Over the 5 years since we launched Blue Ridge Mountains Travel Guide, our team has visited 70-80 different towns in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia (not including those we’ve driven ...

For the next 13 years, he served as administrator of Fontana Elementary School ... He spent falls hunting birds, summers fishing in Canada or trout streams in Colorado, camping and gardening. He loved ...

On the calm waters of Fontana Lake in western North Carolina, cabins don’t scatter the shoreline, they float in the middle of the lake. “You see these floating cabins. And when I first saw ...

A tailwater is a section of river located downstream of a dam. Because dams control the flow of water, they create consistent conditions for the trout that live below. This stability in temperature ...

Best bets Delta sturgeon hitting and New Melones bass and trout action solid, Kyle Wise reported. McClure bass eating, Randy ...

Trout Fishing Family event in Hale Center is set for March 8. The event will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Caudle Lake Park, 1309 East 13th St. In Hale Center. This is a free family event. No fishing ...

Freestone stream, spring creek, tailwater — which would you rather attack for trout? The answer will depend largely on where you live, but it might also hinge on the style of fishing you prefer ...

Winter trout fishing is a funny thing. Some people love it because the crowds are gone, and they can bank on having long stretches of great water all to themselves. Other people hang up the trout ...

If sitting around and staring at a hole in the ice doesn’t fit with your idea of fishing, take heart – there’s an open-water alternative even in the coldest part of the year.

Flanked by rolling mountains and lush green forest, Fontana Lake is an introvert’s paradise ... kayaking and paddleboarding, as well as fishing, which they consider a huge part of their lifestyle.

Learn more An ice fishing rod may seem like a simple device ... choose rods that are 22 to 26 inches long. Those chasing lake trout and northern pike select long rods, frequently 36 to 42 inches ...