East Central NC Archives - Page 21 of 112

A fiberglass reproduction allows fishermen to enjoy a trophy striped bass for years while being able to release the fish alive.

Replica mounts are the ticket

Most estimates put a 30-pound freshwater striped bass at around 15 years of age. That represents a 15-year investment by a fishery for each fish that goes to the taxidermist. […]

Guide William Sasser said the crawfish/hydrilla on Clarks Hill Lake bite for striped bass, hybrids and catfish has been a little late this summer, but has finally come on and is one of the most consistent of the year.

Clarks Hill’s “crawfish bite” for stripers, hybrids has finally kicked in

Phillip Gentry

Fishing weed lines is a no-brainer up north, but few anglers realize that sprawling Clarks Hill Reservoir on the Savannah River along the South Carolina/Georgia border also has plenty of weeds, in the form of hydrilla, that attract tons of fish – particularly striped bass and hybrids. […]

Hartwell heats up – August is not dog days, but striper days

Terry Madewell

Greet a sunrise on the lower end of Lake Hartwell this month armed with blueback herring and a good graph, and odds are, the hot fishing will rival the heat. […]

Guide Wendell Wilson regularly does battle with big Lake Russell stripers.

Striper strategies – Here’s how to target Lake Russell’s trophy stripers

Phillip Gentry

In 2012, fishermen began urging South Carolina officials to put in place regulations that would turn Lake Russell, the middle lake of the three major impoundments on the Savannah River, into a trophy striped bass fishery. […]

Baylen Moore and guide Townie Wessinger show off the best fish from two limits recently caught in deep water at Lake Murray.

Deep-water pattern has taken over, but Lake Murray is still spitting out nice stripers

Terry Madewell

Hot-weather patterns have set in for Lake Murray striped bass, but that hasn’t slowed down the action for fishermen able to adapt to deep-water patterns. Guide Townsend “Townie” Wessinger has been mauling stripers with live bait in deep water. […]

A Fluke-type bait can be rigged as a single lure or a double-rig when targeting bass that are feeding on blueback herring.

Blueback blues

David A. Brown

Blueback herring, those high-strung gypsies known for their notoriously unpredictable ways, can be the boon or the bane of Lake Murray fishing. […]

Replacing the rear treble on a popping bait with a hook-and-feather can add to its attraction for bass.

Accessorize for appeal

David A. Brown

Topwater baits inherently rely on impersonating a wounded, disoriented or otherwise vulnerable baitfish for their bass appeal. […]

Max Tiberghien (center), caught this 6.1-pound walleye on a Lake Hartwell trip on Monday with younger brother Alex (left) and dad Xavier.

A Lake Hartwell surprise: teen catches 6.1-pound walleye on striper trip.

Phillip Gentry

Max Tiberghien, the 13-year-old son of “Fish’N Crazee” television show host Xavier Tiberghien, thought he was reeling in another one of Lake Hartwell’s striped bass or maybe a spotted bass on Monday when he joined the club of anglers who have landed a trophy walleye from the lake – this one a 6.1-pounder. […]

Angler Frankie Jacobs Holds up a double handful of great Lake Wateree bream caught on a jig and grub.

The jig is up for Lake Wateree bream

Terry Madewell

It’s no surprise to Lake Wateree anglers that bream fishing is great right now. This is the time of year when fish are caught in huge numbers, and with some culling, some excellent limits. […]

Guide Jerry Kotal said fishermen can catch big numbers of catfish by following a few steps in his gameplan.

A guide’s guide to catfishing by the numbers

Terry Madewell

Targeting big catfish is the current craze for many anglers, and with good reason, but it’s not the only exciting way to enjoy summertime catfishing. […]