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August 13, 2026

Crappie fishing at night is a great option for Carolina anglers.

Night-time anglers are catching plenty of crappie

Terry Madewell

Nightstalking for crappie is a popular pasttime for many anglers across the Carolinas. […]

Western North Carolina lake boasts a trophy fishery for brown, rainbow trout.

Catching mountain trout the lake way is a North Carolina option

Mike Marsh

A summer Saturday with a nice weather forecast finds nearly every lake in North Carolina packed with anglers; arriving before daybreak is a prerequisite to having a place to park a boat trailer and tow vehicle at most public ramps. […]

The Cooper River has been known for spitting out plenty of big bass over the past handful of years, qualifying it as one of South Carolina’s best
bass fisheries.

Don’t forget the Cooper River for South Carolina’s top spring bass

Jeff Burleson

South Carolina is known for its fantastic fishing, from 40-pound bull reds and gator speckled trout along its salty shores to world-record catfish and slab crappie from its notable reservoirs, Anglers don’t have to trailer far to locate a super-productive fishery. […]

Late-season gobblers are tough, but not impossible, for hunters who know how to target them.

Late can be great – Late-season turkey hunting tactics

Terry Madewell

Tactics for tagging a gobbler in the waning days of the season is often dramatically different than strategies for early season success. Late-season hunting typically requires a diverse skill set that includes patience, stealth, diversity in calling capabilities and mental toughness to commit to strategy. […]

Start speaking Spanish, mackerel that is, in May off the Carolinas

Jerry Dilsaver

One of the signs that spring has returned to the Carolinas is the arrival of Spanish mackerel in coastal waters. These little mackerel are targeted by fishermen from Hilton Head to Nags Head, and rightfully so. […]

It’s hard to beat North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound when it comes to producing great flounder.

Try Carolinas’ Fab Four flounder spots

Jeff Burleson

Flounder are arguably the most-recognizable inshore fish on the east coast. For die-hard anglers, they can be targeted every month of the year in the waters of both Carolinas, from brackish ecosystems to nearshore ocean reefs. […]

Speckled trout populations across the Carolinas took a huge shot from cold weather in early January, but there’s still hope for some good fishing this year, even if it’s only catch-and-release.

South Carolina has speckled trout questions

Phillip Gentry

Late this past December, the coastal regions of both Carolinas experienced some of the coldest weather in recent years, with water temperatures plummeting into the low 40s. Then, on Jan. 3, a winter ice and snow storm blasted the coast again, complete with snow and ice. […]

Surf City anglers bridge the gap with black, red drum.

Surf City’s salty combo – Red and black drum

Mike Marsh

When most people smack their lips thinking about a recipe for blackened fish, red drum most often spring to mind. But anglers who fish the waters in and around Surf City are as likely to run across of another color. […]

Downsize your swimbaits for better post-spawn bass success.

Swimbait? Go small

Tony Garitta

With the introduction of Florida-strain largemouth bass into southern California in 1959, fish weighing as much as 20 pounds made that state’s waters treasured fishing grounds for the next world-record fish. Twenty-one of the heaviest 25 bass ever caught have come from California waters, mostly the San Diego city lakes. […]

Raleigh-Durham’s three bass lakes are North Carolina’s best.

Mining RDU’s ‘Golden Triangle’

Craig Holt

Fishermen having trouble choosing a month to target largemouth bass on the three lakes around the Raleigh-Durham area can get answers from two groups — serious anglers or biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission — and they can take those recommendations to the bank(s). […]