Given the right circumstances, the exception can become the rule. Typically, the world-class catfishing on the Santee Cooper lakes, Marion and Moultrie, is a mid-depth to deep-water affair, especially for colossal-sized cats. […]
Crappie fishing in April is usually a spawning deal, but according to Chris Bullock of Kerr Lake Crappie and Cats Guide Service, 2017 isn’t shaping up as the usual deal. […]
The Cape Fear River has a variety of fishing opportunities, and one of the spring highlights is shad, striper and catfish action in the tailwaters of Lock and Dam No. 1 about 20 miles upriver from Wilmington, N.C. […]
April is when the last vestiges of winter become just memories, the days get longer and the water temperature rises into that magic range in the low 60s that puts the catfish in Lake Hartwell on the move. That’s when the fishing starts to get good, according to guide Seth Owens of Anderson, S.C. […]
If it’s April, dogwood blossoms in North Carolina must be “as big as a squirrel’s ear” and striped bass will migrate inland — or at least that’s what old-time Roanoke River anglers say. […]
Crappie don’t enter their spawning grounds at an angle, and once anglers realize this, they will catch more slabs in the spring. […]
Prime spring fishing is just around the corner, as mountain streams begin warming up, and brown trout, rainbow trout and brook trout become active and hungry, eager to gobble up the abundant spring hatches. It’s a time when anglers enjoy some of the best trout fishing of the year. […]
February brought hope of better fishing. but March brings the coveted promise of exceptional fishing on the Santee Cooper lakes. Despite Mother Nature’s typical, short-lived, cold-front disruptions, bass and crappie are going to make their shallow water move in March. […]
Crappie pro Matthew Outlaw said his favorite tactic in any season entails tight- lining combinations of jigs and minnows along channel breaks and over the tops and sides of submerged timber and brush. […]
Anglers will catch more catfish if they use a stinger hook, which is a small but stout treble hook that is tied behind the main hook. […]
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