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Deep brush piles are producing plenty of nice crappie for Kerr Lake fishermen, along with white perch.

Deep brush piles producing crappie, white perch for Kerr Lake anglers

With the heat on across North Carolina, many fishermen have taken to after-dark trips, but Chris Bullock, a veteran guide on John H. Kerr Reservoir has been knocking out plenty of black crappie and white perch on daytime trips. […]

Guide Joel Richardson fishes around one of Randleman Reservoir’s many laydown trees that have been cut and cabled to their stumps.

Find Randleman’s bass hotels

Craig Holt

Fishermen who once fished flooded trees on either side of the narrow New Hope Creek channel in Jordan Lake will remember how those spots concentrated largemouths. […]

A light Texas-rig and a plastic worm is a definite ticket to catching treetop summer bass.

Go light for treetop worm fishing

Craig Holt

Using soft-plastic lures such as worms and lizards is an effective technique for hauling bass from submerged wooden structure in reservoirs, but heavy weights don’t work well when fish are suspended in the upper reaches of the water column, where shad often prefer to hang out. […]

Jim Crouse’s custom-made paddles can be both useful to paddlers and decorative to persons who appreciate the artful side of woodworking.

Just paddlin’ around

Pete Rogers

Next door to Pure Bubba, a tackle shop in Nichols, is a shop where Jim Crouse has been making custom paddles for anglers and collectors for more than 20 years. […]

The presence of grass shrimp and bull sharks are pushing redfish and flounder into extremely shallow water in the marshes of Winyah Bay.

Flounder, redfish moving into extremely shallow water in Winyah Bay

Jeff Burleson

For South Carolina fishermen, summer is in full swing, and it is unbearably hot, but the solid redfish and flounder bite around Georgetown’s Winyah Bay will take your mind off the sizzling conditions. […]

A Texas-rigged plastic worm is a very productive bait fisheda round Randleman Reservoir’s numerous tree laps.

Randleman’s tree bass

Craig Holt

July is a tough months to catch bass in shallow water on most lakes in North Carolina, unless you’re there at the crack of dawn to take advantage of the last few minutes of the night bite. […]

Anglers easing down the Little Pee Dee and Lumber rivers in northeastern South Carolina should run into plenty of sunfish, like this chunky bluegill.

Pee Dee’s panfish – Sample the Pee Dee’s summer panfish action

Pete Rogers

When the temperature begins to creep into triple digits, many fishermen seek shelter along the veins that run through South Carolina’s Pee Dee region. […]

Piedmont landowners are invited to the first of a series of workshops on how to manage tracts of land with wildlife in mind.

Commission, Ag Extension will hold wildlife workshops for landowners

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, along with the Chatham County Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, is conducting a series of free wildlife workshops for Piedmont-area landowners. […]

Casey Ashley fishes a popping bait from mid-morning, working it around any kind of shady cover and around bream beds he locates.

Tune up that popping bait

David A. Brown

Pro fisherman Casey Ashley, the reigning Bassmaster Classic champion, loves his popper fishing. He’s particularly fond of the XCalibur Zell Pop, but even though the bait comes ready for action, Ashley makes a few adjustments to ensure he gets the performance he needs. […]

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

Despite postspawn, Jordan Lake’s bass are still biting

Craig Holt

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. […]