Crappie/Bream
Species spotlight: flier
One of the lesser-known, and the least occurring panfish in the Carolinas is one that many anglers never catch or even lay eyes on. Many have never even heard of it. […]
Month: May 2018
Featured
NCWRC opens public comment period on proposed rules changes
During a telephonic meeting on May 15, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission voted to open the public comment period and hold one public hearing for three temporary amendments to existing rules. The public comment period opens May 25 and closes June 29. Comments can be submitted online or by email. The public hearing will be held on June 6 at 7 p.m. at the Commission’s headquarters in Raleigh. […]
Featured
106-foot tugboat sunk as addition to Comanche Reef
After months of unforgiving weather, recent calm seas finally allowed the addition of a new structure to an artificial reef 30 miles off the coast of Charleston. […]
Bass Fishing
Rapala’s Scatter Rap Glass Shad
Some anglers refer to the plastic lip recently added to the Rapala Glass Shad crankbait as a “potato chip lip,” which is what it closely resembles. […]
Featured
Nine free fishing and boating workshops offered in June
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center is offering nine free fishing and boating workshops for people of all ages and skill levels throughout the month of June. Online registration is required for the workshops, which are open on a first-come, first-served basis. […]
Columns
A life well lived: Remembering a hunter and friend
This month, I am stepping a bit outside of this column’s normal subject matter, but I feel strongly about this message. […]
Featured
Delayed Harvest trout waters open June 2 in North Carolina
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open 34 trout streams and two lakes classified as Delayed Harvest to trout harvest on June 2 through Sept. 30. […]
Columns
Four-of-a-kind basic trout flies for fly fishermen
Fly fishers need to know the four basic types of flies, including how to tie them and present them, before heading out in search of trout. […]
Catfish
6-year-old lands 71-pound catfish on Pee Dee River
Six-year-old Lindsey Edge of Laurel Hill, N.C. caught a 71-pound blue catfish on May 10 at the base of the Blewett Falls Dam in the Pee Dee River at Norwood, N.C. Few anglers ever catch or even see a fish this big in person. But, it happened for Edge, who spends many hours with her father, Ira Edge on the water every year. […]
Columns
Everything is biting at Santee right now
May is one of my favorite months to fish the Santee Cooper reservoirs, and while it’s mostly because of the great fishing, it’s also because of the typically great weather. […]