Bass Fishing
Chill out with New River smallmouth bass
Anglers are catching plenty of smallmouth bass in the North and South Forks of the New River. […]
Northwest NC
Deer Hunting
King, N.C. hunter kills giant 9-point buck in Stokes County
Greg Robertson, who once held the No. 2 spot on North Carolina’s archery buck record list, killed a 157-inch, 9-point buck on Nov. 9, 2018 in Stokes County, N.C. […]
Deer of the Year
Stoneville hunter kills 20 point buck in Rockingham County
On the first day of North Carolina’s archery season, Dylan Martin of Stoneville killed a possible new state record buck with his Ravin R10 crossbow. During the last few minutes of daylight, Martin arrowed a 171 5/8-inch non-typical giant at only 16 yards from his stand.
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Rockingham County hunter bags 7-bearded gobbler
Stanley Farmer of Stoneville, N.C. was expecting to see a gobbler and probably get a shot when he headed to a series of connected food plots on a Rockingham County, N.C. farm shortly after lunch on April 17, but the long-time turkey hunter wasn’t prepared for either the show he was treated to, or the trophy turkey with seven beards he bagged around 1:30 p.m.
Bass Fishing
Rhodhiss stripers get hot
Joe Jobin of Xtreme Striper Fishing divides April at North Carolina’s Lake Rhodhiss into two phases.The beginning of the month marks the first.
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Morganton, NC hunter kills big bear that broke 440-pound scale
Matthew Chapman of Morganton, N.C. has killed his share of black bears over the years, but he’d never killed one so big that it broke a scale while determining its weight. That’s exactly what happened when he killed one in Burke County on Nov. 9 during an evening hunt.
Deer of the Year
Surry County hunter takes big buck that had disappeared
Steve Rabon of Mocksville, N.C., had a huge whitetail buck on his trail cameras before deer season opened in his neck of the woods, Surry County, back in September, but he suddenly vanished.
Bass Fishing
Rhodhiss stripers offer big rewards on live bait in autumn
Guide of Joe Jobin of Xtreme Striper Fishing said fishermen can catch good numbers of stripers from North Carolina’s Lake Hickory, but just upstream, Lake Rhodhiss spits out bigger fish.
Crappie/Bream
Brush will hold crappie
August delivers “crappie consistency” to the Santee Cooper lakes. With water temperatures near or at the zenith for the year, slabs are ganged up around identifiable underwater targets in both Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie.
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Bream biting hot at Santee’s flooded islands
Just off the banks of Elliot’s Landing, and not very far from Pack’s Landing and a few other landings, two “islands” are popular with panfish anglers. Hamburger and Hot Dog Islands are easy to get to, and hold large populations of bluegill and shellcracker, especially this time of year.
Bass Fishing
Santee’s frog bass
When Clyde Folsom of Sumter thinks of fishing in August at Santee Cooper, he thinks of being covered in sweat from head to toe. He also thinks of lily pads, hollow-body frogs and big bass.
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High water, overcrowding causing fish to struggle in Lower Santee River
Striped bass and other fish living in the Lower Santee River are struggling to survive high water temperatures and overcrowding. The extended Santee Dam flood gate opening associated with last fall’s flooding spilled an excessive number of lake fish into the river, and anglers have reported seeing unusual numbers of striped bass carcasses in the river for several weeks.