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Jordan Lake's postspawn bass are biting in 8 to 10 feet of water.

Despite postspawn, Jordan Lake’s bass are still biting

Bass fishing on the Raleigh-Durham area’s three big lakes — Jordan, Falls of the Neuse and Shearon Harris — is just about to settle into a normal summer pattern, which means deep water. […]

A few more warm days and slightly warmer water temperatures should bring Jordan Lake's crappie to the shallows.

Jordan Lake crappie have made first big move out of deep water

Craig Holt

Jordan Lake’s black crappies are migrating out of deep water and have reached staging areas for the coming spring spawn. […]

Jordan Lake’s crappie population is on the rebound after a couple of years of sub-par catches. February is the month that gets it all started.

Bold in the cold – Jordan Lake’s crappie fishery has returned to prominence after a 2011 fish kill

Craig Holt

Although everyone knows the spring spawn makes crappie as vulnerable as carnival kewpie dolls, March and April actually aren’t the best months to catch trophy fish. […]

Jordan Lake's bass have moved into the backs of feeder creeks as the water level has risen and the water temperature has fallen.

Rising water level moves Jordan Lake bass to backs of creeks

Craig Holt

Fluctuating water levels are challenging Jordan Lake anglers, especially after rains in the last 10 days put shad on the move towards the backs of creeks. […]

A limit of 20 slab crappie like this one Freddie Sinclair is holding can make for the beginnings of a great fish fry.

Autumn slab fest? Jordan Lake crappie fishermen expect a great fall

Craig Holt

Happily for crappie fishermen, Jordan Lake has recovered from a massive 2011 fish kill. The rare combination of a cold-weather threadfin shad die-off that February, then a week of 100-degree temperatures that July wiped out a lot of fish. […]

Jordan Lake is once again producing some bragging-sized crappie after a 2011 fish kill.

Stick to New Hope Creek channel for Jordan Lake crappie

Craig Holt

One angler who doesn’t need any convincing that Jordan Lake’s crappie fishery has returned to prominence is Freddie Sinclair, a guide from Clayton. […]

Late-spring crappie fishing at Jordan and Falls of the Neuse lakes is producing slab crappie in water 16 to 25 feet deep.

Crappie biting deep at Falls of Neuse, Jordan lakes

Craig Holt

The crappie spawn has ended at North Carolina’s larger Piedmont lakes, but that doesn’t mean anglers can’t catch more tasty sac au lait. Triangle-area guide Freddie Sinclair said it’s been business as usual for him at his two favorite lakes, Falls of the Neuse and Jordan […]

Stanton McDuffie (left), a former N.C.State BassPack member, and Todd Nixon, a SGM from Pinehurst and Fort Bragg, display their three bass at the Warriors on the Water tournament at Jordan Lake.

Ninth Warriors on the Water tournament draws 150 angler teams to Jordan Lake

Craig Holt

The ninth annual Warriors on the Water Bass Tournament – the idea came from three military retirees – drew 150 two-man teams last Friday at Jordan Lake, with 2013 winners Will Blanton of Fayetteville and Cory Kidwell of Alariogordo, N.M., defending their title with a 5-bass limit that weighed 20.13 pounds and included the day’s big fish, a 7.60-pounder. […]

Jordan Lake’s crappie fishery has recovered from a 2011 die-off and has returned to top-drawer status.

Slab royalty – Is Jordan Lake the king of North Carolina’s crappie mountain once again?

Craig Holt

Fishermen have lamented for two years, wondering what happened to B. Everett Jordan Lake, one of North Carolina’s best reservoirs for crappie. […]

Guide Freddy Sinclair has been catching plenty of Jordan Lake crappie by slow-trolling jigs and live minnows in deep water.

Slow-trolling producing plenty of Jordan Lake crappie

Craig Holt

It may be tough to find bass that will bite at Jordan Lake in January, but crappie fishermen remain on cruise control — if you can call moving at less than a mile an hour cruising. […]