Lake Norman Archives - Page 5 of 8

The N.C. Wildlife Federation has created six rock reefs in Lake Norman over the past three years.

Fifth and sixth rock reefs are built in Lake Norman

Artificial reefs long have been deployed in coastal waters to enhance habitat for fish. They’re made of sunken ships, concrete pipes and old bridge pilings. […]

The hot-hole warm-water discharges at Lake Norman have been driving good fishing for stripers, spotted bass, white perch and crappie.

Hot-hole effects driving good Lake Norman fishing

Craig Holt

With winter clinging to North Carolina like a deacon’s grip on a collection plate on Sunday morning, fishing success comes to anglers mostly in the forms of dreams — except at lakes that receive infusions of hot water. […]

Boat docks and piers literally line most of Lake Norman’s shoreline, and they’re great spots to target late-winter bass entering the prespawn.

Plenty of opportunity

David A. Brown

Lake Norman’s 32,475 surface acres, multiple creek arms and numerous coves offers a lot of areas in which to seek these February prespawners. […]

February weather is nippy, but Lake Norman’s bass feel spring approaching.

Nippy Norman know-how – Prespawn action set to begin as Lake Norman’s bass stir out of winter haunts

David A. Brown

February is the month marked by Valentine’s Day, and it’s when bass pro Bryan Thrift of Shelby loves Lake Norman. […]

Guide Gus Gustafson said improvements in electronics have allowed him to better exploit Lake Norman’s crappie, including slabs like this one.

The ‘eyes’ have it! Lake Norman crappie fishery is at a high point, and winter fishing is excellent

Tony Garitta

Today’s electronic technology has made searching for crappie easier than ever before. […]

Striped bass, along with several other species, are hitting Alabama rigs being trolled in 20 to 30 feet of water at Lake Norman.

Lake Norman fish starting to stir as water temperature drops

Craig Holt

As water temperatures have started to fall, the appetites of Lake Norman’s gamefish have started to rise, according to guide Gus Gustafson. […]

Lake Norman has a good topwater bite going these days for bass along riprapped banks.

Bass bait really on at Lake Norman

Craig Holt

Anglers who still talk about Lake Norman as the “Dead Sea” have, as Mark Twain once said, greatly exaggerated its demise. “Lake Norman has an awesome bass bite now,” said Andy Fox of Fishers of Men Guide Service. “Lake Norman is coming back.” […]

Hybrid bass, not stripers, will become a top-level predator at Lake Norman once stockings by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission take hold.

Commission stocking hybrids; will replace stripers in Lake Norman

NCWRC Release

Fisheries biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission on Wednesday stocked 162,500 hybrid striped bass into Lake Norman, marking a shift in the agency’s management of the 32,510-acre reservoir from a striped bass fishery to a hybrid striped bass fishery. […]

Stripers often can be found schooling at the main lake or in the backs of Lake Norman’s feeder creeks during cold months.

Lower end of Lake Norman has been hot spot for stripers, spots, white perch

Craig Holt

Even as winter weather continues to dominate most of North Carolina, fishing success has increased at some freshwater venues, including Lake Norman. […]

Spotted bass have become Lake Norman’s primary gamefish, and they’ve had on their feed bags lately.

Anglers mine ‘funnels’ for Lake Norman spots, largemouths, crappie, perch

Craig Holt

Spotted bass, largemouth bass, crappie and white perch are concentrated in deep water at funnel points across Lake Norman, and anglers who can locate them can have fantastic fishing days. […]