Beginning around the middle of March and continuing through May, mountain streams start warming up, browns, rainbows and brook trout become active and hungry, and mountain anglers enjoy some of the best trout fishing of the year. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Fishing for hybrid bass aka Bodie bass, at Lake Norman is not only rewarding in itself, but it could actually pay off in cash. […]
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. […]
The signs are out that fishing is about to pick up on Fontana Lake in North Carolina’s extreme southwestern corner. […]
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. […]
Guide Gus Gustafson of Lake Norman Ventures said winter crappie fishing at Lake Norman presents a good news/bad news scenario. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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