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Trout fishermen can get plenty of action with a visit to Cherokee, N.C.

The trout mecca – Cherokee is North Carolina’s trout-fishing mecca

When most people think of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and its 57,000 acres deep in western North Carolina’s mountains, the tribal casino probably comes to mind. But if you are fisherman, you know the best bet on the reservation is the trout fishing. […]

With water levels good and the weather stabilizing in western NC, the trout fishing is good in several rivers and smaller creeks right now.

Western North Carolina trout fishing report

Brian Cope

Western North Carolina has some of the best fly fishing in the southeast, and the rivers near Brevard are no exception. March is often an unpredictable time of year due to the weather, but things are looking good for fishing the French Broad River and the Davidson, according to head fishing guide Ryan Kaufman of Headwaters Outfitters in Rosman, N.C. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s decision to replace striped bass with hybrid bass in Lake Norman has paid off for guide Bob Curan.

Tagged hybrid program continues

Tony Garitta

Fishing for hybrid bass aka Bodie bass, at Lake Norman is not only rewarding in itself, but it could actually pay off in cash. […]

Spotted bass, white perch and hybrid bass often school together on Lake Norman during the winter and other, warmer months, because of their love of open, deeper water and current.

Norman’s striper fishery finally succumbed

Tony Garitta

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission put a great deal of effort into maintaining the put-and-take striped bass fishery in Lake Norman, but to no avail, finally giving up in 2012. […]

Guide James McManus targets smallmouth bass on gravel and chunk-rock banks this month on Fontana Lake.

Prespawn smallmouth starting to stir at Fontana Lake

Tony Garitta

The signs are out that fishing is about to pick up on Fontana Lake in North Carolina’s extreme southwestern corner. […]

Hybrid bass have replaced stripers as No. 1 targets for many Lake Norman anglers and guides.

Hunt Norman’s hybrids – February is time to hunt hybrid bass on North Carolina’s Lake Norman

Tony Garitta

In 2012, when the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission decided to quit stocking striped bass in Lake Norman, that probably wasn’t the best news for Bob Curan, who grew up fishing for striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay before moving to North Carolina in 1997 and putting in 15 years learning the 32,500-acre lake north of Charlotte. […]

Go light for chilled Lake Norman crappie

Tony Garitta

Guide Gus Gustafson of Lake Norman Ventures said winter crappie fishing at Lake Norman presents a good news/bad news scenario. […]

Panthertown Valley is special for wild brook trout fishing

Robert Satterwhite

Panthertown Valley is unlike any other trout waters in western North Carolina. But it offers some of the best wild brook trout fishing in the region. […]

Adrian Whitson of Burnsville killed this beast of a buck on Thanksgiving morning on a hunt deep in the forests of Yancey County.

Deep Yancey County forest hunt produces big 10-point buck

Brian Cope

Up until Thanksgiving morning, Adrian Whitson of Burnsville had not killed a buck in eight years, and normally only hunts with a bow. But it was rifle season, and Whitson carried his Ruger .223 into a stand deep in the forest of Yancey County, and a buck showed up that was worthy of Whitson pulling the trigger. […]

This 13-point buck was elusive all season until Thanksgiving morning when Coty Ingram of Newland, NC was waiting for it.

Newland, NC hunter downs 13-point beast on Thanksgiving

Dusty Wilson

Since bow season, Coty Ingram of Newland, NC had been trying his hardest to bring down a buck that was the talk of Avery County hunters — a big-bodied 13-point that had turned up on a lot of folk’s trail cameras. […]