Kerr Lake Archives - Page 4 of 7

Austin Sartin (left) holds the 100-pound blue catfish that youth angler Sam Carver (right) caught at Kerr Lake.

8-year-old angler catches 100-pound catfish at Kerr Lake

On a spring break outing, H.R. Carver of Roxboro, NC, along with his sons Jack and Sam, set out to enjoy all that Kerr Lake had to offer — a rented cabin, hiking, and a guided fishing trip with Austin Sartin of Burlington, NC. Such adventures often create memories that last a lifetime, and this was no exception. Eight-year-old Sam caught a 100-pound blue catfish. […]

Bass pro Tim Grein of Winston-Salem, N.C., caught this Kerr Lake lunker on a spinnerbait in flooded shoreline cover.

Bushwhack bass at Kerr lake

Tony Garitta

During the spring at Kerr Lake, the quality of fishing depends on water levels, which are often flooded this time of year. But flooding doesn’t necessarily mean bad fishing. […]

Hit the brush piles for Kerr Lake crappie

Tony Garitta

Keith Wray of Fish Doc Guide Service in Eden, N.C., spends about as much time planting brush piles in Kerr Lake as he does fishing for crappie. […]

Big blue catfish will be patrolling the edges of the main-river channel at Kerr Lake this month, as well as the mouth of major creeks.

Kerr Lake catfish on fire

Dusty Wilson

Falling water temperatures plus plentiful blue catfish equals abundant catches this month at Kerr Lake on the North Carolina/ Virginia border. While techniques remain largely the same as summer, the fishes’ attitudes will be improved, and an angler who intercept them on their highways is in store for a big day. […]

Lipless crankbaits are the ticket to catching prespawn bass at Kerr Lake as they stage, waiting for warmer weather to push them to the spawn.

Give bass a Trap

Tony Garitta

The underwater world at Kerr Lake, aka Buggs Island, becomes a stage for largemouth bass when warming weather this month pushes the water temperature into the 40s and 50s. […]

Brett Meager poses with her personal best, 88-pound catfish, that she recently caught on Kerr Lake.

Creedmoor female angler catches 88-pound Kerr Lake catfish

Dusty Wilson

As the owner of NC Marine Fabrication, Austin Sartin of Burlington has placed ample thought into the kind of rod holding systems that help people catch fish – including his own. […]

Catch more Kerr Lake summer catfish on mussel beds

Dusty Wilson

Kerr Lake’s catfish feast on mussel beds during late July and early August, when they are hungry after the spawning season. […]

Topwater plugs like this Spook are great postspawn baits in late May at Kerr Lake.

Sample Kerr Lake’s postspawn topwater bite in late May

Craig Holt

One of the best postspawn bass bites in late May at Kerr Lake fires up offshore of small islands along the west side of Nutbush Creek between the Hibernia and Henderson Point ramps, and on the lake’s northern shoreline from Eastland to Butchers creeks.

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