Preston Hardin of Bucktail Guide Service is primarily a striper guide who excels in cold-weather striper fishing, but occasionally, when conditions are not ideal, he has an extraordinary backup plan and starts plucking large strings of crappie out of Hartwell’s water. […]
As February progresses, winter is beginning to loosen its grip a day at a time, and random good-weather days are allowing anglers to catch limits of fish. […]
Reservoirs along the Yadkin River system are known for their large catfish, and Badin Lake is at the head of the class. […]
After the Revolutionary War, a young Hessian soldier found a yellow rock lying in the bed of an almost dry creek that was part of the Yadkin River drainage. […]
The Pee Dee River begins at the confluence of the Yadkin and Uwharrie rivers, which happens to be beneath the waters of Lake Tillery, and that begs the question: Is Lake Tillery part of the Yadkin system or Pee Dee system? […]
“What will February bring?”
Many anglers ask that question as Old Man Winter decides how he’s going to behave in South Carolina. For the past two years, he has granted us a pass, with relatively mild temperatures. […]
Anglers who troll for striped bass use specialized tackle and equipment to get as many lures in the water as possible. […]
One of the more desirable features about crappie, other than their table qualities, is that these scrappy panfish have a higher metabolism than most freshwater species. […]
Wilson Creek is one of the jewels of North Carolina’s trout-fishing crown. Just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Caldwell County, it is tucked in among the mountains of the Pisgah National Forest and supports, in various stretches, delayed-harvest and hatchery-supported waters, and several of its tributaries are designated as wild trout fisheries. […]
For anglers who aren’t equipped or don’t want to fish multiple 12- to 14-foot rods with live bait to catch crappie, Tom Mundy of Fish Stalker Lures in Laurens has an alternative to winter trolling. […]
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