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October means nice High Rock stripers

Guide Jerry Hill said striper fishing on North Carolina’s High Rock Lake really breaks loose around Oct. 20, with fish in the 10-pound class and above beginning to show up. […]

High Rock Lake bass head for boat docks in major creeks

Tony Garitta

This time of year, many anglers who rarely fish High Rock Lake will make it a point to do so because the bass are so predictable. […]

Hybrid striped bass are a popular fish on Lake Norman, but anglers should limit their consumption due to PCBs found in the species.

Fish consumption warning issued for all of Lake Norman

From News Reports

Hybrid striped bass are a popular gamefish in a number of lakes in the Carolinas. They are fun to catch, and they’re also tasty, but anglers shouldn’t be too eager to eat them out of at least one North Carolina lake. […]

High Rock’s summer flathead bite is on

Tony Garitta

While North Carolina’s High Rock Lake is noted for its bass fishing, its flathead catfish population flourishes without much fanfare. […]

White perch have become established at Shearon Harris Lake, giving anglers another great option for summer fishing trips.

Color Harris white

Tony Garitta

For better or for worse, white perch have become established at North Carolina’s Shearon Harris Reservoir because of what were likely unauthorized stockings. […]

Badin Lake’s bass fishing options

Dan Kibler

The reservoirs on North Carolina’s Yadkin River chain fish reasonably well for bass during the summer, but one stands out: deep, clear 5,200-acre Badin Lake. […]

High Rock Lake may not boast the huge numbers or huge fish of other lakes, but its 8- to 12-pound stripers are there for the taking this time of year.

Rock a striped bass

Tony Garitta

Guide Jerry Hill of Lexington, N.C., has swapped striper boats three or four times in recent years, and he’s back on the water in his latest vessel just in time for some of the best striper fishing that High Rock Lake has to offer. […]

Nice channel cat are a welcome by-product of drifting for Lake Wylie blue catfish in all phases of the spawn.

Cats coming, going

Pat Robertson

June has never been a great month for catching catfish on Lake Wylie, because blue catfish are spawning and mayflies are hatching, according to guide Rodger Taylor of Rock Hill. […]

Soft-plastic stickbaits like Senkos will fool plenty of post-spawn Tuckertown Lake bass this month.

Smoke ’em with Tuckertown cigars

Tony Garitta

Cigar-shaped soft-plastic lures, with their slow, tantalizing spiral fall are deadly for smoking out spawning and post-spawn bass on North Carolina’s Tuckertown Lake in May. […]

Bennett Pridgen caught this double-digit bass at Badin Lake in February.

Badin Lake angler catches 12-pound, 6-ounce bass

Tony Garitta

During a recent meeting at the Concord Bass Pro Shops, anglers were passing around a cell phone with a photo of a 12-pound, 6-ounce largemouth bass caught at Badin Lake by an angler they only knew as “Bennett.” […]