Backlashes

Catch and release for king mackerel?

A recent news release by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries indicates the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council is proposing a reduction of the total allowable catch (TAC) of mackerels (kings and Spanish) because of potential effects of new snapper-grouper regulations in Amendment 15. […]

Fishing

What do those arches really mean?

I’ve heard everyone from fishing guides to marine electronics salesmen talk about what sonar can and can’t see in the underwater world, and the ratio of good information to bad has been about 50-50. […]

Fishing

Clean your boat, then go to a show

January isn’t the greatest month to be fishing or hunting in the Carolinas. It’s a little early for good bass and crappie fishing, and deer season has either ended or it’s been going on so long, you’re almost tired of hunting. […]

Fishing

Practice makes perfect fly casts

Maybe you consider wading through ice-cold mountain streams in January a euphemism for acute hyperthermia. You might also think casting for redfish on some windy inshore flat in winter is a precursor for walking pneumonia. […]