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Hog in a bog
Basil Watts hauled a deer cart from the bed of his pickup truck. Unhooking the elastic cords holding it together, he unfolded it to deploy the wheels. […]
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Spring slabs? Don’t be late! At Falls of Neuse Lake, it’s the early angler that catches the crappie. Don’t wait for April. March is madness!
Popular opinion among many fishermen is that April is the best month to catch crappie because fish are heading for shorelines to spawn and are susceptible to jigs and live minnows. […]
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Offbeat tactics for tough toms
An old saying coined for another situation is often appropriate for turkey hunters. It’s simply, “We have met the enemy, and he is us.” […]
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Spring slab triple play – Try to turn this triple play on prespawn crappie. You won’t need to do anything else
March ushers in what most anglers consider to be prime crappie season, a time when the weather and the fish can have you running for the bank one day, then backing off and fishing deep water the next. […]
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Cover: March 2015 (SC)
March is the peak for crappie fishing across South Carolina, especially for lure-maker Ronnie McKee, who does much of his damage to the slab populations at Lake Russell. […]
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Stem the red tide – Learn the tides and you can figure out Swansboro’s late-winter red drum
Rick Patterson quickly checked the tide level on the bulkhead as he eased his bay boat away from the dock. He decided it would be wise give the tide an hour or two to rise and bring more water to flats where he’d found redfish, leaving him fishing several nearby creeks and deeper channels. […]
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Shed Happens – Extend your deer season! Spend some time hunting for shed antlers and you’ll be a leg up on bucks in the fall
Deer hunters who didn’t get the chance to collect that trophy buck’s antlers while they were still attached to his head this past deer season still have a chance to get them now that deer season is over and he is done with them. […]
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Cover: March 2015 (NC) – Redfish
March brings out some great spring fishing for reds on the coast, but don’t forget that it’s also the peak of crappie fishing. […]
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Cover: March 2015 (NC)
March brings out some great spring fishing for reds on the coast, but don’t forget that it’s also the peak of crappie fishing. […]
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Bold in the cold – Jordan Lake’s crappie fishery has returned to prominence after a 2011 fish kill
Although everyone knows the spring spawn makes crappie as vulnerable as carnival kewpie dolls, March and April actually aren’t the best months to catch trophy fish. […]