Hey all, I am headed to the Asheville area for the holiday and was thinking of bring a rod with hopes to catch what ever would bite. Read some other threads and have seen I'm probably going to want to float if possible but also that you would ideally like it to be <800 cfs. I have access to a...

I'm going to Asheville w/ my wife so she can attend some conference at the Grove Park. I'll have about five hours tomorrow afternoon july 7 (12:30p-5:30p) and 7a-12p Friday and Saturday mornings. I've done a little research and come up with the following possibilities and the drive time to and...

Anyone have opinions about the accuracy of fish weight calculators that you find online? I caught my personal best flathead catfish a week ago, and according to the couple of length to weight converters I tried, it weighs between 4 and 6 pounds. It sure seemed heavier than that when I was trying...

I apologize for the low-quality photo--The picture was taken with my phone. He was 7-8" long with very distinct black and white horizontal stripes and a spot near his tail. I caught this guy on a line I had out for bait. He was deeply hooked and didn't survive the hook removal process, otherwise...

New to the forum wanted to say hello. Just getting back into the fishing game, spent the first 25 years of my life with a line in the water and after 5 years of zero fishing I am back in it. I live in Asheville NC and primarily fly fish but will use any and all means to make the rod bend, ie I...

Since it's just down the road from me, I've decided to make it a goal to catch every species of fish found in the French Broad River. What kind of fish are in there? And what section are they found in? I've mostly fished the FB in Asheville and upstream, where I've caught smallmouths...

I am very new at river fishing. This fish was caught on the French Broad just south of Asheville. I was trying to catch smallmouth (without much luck) and caught several rock bass and this guy. Any help...

I have plenty of time to fish this Summer and wanted to try fishing for smallmouth bass from a whitewater canoe on the French Broad river. Are there easy sections (meanning I&II) of that river that are productive for smallmouth? If so, where are the put ins and take outs for those sections...