UTERJanuary
Mountain trout; pickerel
Delayed-harvest streams.
The mountains to the Roanoke
North Carolina freshwater fishing
What's biting in North Carolina freshwater in October: striped bass, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass at their peak, with bluegill, redear sunfish and redbreast sunfish around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 25 fish here month by month, from Roanoke River to Nantahala River.
Fall feed
Mountain trout and walleye lakes, Piedmont reservoirs for bass and stripers, the Roanoke's April striper run at Weldon, and blackwater coastal rivers for shad and bream.
Roanoke RiverLake NormanJordan LakeFontana LakeLake GastonNantahala River
Updated
Now · October
Fall feed
Stripers up.
Largemouth bassStriped bassBlack crappie (speck)Rainbow troutSmallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
This month here
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Striped bass
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Black crappie (speck)
Muskellunge (muskie)
Channel catfish
Blue catfish
White catfish
Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Brook trout
Bluegill
Redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Redbreast sunfish
Yellow perch
Walleye
Chain pickerel
Flathead catfish
Brown bullhead
Common carp
Longnose gar
Bowfin (mudfish)
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Walleye run Fontana's rivers
Striped bassBlack crappie (speck)Smallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Muskellunge (muskie)Chain pickerel
42°F.
March
Shad run; crappie
Roanoke at Weldon.
April
Roanoke stripers
The April run.
May
Bass spawn tapers
Largemouth bassStriped bassRainbow troutSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)BluegillRedear sunfish (shellcracker)
Norman.
June
Bream and catfish
Topwater.
July
Summer stripers deep
Downlines.
August
Hot
Dawn.
September
Fall transition
Black crappie (speck)Smallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Flathead catfishHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Common carp
Schools.
October · now
Fall feed
Largemouth bassStriped bassBlack crappie (speck)Rainbow troutSmallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Stripers up.
November
Crappie
Brush.
December
Winter trout
Mountains.
Fish guides for North Carolina freshwater
When, where and what to use, fish by fishAmerican shadBrook troutChain pickerelLargemouth bassRainbow troutSmallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Striped bassWalleyeYellow perch
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