Fishing Report – June 30, 2022

This will be a busy weekend on the water. Please be safe and WEAR your PFD. Remember to drink plenty of WATER or fluids with electrolytes. Dehydration is never a good idea. Between sun and wind, fluids evaporate from your body. Sunscreen is your friend. If you...

Fishing Report – June 23, 2022

Catfishing is excellent. Bass are deep, taking plastic worms on main lake points and boat docks. Carolina-rigged lizards are the most productive baits. Uplake, live shad are taking striper and large bass, suspended in the main river channel. Plastic frogs and floating...

Fishing Report – June 16, 2022

Bass fishing is good, with Carolina rigged Zoom lizards and centipedes, in pumpkin pepper colors, taking good fish off the points. Don’t neglect topwater baits in the fringe of grass on the points. Docks are always good on lake gaston, as are bridge crossings,...

Fishing Report – June 9, 2022

Topwaters are taking good fish in the early morning hours. After sunup, plastic worms and lizards, fished on the main lake points are the ticket. Dock patterns are coming into their own as bass are orienting to dock pilings throughout the lake. Soft plastics skipped...

Fishing Report – June 2, 2022

Bass fishing is good. Carolina rigged Zoom lizards and centipedes, in pumpkin pepper colors, are taking good fish off the points. Smaller fish are being taken around the grass beds and on topwater lures, early and late in the day. Bream are being caught on live...

Fishing Report – May 26, 2022

Bass fishing is excellent early and late in the day. Plastic worms and lizards are the most productive baits on boat docks, while topwaters work best early and late on points. After the sun gets up, fish crankbaits and plastic worms or lizards on stumpy points. Bass...

Fishing Report – May 19, 2022

Fishing is good. Striper fishermen are catching fish on live shad and bucktails cast up on the bank, in the upper end of the lake, near Kerr Dam. Catfish action is good for anglers fishing live shad on or near the bottom. Largemouth action is picking up, with topwater...

Fishing Report – May 12, 2022

With the frequency of cold fronts and rain over the past couple of weeks, fishing has been on and off. When the rains let up, the fish start biting. When the rains resume, they turn off again. When the rain runs it’s course, fishing will once again take off and...

Fishing Report – February 24, 2022

Water temperatures are in the mid-high 40s, and fishing is fair. With the recent advent of warm weather, water temperatures are rising and bass and crappie are on the feed. Main lake rocky points are showing some good sized bass on crankbaits. Bass may generally be...