The Mooresville resident says he fishes about 175 times a year. He steers clear of largemouth bass, crappie and catfish. I probably release 90percent of the fish I catch. Newman said Norman doesn't rate as a good striped bass lake, compared to impoundments such as Lake Murray near Columbia. Newman is a member of the Fishery Restoration Alliance, which has pushed to increase the abundance of prey fish in the lake.
Stripers are cooler-water fish.
Unlike largemouth bass, which become lethargic in winter, stripers flourish in the cold, feeding on threadfin and gizzard shad. Newman said while many striper anglers use shad as bait, he prefers live bream, crappie and rainbow trout. He catches the panfish and buys the trout. As the rising sun burnished the sky gold, Newman attached a No.6 treble hook to the nose of each fish. He attached side planers to two lines to spread them.