East Central NC Archives - Page 48 of 112

Field reporter Phillip Gentry and his son, Will, discovered that three warm days of rain have producing spring-like conditions, and springtime fishing, in the backs of Lake Hartwell creeks.

Warm rains move Lake Hartwell stripers to backs of creeks

Regardless of the species you favor in the winter on Lake Hartwell, many anglers have been keying in on flocks of seagulls and balls of forage to find fish. […]

Dieter Melhorn's 60-pound, 3-ounce blue catfish is one of the biggest ever caught from Lake Wylie.

Lake Wylie spits out 60-pound blue catfish

Terry Madewell

Blue catfish have become an increasingly important part of the fishery at Lake Wyle, but the monster caught last week by Dieter Melhorn – 60 pounds and three ounces – put an exclamation point on the status of this fishery. […]

Guide Richard Andrews said his fishermen have had to wade through a lot of small specks, but most are filling their limits of trout.

Bays, creeks on west side of Pamlico still full of trout, reds, stripers

Jerry Dilsaver

The bays and creeks along the western side of Pamlico Sound from Willow Point near the mouth of the Pungo River to Stumpy Point are holding a lot of puppy drum, speckled trout, stripers and an occasional flounder. […]

Guide Ricky Kellum has been catching speckled trout and puppy drum in creeks off the New River.

Creeks off New River are producing plenty of trout, puppy drum

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Ricky Kellum of Jacksonville said fish are biting in the New River and the creeks that feed it, and he said with several days of sunshine and warm temperatures predicted, the fishing should improve – and it is already pretty good. […]

Guide Brad Taylor said following sea gulls is the best way to find and catch Lake Murray stripers.

Catch Lake Murray stripers? It takes some gull-watching

Terry Madewell

The striper fishing at Lake Murray is red hot, and if you want to go where the action is, just follow the gulls. […]

Red drum and speckled trout are still churning the waters around Morehead City in good numbers -- just not in the usual places.

Specks, reds farther back in Atlantic Beach backwaters than usual

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Matt Lamb said there are good numbers of speckled trout and red drum in the waters around Morehead City, but they aren’t at the usual community spots. […]

Trophy largemouth bass and a handful of other species are being caught from Lake Greenwood by fishermen targeting schools of baitfish around the junction of the Saluda and Reedy rivers.

Trolling through big schools of bait producing plenty of Greenwood fish

Phillip Gentry

Producing a mixed bag that would make any fisherman jealous, kayak fishing guide Zach Caldwell of Travelers Rest said Lake Greenwood is producing more striped bass, white bass, white perch and largemouth bass than at any other time of the year […]

Redfish are starting to gang up into their huge winter schools in the Sneads Ferry area.

Sneads Ferry redfish starting to gang up in huge, winter schools

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Allen Jernigan of Breadman Ventures in Sneads Ferry said the rapid changes in the weather appear to be more confusing to fishermen than to redfish, which have ignored the occasional warm water and are beginning to gather into their larger, winter schools. […]

Jon Pruitt of Starr killed this huge Anderson County buck over a period of four days.

After four days, Anderson County hunter finally puts hands on big buck

Phillip Gentry

Anderson County, known for its capacity to produce trophy deer, did exactly that on Thanksgiving Day for Jon Pruitt of Starr in the form a 160-inch buck – but it was a long four days before finished the job. […]

Jennings Davis killed this huge Wilson County buck on Nov. 14 as it fed in a harvested sweet potato field.

Lucama man kills enormous Wilson County buck

Dan Kibler

North Carolina’s coastal plain doesn’t produce many enormous trophy bucks, but it certainly did three weeks ago, when Jennings Davis of Lucama in Wilson County celebrated his 75th birthday a week early by killing a tremendous buck on Nov. 14. […]