Robertson

Guide Brad Fowler of Pendleton, S.C., said there is one major rule to follow when fishing for bass on Lake Keowee in the heat of summer: don’t even think about going on weekends. […]

Guide Preston Harden said May is a great month to do battle with a really nice striped bass on Lake Hartwell.

Lake Hartwell bass fishing is hot

Pat Robertson

“Fishing really gets cranked up on Hartwell in May,” said Harden, who runs Bucktail Guide Service from his Commerce, Ga., home. “I might be partial, but I think it is the best striper/hybrid fishing lake there is. We are just getting hot with schools of fish everywhere now — and Hartwell has some really big stripers.” […]

Cale Helms caught this big bass at Tuckertown Lake on April 12, 2018.

College student decks huge Tuckertown largemouth

Dan Kibler

Last week, Cale Helms found himself with a day-off from classes during his last semester at Wingate University and a club tournament this coming weekend. Just one problem: his Phoenix bass boat was in the shop. […]

Carolina rigs will catch as many fish in spring as they will in summer if used correctly.

Enter and exit, stage right

Jeff Burleson

Every bedding bass that makes it onto the shallow dance floor must first enter the staging area and eventually leave by the same route. […]

Having plenty of fresh bait is a key to striped bass success on Clarks Hill in late March and April.

Fresh, live bait is critical

Terry Madewell

Live bait is a part of most successful fishing trips for striped bass at Clarks Hill Lake this month, and guide Tony Shepherd said the quality of that bait can make or break a trip. […]

Largemouth bass and spotted bass may visit spreads of baits intended for stripers or hybrids in March.

Bonus bass make for a spring slam

Pat Robertson

The primary targets for Lake Hartwell’s early dawn, red-bank fishing are hybrids and stripers, but bonus spotted and largemouth bass can turn a great morning of fishing into a springtime slam. […]

Jimmy Mason holds up a 6-pound bass caught on a Bomber Jointed Wake Minnow at Wilson Lake.

Bomber’s Jointed Wake Minnow

Don Shoopman

Russell Garner remembers the days in South Texas and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast when anglers modified jointed Redfins to make a “wake” bait that redfish found hard to resist. […]

Steve Ford caught this big bass during a weekday tournament on Jordan Lake.

Jordan Lake spits out bass just short of 12 pounds for Fayetteville, N.C., angler

Dan Kibler

Well, if you’re only going to get one good bite in an entire day of bass fishing, at least it can be a real good bite. […]