Fishing Report For Falls Lake, NC

January 11, 2025

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Fishing Report Falls Lake, NC

Falls Lake, a great destination for fishing

Visit Fall Lake for great bass fishing or for catching nice crappie and bluegill. Fishing for catfish, white bass, perch and striped bass are good as well.

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Most Popular Fish Species In Falls Lake, NC

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good To Excellent

Falls lake is home to big bass. According to reports by local guide Jeffrey Davis, "February is a good time to catch big bass. ...After the spawn is over, bass move out to ledges on the main lake during the summer months". When bass are shallow I like to use mid-range crankbaits, like the Rapala DT-6. Around brush, wood and vegetation I prefer a spinnerbait or plastic worm.

Black Crappie

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Very Good

Locals report good crappie fishing from April through June, then again in October through December. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. Live minnows and crappie jigs are the top two baits on Falls Lake. Docks, brush, wood, vegetation are a good place to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4-pound line is ideal. Use fish finders to locate schools of crappie, which tend to stack vertically around cover.

Bluegill

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good To Excellent

As a prime food source for the big bass roaming Falls Lake, bluegill maintain a healthy population here. The water is so fertile that bluegill, which survive the bass, can grow to well over 3 pounds. My favorite bait for bluegill is small pieces of nightcrawlers. Also, larger bluegill are often caught on small crankbaits while bass fishing.

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, blue catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, white bass, white perch, yellow perch, striped bass and chain pickerel at Falls Lake in North Carolina.

Falls Lake, in North Carolina, is a 12,000-acre reservoir with 175 miles of shoreline, is well known for excellent bass fishing, and home to many bass tournaments annually. Submerged trees, rock formations, and vegetation, provides ideal habitats for bass, crappie, catfish, striped bass, and others

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The Falls Lake Fishing Pier offer easy access for anglers to fish without a boat.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".