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The jet set
Something seemed out of place. While it’s not uncommon to see a personal watercraft, aka jet ski, putting in at the Newport River boat ramp near Radio Island, this one was different. […]
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A different kind of bonnet – Shallow-water sharking is a summertime adventure in South Carolina waters
During the middle of the summer along South Carolina’s beautiful shores, the mercury bubbles toward the very top of the scale, with water temperatures sky-rocketing to the mid-80s. […]
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Western flats
Guide Mitchell Blake pointed out riprap scattered up and down the bank and how the tide was concentrating the water as it flowed around the edge of one particularly large rock. […]
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Bream bonanza – Comb the Combahee River for great blackwater fishing for bream
With its headwaters in Colleton County and ending at St. Helena Sound, the Combahee River — the “C” in ACE Basin — is a relatively short river, but the lack of length isn’t a negative for anglers. […]
Bass Fishing
Badin Lake’s cooler, clearer, deeper water means hot summer bass-fishing
Badin Lake has cooler, cleaner, and deeper water than any other lake on the Yadkin River chain, and that means it’s the place to be for bass anglers in the summertime. […]
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Keep summer trout hoppin’
Picturesque streams in North Carolina’s mountains pour down from higher elevations, and often, they have a trout lurking behind every rock and gravel bar and under every undercut bank, waiting for something tasty to flow across their dinner plate. […]
Bass Fishing
Out on a ledge – Head offshore for great summer bass fishing at Falls of Neuse Lake
When the largemouth bass spawn is complete and the shallow bite fades at Falls of the Neuse Lake, guide Joel Munday goes out on a ledge. […]
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Top drum beat – Mid-day topwater bite is great summer feature for New River anglers
The morning was so calm the fishermen could hear the clacking of the rattles in the topwater lures they were working across the shallow bay off the Intracoastal Waterway a few miles south of Sneads Ferry. Capt. Allen Jernigan was coaching the fishermen on correct speed and the “walking-the-dog” motion when he noticed a small wave appear behind one of the lures. […]
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Anglers fishing from kayaks can battle some awfully big sharks if they pay attention to detail
In the movie “Jaws,” Capt. Quint takes on a 25-foot great white shark in his 55-foot boat, the “Orca,” and he loses. […]
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Carolina Beach anglers should prepare for a summer slam
The image, burned into the memory of a 9-year-old boy, hasn’t faded. How do you erase the sight of a man walking along the shoreline, a cane pole in one hand and across his shoulder a stringer of flounder, each as wide as his back? […]