North Central NC Archives - Page 99 of 113

Blueback herring cause anglers to change fishing tactics.

Rebound bass

By June, the best part of the bass-fishing year has faded into the rearview mirror. […]

Biologists and bass fishermen agree that the worst of Kerr Lake’s experience with the largemouth bass virus is over, and that the fishery is improving.

LMBV effects are dissipating

Largemouth bass virus invaded Kerr Reservoir’s bass population in the past decade, but anglers didn’t notice a big decline in fish populations until 2009. […]

The introduction and presence of blueback herring in Kerr Lake has led to changes in the way the largemouth bass population behaves.

Kerr Lake’s new ‘structure’

Craig Holt

During the glory days of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, Kerr Reservoir anglers knew spots that were the lake’s major bass magnets. […]

Weldon dubs itself “The Rockfish Capitol of the World” and there’s little dispute about that claim.

Striper fishing still active at Weldon

Craig Holt

It may be late in the season for striped bass spawning runs at the Roanoke River near Weldon, but anglers continue to have tremendous catch-and-release days. […]

Jeff Thomas displays 9- and 11-pound largemouths he caught this spring.

Harris Lake bass jumping on lures

Craig Holt

If bass anglers want a good chance to catch a lunker largemouth, the best place to go right now is Shearon Harris Lake in southern Wake and northern Chatham counties. […]

Stripers and hybrids head to South Carolina’s Clarks Hill Lake in the spring.

Where and how, not why

Phillip Gentry

William Sasser, a veteran fishing guide on Clarks Hill Lake, just shrugged his shoulders and remained pretty much speechless.

The list of items that Sasser doesn’t have much to say about is definitely a short one, but ask him why May is such a good time to catch striped bass and their hybridized cousins on the sprawling, 70,000-acre reservoir, and the instantly likeable angler goes silent. […]