Offshore Fishing
Rigging a Dink Ballyhoo
1) Using a thawed, small/medium, high-quality ballyhoo, remove the bait’s eyes with an arrow shaft.
2) Use cutting pliers to remove the bait’s pectoral fins.
Articles by Chris Burrows
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Nice king mackerel being caught off Ocean Crest Pier
May is a big month for king mackerel on piers along the coast of Brunswick County, and the action that fishermen on Ocean Crest Pier on Oak Island had on May 10 was a perfect example.
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Great for gaffers – May is a great month to catch gaffer dolphin
It’s a warm, early morning in the middle of spring, with a slight breeze out of the southwest. Stephen Hunter keeps his Cape Horn center console in Holden Beach, but he often chooses to use the Cape Fear River channel when leaving before dawn, for no other reason than the reliability of its water. Picking his way behind Oak Island and Southport, he makes a starboard turn into the channel, slips into the ocean, then pushes the throttle down and heads offshore.
Bass Fishing
How did Lake Waccamaw come to be?
While Lake Waccamaw does have a dam, it existed as a lake long before the spillway was built in 1926 to prevent it from drawing completely down during periods of extreme drought.
Bass Fishing
Spring bass in the shallows – North Carolina’s Lake Waccamaw provides bass fishermen with some unique opportunities in the spring
Forget what you know about early spring bass fishing in North Carolina. Lake Waccamaw is different. Broad and shallow, Lake Waccamaw is a natural lake in rural Columbus County, and it affords anglers some unique opportunities not available on man-made lakes across the Tarheel State. […]
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Grouper tips hold recipe for success
To be successful, grouper, tackle must be very specific and virtually bulletproof. The name of the game is to immediately pull heavy, strong fish away from structure that can destroy leaders. […]
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Try a Grand Strand pier to get an inexpensive taste of king mackerel fishing
It’s easy to be fooled by the endless procession of center consoles that go by all spring, summer and fall on US 17. […]
Offshore Fishing
Black sea bass rules and regulations
Brunswick County anglers are fishing the South Atlantic stock of black sea bass, regardless of where that fish came from or is going. Black sea bass have been divided into three different stocks, the Mid-Atlantic, the South Atlantic, and the Gulf of Mexico. […]
Offshore Fishing
Safety comes first, especially during the winter
Winter can be a great time to fish. In Brunswick County, the temperature usually climbs into at least the 50s during the day, so it doesn’t feel oppressively cold, and you often have the ocean to yourself. […]
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Bust Brunswick bass – Cool weather makes for great action on black sea bass off Brunswick County’s beaches
When the temperature plummets and the tourists head back inland for a long, cold winter, fish are still around to be caught in the waters off Brunswick County. […]