Features
Yanking yellow perch
Yellow perch are often caught by accident in the Carolinas, but you can target them successfully in certain bodies of water. […]
panfish
Crappie/Bream
11-year-old’s citation green sunfish
Jacob, 11-years-old, of Matthews, NC caught this 11-inch citation green sunfish in a farm pond in Union County in May of 2021. […]
Freshwater
Fishing Ashe County’s Unseen Pass
Anglers fishing Ashe County’s Unseen Pass can have a field day with numerous species of fish, and the Mahindra Roxor is the perfect vehicle to reach them all. […]
Crappie/Bream
Paisley June Wolfe’s panfish beatdown
A panfish beatdown turned into a nice Memorial Day weekend meal for Paisley June Wolfe and her family. […]
Crappie/Bream
Bream season arrives in Carolinas on May full moon
Don’t miss exciting action on bluegills, shellcrackers as Carolinas’ bream season arrives in May […]
Crappie/Bream
Santee fishing report — panfish galore
Anglers at Santee are catching plenty of shellcrackers and bluegills. The bite is just about as hot as it gets right now. […]
Columns
Targeting panfish from a plastic boat
Kayak anglers looking for an early spring bite will find it from a variety of panfish in waterways across the Carolinas. […]
Crappie/Bream
Don’t wait for spring; catch Santee’s panfish now
Winter panfish action on the Santee Cooper lakes is better than you might think. […]
Fishing Hotspots
We love those whiting, the first spring panfish
The first panfish to arrive along North Carolina’s southern coast in the spring are whiting, aka sea mullet or Virginia mullet. […]
Crappie/Bream
How to catch deep-water panfish
Bluegill and shellcracker are easy to find in the spring, and as summer begins to give way to fall, they become predictable again, but in a different way, according to Jay Summers, who fishes bodies of water — big and small — across both Carolinas. […]