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Cover: June 2018
Summer doesn’t mean crappie fishing is finished in the Carolinas, it just means some adjustments to your tactics. Summer definitely means dolphin in the bluewater of both states. […]
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Cover: May 2018
The Carolinas have so many great places to catch flounder, it’s hard to name just one, so we picked four spots you shouldn’t miss. […]
Bass Fishing
Fast and furious – Striper, hybrid bass action
It is nighttime — the crack of dawn is still and hour or more away — and South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell is dark. Chip Hamilton points the bow of his striper boat straight at the bank of a point jutting out into the lake and revs the engine briefly to drive the front of the boat up on the bank. […]
Bass Fishing
Cover: April 2018
April is a big-bass month across both Carolinas. Tune in for tips on baits and learn which North Carolina lakes are trophy destinations. […]
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The trout mecca – Cherokee is North Carolina’s trout-fishing mecca
When most people think of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and its 57,000 acres deep in western North Carolina’s mountains, the tribal casino probably comes to mind. But if you are fisherman, you know the best bet on the reservation is the trout fishing. […]
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Cover: March 2018
Turkey season gets cranked up in mid-March in South Carolina. In North Carolina, crappie fishermen have plenty to be thankful for. Turkey photo by Brian Carroll. Crappie photo by Brian Cope. […]
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Cover: February 2018
The biggest of the big: Patrick Williams of Belews Creek, N.C., killed this potential state-record archery buck last Oct. 25 in Rockingham County. […]
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Extending the quail tradition
Before whitetail deer and wild turkeys became the flagship species for hunters in the Southeast, bobwhite quail was king. Back when boys rolled up into the high-school parking lot with shotguns in gun racks in the back window of the truck — and no one minded — it was common to stop along the way to school and kick up a covey of quail before heading to class. […]
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Full frontal assault – Winter speckled trout fishing is a full-frontal assault in North Carolina waters
Allen Jernigan launched his 18-foot tunnel-hull skiff and pointed the bow into the channel of a coastal river. The wind was calm, the water slick. Within minutes, he turned out of the main channel and headed into a shallow bay. […]
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Get down for trout
A large, dark shadow was visible in a bathtub-sized pool. The pool downstream from where I stood had produced several average-sized rainbow trout for quick release. The shadow was in a tiny pool upstream in the middle of a turbulent riffle. […]