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Eric Fincher’s 89-pound blue catfish, caught Nov. 25, 2006 from Badin Lake, is the reigning state record for the species.

Badin produced state-record blue catfish

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. […]

Guide Chris Hammill concentrates on big blue catfish on several reservoirs on the Yadkin system, including Badin Lake.

Badin Lake and the Yadkin River system

Jerry Dilsaver

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. […]

Blue catfish, native to the Mississippi River drainage, have been stocked and moved to river systems and reservoirs across the Southeast, where they have become a popular target for anglers.

Blue catfish in North Carolina

Jerry Dilsaver

The blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, is the largest species of North American catfish and has potential to reach 150 pounds. […]

Tight-lining, or fishing with lures dropped straight down, is a favorite of spring crappie anglers.

Any color is good — as long as it’s blue

Craig Holt

Successful crappie fishing at Jordan Lake in March can hinge on having a jig in the color fish prefer that day. […]

Black crappie in Jordan Lake have rebounded after a 2011 die-off and should offer fishermen a great spring this year.

Net survey shows Jordan’s crappie on the rebound

Craig Holt

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. […]

Riprapped banks cover plenty of Lake Wylie’s shoreline, and fishermen need to target them in March.

Riprap is big key at Wylie

Brian Cope

The large rocks that line much of Lake Wylie’s shoreline are called riprap, and plenty of it is submerged below the surface. […]

Capers Reef out of Charleston has been producing some nice sheepshead lately.

Capers Reef producing a lot of sheepshead

Brian Cope

Capers Reef off the coast of Charleston is the place to be this month for sheepshead fishing. Capt. Jim Dodge of Charleston Fishing Guide said for numbers and size, Capers Reef is tough to beat. […]

Big blue catfish have been biting all over Badin Lake in recent weeks.

Blue catfish bite is on fire at Badin Lake

Tony Garitta

If fishermen want to feel something really big at the other end of their lines, they should plan a trip to Badin Lake, which has been spitting out big blue cats with regularity lately. […]

Ed Duke of Concord is sure he’s one of the few fishermen in North Carolina who knows exactly how good the crappie fishing can be at Blewett Falls Lake.

Unknown Slab Heaven – Blewett Falls Lake is North Carolina’s best unknown crappie fishery

Phillip Gentry

It’s hard to believe that a major public reservoir with a fantastic fishery exists with hardly anyone knowing about it. In today’s world of high technology — sonar units practically detect fish at the push of a button, internet sites broadcast the day’s fishing results in an instant and a fisherman can pick up a cell phone and tell another one, “Hey, I’m on ’em” — no place is safe. […]

Late-winter redfish action can be great in South Carolina waters.

Late-winter fling – Have a fling with Lowcountry redfish as winter begins to wane

Phillip Gentry

Although the weather may be a bit cooler than it is during the summer, guide Chris Chavis makes a good argument why late winter angling for redfish in the backwater creeks and bays surrounding Charleston is often more reliable than spring and summer fishing. […]