With water temperatures approaching the 60-dgree mark, Capt. Kevin Blair of Charleston Fish Rod Bending Company, had only one thing to say. “It’s about to bust wide open here.” […]
Maynard Edwards and Jason Heitman of Yadkin Lakes Guide Service caught quality crappie in High Rock Lake’s Flat Swamp Creek last week by trolling deep water. […]
North Carolina’s state-record blue catfish weighed 89 pounds and was caught in Badin Lake on Nov. 25, 2006, by Eric Fincher. It replaced an 85-pound fish that had been caught in Lake Norman in 2004. […]
Badin Lake is part of the Yadkin River system that was formed by impounding sections of the river to support an aluminum-smelting plant in the town of Badin operated by Alcoa. […]
The blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, is the largest species of North American catfish and has potential to reach 150 pounds. […]
Successful crappie fishing at Jordan Lake in March can hinge on having a jig in the color fish prefer that day. […]
Biologists Jessica Baumann and Corey Oakley of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission conducted crappie surveys using trap and gill nets in October and November 2012 after a 2011 shad die-off and resulting crappie mortality. […]
The large rocks that line much of Lake Wylie’s shoreline are called riprap, and plenty of it is submerged below the surface. […]
March is typically a rainy month, and as part of the Catawba River system, Lake Wylie gets local rain as well as rain and melting snow from the waterways well upstream, which means anglers will get to fish their share of high water this month. […]
For many anglers, night time is the right time for catching bass, and March is a great time to do it in the dark on Wylie. […]
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