East Central NC Archives - Page 41 of 112

Spotted bass (right) are much more of an open-water fish than their largemouth cousins.

Established without state’s help, spotted bass are an angler favorite

Pete Rogers

As numbers of spotted bass have grown in South Carolina lakes, so has their popularity. […]

Lake Wateree crappie action is really breaking loose

Terry Madewell

Crappie season has literally boomed in the past few days at Lake Wateree after a very slow start to the season. […]

The waters of the Trent and Neuse rivers around New Bern, and tributary creeks, are full of speckled trout, but the fishery is catch-and-release only until June 15.

New Bern has been center of great speckled trout bite

Jerry Dilsaver

Even though it’s catch-and-release only for another two months, the speckled trout fishing around New Bern has been tremendous for the past two weeks, according to Capt. Joe Ward of Flydaddy Charters. […]

Fishermen are filling up coolers in the Saluda and Reedy rivers as white bass make their spring spawning run up out of Lake Greenwood.

White bass spawning run at full swing out of Lake Greenwood

Pete Rogers

Lake Greenwood’s white bass are making their annual migration up the Saluda and Reedy rivers, and fishermen are catching limits from the mouth of those rivers as far up as navigable water will allow. […]

Brandon Seffrin shows off the kind of bass that Saluda Lake has been producing lately as bass spawn.

Bass spawn producing plenty of big fish at Saluda Lake

Phillip Gentry

South Carolina’s oldest lake, Saluda Lake on the Greenville County/Pickens County border, may also be its best kept secret when it comes to trophy bass fishing, and a late spawn that’s just cranking up may be one of the reasons. […]

Big speckled trout are biting in the Tar and Pamlico rivers, along with striped bass.

Stripers, specks on the move in Tar, Pamlico rivers

Jerry Dilsaver

Richard Andrews of Tar-Pam Guide Service in Bath said two weeks of warm weather had done wonders for the fishing in the Tar and Pamlico rivers. […]

Ronnie McKee is catching plenty of Lake Russell crappie long-line trolling in major creeks.

Lake Russell crappie ready to spawn, hitting trolled jigs

Phillip Gentry

Lake Russell is known for its natural setting of standing timber and underwater cover, and right now, that cover is the prime spawning grounds for crappie; Piedmont resident Ronnie McKee said crappie fishing is wide open. […]

Redfish are biting in the surf near Fort Macon and in some of the marshes behind Morehead City and Beaufort.

Fishing in Atlantic Beach area is picking up daily

Jerry Dilsaver

Matt Lamb of Chasin’ Tails Outdoors in Atlantic Beach said he is getting good reports of improved fishing here and there, and with a good forecast for the next 10 days, he expects spring fishing to really improve. […]

Chase Simmemon of Fair Play has had plenty of success catching Lake Hartwell bass, like this nice spotted bass, on drop-shot rigs.

Drop-shot rigs are great tools for Lake Hartwell spotted bass.

Pete Rogers

While thousands of spectators will marvel at the professional bass fishermen on Lake Hartwell in next year’s Bassmasters Classic, most will be bass-fishing enthusiasts who’d love to catch more fish on the sprawling Savannah River reservoir. […]

Guide Dearal Rodgers said that big largemouth bass are schooling in relatively shallow water on Lake Wateree, allowing fishermen to produce some great catches.

Hungry bass schooling in Lake Wateree’s shallows, guide says

Terry Madewell

The bass fishing has turned red hot at Lake Wateree, and according to guide and pro fisherman Dearal Rodgers of Sumter, it’s likely to get even better. […]