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May 3, 2026

Anthony Ng with two Tar River shad caught on a jig-and-spoon rig.

River of Many Returns

The Tar River originates in North Carolina’s piedmont near Roxboro and flows southeast for 140 miles. […]

The N.C. Department of Marine Fisheries and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are running a tagging program to help identify growth rates,movement patterns and population numbers for striped bass like this one from the Roanoke River.

Wel-Done!

Shortly after sliding his boat in behind a big boil and setting up for a drift down the river, Mike Shearin gave the command to bait up and go fishing. […]

Bass on Buggs Island (Kerr) Lake will move shallow in April as part of the spawning process. Savvy anglers will use this to their advantage.

A Bit of Flooded Heaven

Dan Kibler

If there is a bass-fishing nirvana, it’s got to be Buggs Island Lake in April. […]

Trudy Duke and her husband, Ed, fish crappie tournaments on lakes across the southeast, regularly catching slabs like this one.

The month of April ushers in the spring spawn for crappie. The dogwoods are blooming, and all you have to do is grab a bucket of minnows and suspend them under a cork around just about any decent looking piece of woody cover along the bank. It’s a time when everyone is an expert. […]

As inshore waters warm along the North Carolina coast in April, speckled trout shed their winter doldrums and start to feed more aggressively.

Great Ex-Speck-tations

Craig Holt

Lewis Emery, a fishing guide from Wilmington, was scheduled to have taken the marital plunge on March 12. […]

On medium-action spinning tackle, a nice red drum just off the surf line can be a handful for a fisherman.

The Redfish Beach Boogie

Jerry Dilsaver

Gloves, ski masks and heavy coats were the order of the day as Capt. Stuart Caulder zipped out of Masonboro Inlet and headed up the beach to look for schools of redfish feeding in the late winter surf. […]

Cover: March 2009 (NC) – Inshore

North Carolina Sportsman

State experts say there’s good news and bad news for saltwater stocks; for High Rock crappie anglers, however, the news is all good. […]

Cover: March 2009 (NC) – Freshwater

North Carolina Sportsman

State experts say there’s good news and bad news for saltwater stocks; for High Rock crappie anglers, however, the news is all good. […]

Earning Your Stripes

Phillip Gentry

In 1944, a newly married Marine Corps pilot was ferrying a Navy B-25 Bomber from a munitions supply station in Ohio to Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station. […]

Todd Auten works his March magic with a handful of different baits, his preference being determined by weather conditions that will send bass into a spring pattern or keep them in a winter frame of mind.

Borderline Bassin’

Phillip Gentry

If you’ve been around largemouth bass for any length of time, you’ve come to learn and dread a term that’s often used to describe fishing during the spring and fall: “transition.” […]