South Central NC Archives - Page 33 of 124

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

Smoke ’em with Tuckertown cigars

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.” […]

Lake Tillery’s deep brush piles might not be full of crappie in February, but there are plenty of bream there to make for some good fishing.

Bet on Lake Tillery bream in cold water

Dusty Wilson

In late fall, when crappie leave brush piles in search of deeper water, most anglers go with them and neglect brush until crappie return the next summer. While those anglers may be following their passion, they’re missing out on some of the best bream fishing of the year. […]

Frigid crappie frenzy – Lake Tillery crappie fishing can be a frigid frenzy in Febuary

Dusty Wilson

Under normal circumstances, February is likely to remain a relatively cold, winter month, with only premonitions of spring peeking through its icy exterior. […]

Lake Tillery can spit out some quality blue catfish, especially during the winter when they congregate in the lake’s upper section.

Run Tillery’s river for big blue catfish in dead of winter

Tony Garitta

When Kevin Custer of the N.C. Catfish Tournament Association Series was asked to name a productive lake for big blue catfish in the winter, he didn’t say Lake Norman or Badin Lake as many people might expect. […]

Work Shearon Harris Lake depths for best winter crappie fishing

Dusty Wilson

Guide Greg Griffin of Holly Springs, N.C., can count on two things in January: falling water temperatures and a consistent, deep-water bite for slab crappie on Shearon Harris Lake. […]

Guide Gus Gustafson catches Lake Norman’s winter crappie by fishing vertically around deep brush, bridge pilings and covered boat houses.

Lake Norman slabs are deep

Tony Garitta

Quality crappie can be caught in bitter, cold weather at Lake Norman with the use of visual aids. […]

Guide Robbie Burr said big blue cats get active at Blewett Falls Lake when the water temperature breaks the 60-degree mark on the way down, usually in late November or early December.

Blewett Falls ‘logjam’ is winter hotspot for lake’s biggest blue catfish

Tony Garitta

Looking for fishing guide Robbie Burr in December? You’ll probably find him anchored near North Carolnia’s Blewett Falls Lake’s “logjam” — trying to catch huge blue catfish. […]

A big live bait is just the ticket for fishermen targeting striped bass on High Rock Lake this month.

High Rock Lake stripers are on

Dan Kibler

Fishermen who like to catch big striped bass on the Yadkin River system will have November marked down on their calendars as a month when they need to be drowning baits on High Rock Lake. […]

Tuckertown Lake is filled with healthy flathead catfish, and they don’t bite any better than they do in October.

Flathead catfish out of Tuckertown Lake

Dan Kibler

For 30 years, guide Stanley Correll has been making the long trek from his home in Lenoir, N.C., to catch flathead catfish out of Tuckertown Lake, and one thing he’s learned to count on is the big, yellow-brown cats turning on once October arrives. […]