Bass Fishing

Mining the herring spawn

May has always been a very special month for me, and not just because I was born in May. Throughout my fishing career, I’ve done well and have won more tournaments in May than any other month, largely because it’s a very diverse month. […]

Fishing Tournaments

SC pros in FLW top five

Pro angler Brent Ehrler from Redlands, Calif., weighed in a 20-pound limit on the final day to move up from second place and win the FLW Major Tour event on Lake Hartwell in late March. […]

Freshwater Fishing

It’s time to go small

More than 3,000 miles of trout waters flow through the North Carolina mountains, an intricate web of rivers, creeks, forks, branches and springlets — some hundreds of feet wide, some only a few feet wide. […]

High Tides and Tall Tails

Feel ‘blue’ about kings

After a winter as mild as we just experienced, fishermen across North Carolina are waiting with eager anticipation for the word that king mackerel have returned inshore. […]

Fishing Tournaments

Stone takes third in FLW

Fayetteville’s Marty Stone finished third at the March 8-11 FLW Tour event on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell. Stone’s haul of 68 pounds, five ounces, was worth $30,000. […]

Paddling Palmetto

Paddle up an old tom

According to the regulations posted in the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ Rules and Regulations handbook for 2011-12, it is unlawful to take a wild turkey from a watercraft. […]

Freshwater Fishing

Cherokee waters on mend

About midnight on July 15, 2011, a flash-flood sent a 10-foot wall of water through the Cherokee Indian Tribal Hatchery, washing away or killing 435,000 trout and leaving raceways buried in silt. […]

Fishing Tournaments

Tournament winners round-up

Dustin Wilks of Rocky Mount, a pro bass fisherman and columnist for North Carolina Sportsman, finished seventh in the Bassmasters Classic in late February on Louisiana’s Red River. […]