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Lake Norman is a 32,510-acre man-made lake in North Carolina that features 510 miles of shoreline. Duke Energy created the freshwater lake between 1959 and 1964 when it constructed the Cowans Ford Dam. The lake is a popular place to go fishing as well as a location of national tournaments. It's full of striped bass, largemouth bass, bluegill and catfish.
Lake Norman fishing is busiest during early summer when the fish are more active. It's possible to catch fish here at any time of the year. Lake Norman fishing opportunities include largemouth bass, black crappie, white bass, blue catfish, channel catfish, and white perch.
A record 85-pound blue catfish was caught in 2021, which broke the state record for this species. Joel Lineberger captured the beast using a white perch as bait. Just a year earlier in 2020, another massive blue catfish was caught, weighing in at 62.9 pounds. David Edmonds, the holder of this record, also used white perch to snag this catfish.
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There is a 34.5% catch rate for Bluegill, based on 285 Bluegill counted.
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There is a 19.61% catch rate for Largemouth Bass, based on 162 Largemouth Bass counted.
ENLARGE LAKE NORMAN LARGEMOUTH BASS COUNTS CHART
There is a 19.25% catch rate for Redbreast Sunfish, based on 159 Redbreast Sunfish counted.
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There is a 7.63% catch rate for Green Sunfish, based on 63 Green Sunfish counted.
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There is a 3.75% catch rate for Pumpkinseed Sunfish, based on 31 Pumpkinseed Sunfish counted.
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There is a 3.03% catch rate for Yellow Perch, based on 25 Yellow Perch counted.
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There is a 2.06% catch rate for Redear Sunfish, based on 17 Redear Sunfish counted.
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There is a 1.82% catch rate for Warmouth, based on 15 Warmouth counted.
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There is a 1.69% catch rate for Threadfin Shad, based on 14 Threadfin Shad counted.
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There is a 1.45% catch rate for Channel Catfish, based on 12 Channel Catfish counted.
ENLARGE LAKE NORMAN CHANNEL CATFISH COUNTS CHART
*** PLEASE NOTE *** Please check local, state/province, and federal laws before fishing for any species found on this site. All data is based on historical data found for this area, and in some cases as far back as the year 1600.
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The Top 10 Fishing Spots for Lake Norman are the following:
Governors Island Bridge There is a lot of rip rap on both sides of the bridge to work. Good bass fishing.
Buster Boyd Boat Access Lake Wylie Only 2 ramps open at this time 8-20-2015
Spotted Bass
Copperhead Island Boat Ramp Copperhead Island Boat Ramp
Grass Beds
brush crappie
Rock Pile
Nivens Landing Boat Ramp Nivens Landing Boat Ramp
Ramsey Creek
Moss Lake Ramp Moss Lake Ramp
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Flathead Catfish caught on Carolina Rig with 1oz Flat lead weight and 3 1/2 inch blue gill live. fish was 45 1/2 inches long and weight 48.6 pounds head was 22 inches across and was caught on
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