Jeff Samsel Fishing

Fresh content on Jeff Samsel Fishing is farther past due than it has been in this history of this blog. I won't make any bold proclam...

Nathaniel, Asher and I had a big time catching trout in the North Carolina mountains last week. With photos being our main objective, we w...

Flowers pictured on a fishing blog mean exactly what you might guess: I haven't been fishing enough. The blooms that are getting ever ...

I was tempted to sneak out on New Year's morning to visit our nearest Delayed Harvest trout stream, just to see if I could coax a trout ...

It had been far too long since Nathanial, Asher and I had spent a full day together trout fishing, so our recent day of work and play on N...

The rain began a little after 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24. I remember because Asher and I were at the Little League fields, anticipating...

I'm no more fond of delays than the next guy, but when you're talking about delaying the harvest of trout for half a year, I'm...

Rarely have I ever caught fewer fish for the amount of activity seen than was the case yesterday. The trout are definitely plentiful in th...

The Georgia Wildlife Resources Division announced recently that when 1600 miles of "seasonal" trout streams opened for the year ...

Trout being stocked into the Chattahoochee River, just in time for Christmas vacation. Photo courtesy of the Georgia Wildlife Resources ...

Big Snowbird Creek, near Robbinsville, N.C. You know how when you scratch an itch it only gets itchier? Of course you do. Well. It would...

Ugly Runners. I guess that's what you'd call 'em. Ugly Bugs tied on Road Runner heads. Whatever you want to call them, I have ...

Western North Carolina forecast calls for an overnight low in the bottom of the 20s or upper teens(possible record low for the date), ushe...

Only a few days into the catch-and-release season on a Delayed Harvest stream near home, the fish are already far better educated than the...

Guide Alex Bell hooked up with a Tuckasegee River trout. The Tuckasegee River just got a seasonal kick-start -- a kick-start to the tune...

This time tomorrow, I'll be knee deep in the Nantahala River, hopefully releasing yet another trout. We'll arrive early in the aft...

If you don't mind releasing the fish you catch and being restricted to using single-hook artificial lures, some of the best opportunit...

North Carolina's Delayed Harvest waters create a fine opportunity for catch-and-release trout fishing throughout the cool months. P...

This morning brought an end to my favorite part of North Carolina's delayed harvest trout fishing season, and I probably won't ret...

Only to days remain in the "delay" period for the 26 North Carolina streams and small lakes that are managed as Delayed Harvest ...