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June 27, 2026

Fish terrestrial patterns close to stream banks where bugs are most likely to be blown into the water to waiting browns, rainbows and brookies.

’Spray’ for summer bugs

Summer is the season for bugs: grasshoppers, ants, crickets, inchworms and beetles. Just about any insect that crawls, flies or hops is prime fare for trout. […]

Baitwells are either total-exchange (left and right), or recirculating (three middle).

‘Live’ is best part of bait

Jerry Dilsaver

Many fishermen have a fascination with using live minnows or smaller fish for bait. […]

Removing trees or other tall vegetation from the perimeter of food plots will allow for better sun penetration.

Eliminate the ‘sun hogs’

Jeff Burleson

If deer, ducks and turkeys could talk, they would quickly thank diligent land managers for preparing tasty buffets — until the hunting season, anyway. […]

Robert Walser won a tough BFL Piedmont Division tournament on High Rock Lake in mid-May.

Walser wins at High Rock

Tony Garitta

Lexington’s Robert Walser overcame tough fishing conditions on High Rock Lake to win the May 12 BFL Piedmont Division tournament. […]

Backlashes

Gamefish bill looks like a 2013 item

Craig Holt

As we foresaw, House Bill 353 won’t be reported out of committee during the short session of the 2012 state legislature. […]

Team Catchall had this 10.1-pound striper, the tournament’s big fish as it won the Midlands Striper Club event on Lake Murray.

Bolt, Temples place in A-A

Glenn Corley

South Carolina had two anglers, Conrad Bolt and Brandon Temples, finish in the top 10 at the BFL All-American on the Potomac River out of National Harbor, Md., in mid-May. […]

An 11-inch Trigger-X Hammer worm (top) is huge compared to a standard 6-inch plastic worm.

I talk a lot during the year about baits I like to throw, like a Mop Jig — and I’ve always got one tied on — but a bait that’s very effective during the summer, especially when it comes to catching big fish, is a big worm. […]

SCDNR personnel have been obtaining information on cobia by sampling fish caught in tournaments.

Cobia cooperation valued

Bryan Bowers

Each year, more and more saltwater fisherman enjoy targeting cobia, increasing the strain on the resource. Any reduction in cobia numbers greatly increases the likelihood of the South Atlantic Fisheries Marine Council imposing regulations to protect them, as they have done with several other species in recent years. […]

Bass usually don’t head to deep water until July, but they’ve been a month ahead of schedule all year. So fishing deep, open water might be the ticket this June.

The calendar is lying

David Fritts

I have to admit, I wait the whole year for June to arrive, because it’s my favorite month to catch bass on a crankbait. And I also have to admit, I’m afraid things are going to be different this year. […]

A fishing guide uses a drift boat on the Tuckasegee River, a site becoming more common every year.

Driftin’ away has merits

Robert Satterwhite

On weekends, and some weekdays, it’s not uncommon to see four or five drift boats on the delayed-harvest section of the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County. […]