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May 2, 2026

A training session for the IGFA Certified Observer Program will be held in Charleston on March 31.

IGFA Certified Observer Program Training Class Offered in Charleston

From News Reports

CHARLESTON, S.C. – A training class for the IGFA’s Certified Observer Program (COP) returns to Charleston, Saturday, March 31. […]

Here’s a sample of streams marked in the WRC’s North Carolina Fishing Maps booklet. The publication contains maps of trout waters managed by the agency and has been one of its top-selling publications.

WRC’s book for all trout seasons

Robert Satterwhite

From Cherokee County in the far western corner of the state to Surry County in the western piedmont, North Carolina has approximately 2,100 miles of designated public trout waters spread over 26 counties. […]

Packaging for these bobber stoppers labels them as sinker stops. The bobber stops packaging is similar but only has 12 stops (includes 12 beads). The sinker stops package is the same price but contains 45 stops.

Get creative with bobber stoppers

Maybe you have heard of bobber stoppers and maybe you have used them, but I’ve found them to be a must-have item in my tackle box. […]

Small jigs aren’t necessarily the best sizes of lures to use when targeting large crappies.

Use big lures for bigger slabs

Like a lot of fishermen, when I think about crappie fishing, I think about the tiny, tiny baits many fishermen use — those micro jigs that weigh 1/64- to 1/16-ounce, and those itty bitty hair jigs and plastic grubs. […]

Tony Shook (left) and Michael Fox won the Jan. 28 Norman Winter Team Bass Championship event with 14.25 pounds.

Denver’s Hamrick shines at Norman

Scott Hamrick of Denver claimed several checks at the Feb. 17 Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League North Carolina Division tournament at Lake Norman. […]

Zoom trick worms can be deadly soft-plastic lures when pitched into the flooded timber at Kerr Lake during April.

Some tricks for shallow bass

It probably won’t come as a big surprise to the serious bass fishermen who read this magazine, but I’m not a real fan of the month of April. […]

April and May are the top months for anglers to encounter yellowfins, but dolphins, wahoos and some billfish may attack trolled baits.

Yellow Fever

Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares) are abundant year round in Gulf Stream waters off North Carolina’s Atlantic coast.

Despite ads and banners hyping billfishing, the main spring charterboat catches off North Carolina are yellowfin tunas —and nobody complains. […]

Several branches of Santeetlah Creek hold fine trout, such as this brookie.

Trout in the Clouds

The Friday before Easter last year was an incredible day for outdoor activities, especially trout fishing at the creeks draining the high mountains of extreme western North Carolina. […]

Brooks Morris of Area Rule Engineering was the first angler to extol the virtues of fast trolling as a primary technique for multiple species, and Morehead City’s Dancin’ Outlaw puts his tactics to good use each spring.

Need for Speed

The howl of the clicker on a large Penn International reel is a sound that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. […]

A good idea to keep numbers of Spanish mackerel is to release small fish. Live releases are easier when anglers remove all treble hooks from plugs and replace the back treble with a single hook.

Don’t Knock the Rock

Fisher Culbreth found Sheepshead Rock the hard way one May morning two years ago. […]

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