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July 22, 2026
HomeLake Norman

Lake Norman

flatheads
Fishing Hotspots

Lake Norman’s flatheads are biting from deep holes

Tony Garitta

During the summer, Lake Norman’s flathead catfish like to hang out in deeper holes, and anglers can catch them under schools of white perch. […]

Lake Norman
Catfish

Blues in winter: Lake Norman fishing produces cool cats

Tony Garitta

Lake Norman is a trophy catfish hotspot, and it is especially good during the winter months. […]

Bass Fishing

Lake Norman hybrids give fishermen fits as water cools and fish school up more

Tony Garitta

Guide Gus Gustafson of Lake Norman Ventures said fishermen should take advantage of the resurgence of hybrid bass at Lake Norman, especially in November.

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Catfish

Hot weather means red-hot catfish bite on Lake Norman

Tony Garitta

The summer heat hasn’t stopped Lake Norman anglers from catching plenty of catfish. […]

Bass Fishing

Lake Norman’s spots are crushing topwater lures and drop-shots

Dusty Wilson

Don’t let the summer heat keep you off of Lake Norman. The largemouth bass has slowed, but the spots are just as aggressive as ever. […]

Bass Fishing

Hunt Norman’s hybrids – February is time to hunt hybrid bass on North Carolina’s Lake Norman

Tony Garitta

In 2012, when the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission decided to quit stocking striped bass in Lake Norman, that probably wasn’t the best news for Bob Curan, who grew up fishing for striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay before moving to North Carolina in 1997 and putting in 15 years learning the 32,500-acre lake north of Charlotte. […]

Lake Norman crappie
Crappie/Bream

Go light for chilled Lake Norman crappie

Tony Garitta

Guide Gus Gustafson of Lake Norman Ventures said winter crappie fishing at Lake Norman presents a good news/bad news scenario. […]

Featured

Fish consumption warning issued for all of Lake Norman

From News Reports

Hybrid striped bass are a popular gamefish in a number of lakes in the Carolinas. They are fun to catch, and they’re also tasty, but anglers shouldn’t be too eager to eat them out of at least one North Carolina lake. […]

Featured

Lake Norman slabs are deep

Tony Garitta

Quality crappie can be caught in bitter, cold weather at Lake Norman with the use of visual aids. […]

Content

A great spot to be in – Anglers flock to Lake Norman for North Carolina’s best spotted bass fishing

Dan Kibler

One morning last December, a bass tournament was blasting off out of the McCrary Creek boating ramp, aka Queens Landing, but Carson Orellana of Mooresville, N.C., was perfectly content to let the traffic clear before he backed his Nitro down the ramp and pushed off into Lake Norman. […]

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Catfish

Chris Douglas joins catfish angler Justin Riewhestahl to fish for Cape Fear River blue cats and flatheads, and they catch their share. […]

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Little girls, big fish

Catfish

Colt Turner was fishing with his daughters in June when they teamed up to catch a big catfish on the Dan River. […]

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