In a typical January, cold weather and cold water force most of North Carolina’s saltwater baitfish and gamefish to migrate south or offshore, so catching a flounder or speckled trout can be tough. […]
Butch Foster of Yeah Right Charters said his go-to lure in the Cape Fear River and the creeks off the ICW near Southport is a Haw River curlytail grub in smoke/silver metal flake on a jighead. […]
The Yo-zuri Crystal Minnow is among the best lures for catching speckled trout. While many anglers use lipless crankbaits, this one has a lip. […]
Since its introduction about 10 years ago, MirrOlure’s 17MR suspending twitch bait has been a hit with anglers. […]
For most South Carolina anglers, the Santee Cooper lakes are the place to go to catch striped bass. While Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion are two great places to catch inland stripers, the coastal striper run shouldn’t be ignored. […]
For someone known as a year-round speckled trout specialist, guide Ricky Kellum of Jacksonville may be just as efficient on red drum — especially during the winter. […]
Nearly every winter, it seems that when the holiday season approaches, the weather takes a turn for the warm. And when Butch and Chris Foster of Yeah Right Charters hear there is a zero chance of a white Christmas at their Southport, N.C., home, they head out to catch speckled tro […]
Flounder gorge themselves on anything they can get inside their bellies from shrimp, mud minnows and finger mullet to small spots and croakers. But what is the best bait to use? […]
When anglers visit a tackle shop, they find plenty of rigs labeled “flounder rigs.” […]
Many saltwater anglers also fish freshwater for bass and love throwing hard-bodied plugs and soft plastics, especially those that work on or very near the surface and draw splashy, exciting strikes. […]
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