Mountain Trout
Nate Leslie’s trophy brown trout
Nate Leslie landed his personal best brown trout in the February Jimmy Orr tournament series on Lake Jocassee. […]
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Fishing Reports
Lake Jocassee 7-pound trout
This 7-pound brown trout was caught trolling on Lake Jocassee with Jocassee Charters in late July. The trout are deep this time of year. […]
Mountain Trout
Beautiful brown trout
Caught the prettiest brown trout of my life in Marion, NC on the greenway. It was caught on my TFO fly rod on a purple zebra midge. –ToneyTheGreat802
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Delayed harvest: Kids open trout wars
Kids get first crack at opening day of trout season, but they aren’t the only ones who enjoy catching these tasty fish. […]
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Brown trout — kings of the trout world
Brown trout aren’t native to the Carolinas, but they thrive throughout certain waters in both states. Anglers shouldn’t be afraid to upsize their lure offerings when targeting browns. […]
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Jocassee anglers double up on citation brown trout
Billy Lewis of Liberty, S.C. knew the trout fishing on Lake Jocassee would be good during the latter part of April. On previous trips the weeks before, he started dialing in on a good pattern trolling flutter spoons from downrigger balls behind his pontoon boat and had already caught a couple of limits. […]
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Youth angler catches 5-pound brown trout in Ashe County
This time of year, it’s common to let our attention go to the beaches of the Carolinas for fishing offshore, nearshore, and inshore. The fishing is great for many different species along the coast, but we shouldn’t overlook the trout fishing that we have in the western part of both states. […]
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Jocassee angler catches 9-pound, 8-ounce brown trout
Capt. Sam Jones of Jocassee Charters said the fishing on the Upstate, S.C. lake has been great in the past few weeks, and he only expects it to get better as the spring weather stabilizes. […]
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Gastonia angler lands 9 1/4-pound brown trout in South Carolina mountain lake
Each spring, die-hard anglers look forward to brown and rainbow trout returning to the main-lake area of Lake Jocassee. […]
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Brown is beautiful – Upper Catawba River below Lake James is a trophy brown trout stream
A pickup towing a trailer carrying two inflatable boats pulled into the parking lot of the Bridgewater Public Fishing Access Area downstream from one of the two dams that impounds Lake James. […]