East Central NC Archives - Page 12 of 112

Anchoring up as dusk approaches can be a great way to produce nice catches of Lake Monticello cats.

Drift-fishing isn’t the only way to catch catfish; anchoring has its moments

Justin Whiteside said he seldom drifts at Lake Monticello unless he’s targeting suspended fish. […]

Lake Russell summer crappie fishing means Standing Room Only

With summer in full swing across the Upstate, it’s time to focus on Lake Russell’s standing timber for some of the hottest crappie action of the year. […]

Guide William Attaway hefts a stringer of catfish he caught at night using his suspended-drift technique.

Monticello’s summer catnip – Big fish and big numbers; that’s Lake Monticello’s promise for anglers targeting catfish in July

Terry Madewell

Fishermen know Lake Monticello is a world-class trophy catfish destination, but this deep, clear lake offers much more than just huge fish. Catching big numbers during the summer makes this 6,800-acre lake a top destination for quality and quantity catfish. […]

Guide Preston Hardin (right), relies on the summer heat to push stripers and hybrids into deeper water and tighter schools on Lake Hartwell.

Stripers go deep

Pat Robertson

When fishing for stripers and hybrids at Lake Hartwell in the summer, it is imperative to understand the thermocline in order to locate the fish, according to guide Preston Hardin of Commerce, Ga. […]

Planer boards allow striper fishermen to cover a wide swath of water with their baits and to get them away from the boat in shallow, clear-water situations.

Use planer boards around striper hot spots

Terry Madewell

Guides Brad Taylor and Mike Glover agree that covering a wide swath of water enhances your odds of success when fishing live bait for stripers. The way they accomplish that is with planer boards. […]

Fishermen who can follow stripers on their transition from shallower, spring patterns to deeper, summer areas, can catch limits consistently.

Follow the transition to summer stripers

Terry Madewell

By late June, hot-weather patterns typically set in on Lake Murray, but the striper fishing continues to be red hot for those adapting to deep-water patterns. […]

Marking waypoints and tracks during the day will make fishing after dark that much easier.

At night, GPS units are doubly important

Pete Rogers

A GPS unit is crucial to fishing for catfish at night on Lake Wateree. Unlike many other lakes, Wateree is very dark at night, with few shoreline lights to provide illumination. Knowing your GPS and trusting it is crucial to a successful night fishing. […]

Hollow-bodied frogs and mice are great lures for river smallmouth bass whenever grass beds are found.

Grass means bass, even in a river, and even when they’re smallmouths

Brian Cope

Surface grass isn’t usually the type of cover you’d expect to fish on a river with the kind of current the Broad River has, but some areas have plenty of it. […]

Smallmouth bass are plentiful in the section of the Broad River just downstream from the Parr Reservoir dam.

Tailrace below Parr Reservoir is hot spot along South Carolina’s Broad River

Brian Cope

One of Mike McSwain’s favorite summer haunts on the Broad River is the backside of the Parr Reservoir above the Alston canoe launch. He heads upriver and stays to the right where the river forks. It’s a few miles upriver, so he uses his trolling motor when the depth allows it, and once at the dam, he’s in business. […]

The SCDNR has stocked more than 1 million stipers and hybrids in Lake Hartwell in the past month.

Over 1 million stripers, hybrids, stocked in Lake Hartwell

Brian Cope

Some 780,000 striped bass and 480,000 hybrid bass–a total of about 1.2 million fish–were stocked in Lake Hartwell during the past three weeks by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.

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