Fishing Report For Lake Rhodhiss, NC

By Rick Seaman

March 1, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Rhodhiss, NC

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Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

At Lake Rhodhiss, locals report catching bass year round, with Spring being prime time. During summer, fishing slow and deep is often the key to catching bass on points and ledges off the river channel. Sandwiched between to very popular bass lakes, Lake James and Lake Hickory, Lake Rhodhiss bass receive much less fishing pressure. Fertile water from the Catawba River, an abundance of baitfish, and low fishing pressure ensure great fishing here. A wide variety of lures are catching nice bass here, but many tournament anglers report throwing jerkbaits and vibrating jigs as primary baits. During low activity, a stick worm, rigged wacky style, often teases bass to strike.

Black Crappie - White Crappie

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

Crappie fishing continues to be good in Lake Rhodhiss. Spring is always a prime time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. Prior to the spawn, they hold around the mouths of these feeder creeks, coves and pockets. Locals report catching nice crappie, along with white bass and white perch, while trolling small profile, shad pattern crankbaits. Docks, brush piles, wood and deep vegetation are a good place to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Fish finders are a good way to locate schools of crappie, which tend to stack vertically around cover.

Striped Bass

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Spring and Fall are prime seasons for stripers here. Starting in late winter or early Spring, stripers in Lake Rhodhiss begin migrating upstream to spawn. This time of year, concentrate on the western section of the lake in the deeper sections of the river channel. Slow trolling or drifting with live shad, or with lures imitating them, is a good way to catch a big striped bass. Once they spawn and move our of the river, being successful at fishing for stripers is a matter of locating schools of bait. When you do, wolf packs of stripers are likely to be nearby. Fish finders are a big help in locating these roaming schools. Swimbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, spoons, live bait and cut bait are popular baits here.

Fish species to fish for...

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

Rhodhiss Lake is a 3,000-acre lake with 90 miles of shoreline, loaded with healthy populations fish. Bass, crappie and catfish attract the most attention, but there are plenty of sunfish, perch and striped bass to pursue as well. There is one designated bank fishing area here.

Primary fish species to catch

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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".