Field Notes
Speckled trout anglers, slow down!
With less and less daylight and cooler water temperatures settling in, slowing down your presentation is often key to catching December speckled trout. […]
Fishing
Features
Get down deep for winter trout in mountain streams
A large, dark shadow was visible in a bathtub-sized pool. The pool downstream from where I stood had produced several average-sized rainbow trout for quick release. The shadow was in a tiny pool upstream in the middle of a turbulent riffle. […]
Columns
Don’t ignore winter trout-fishing opportunities
Winter can be productive time to fish for mountain trout. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Try shallow water for New Bern stripers
It’s all catch-and-release fishing, but winter striper action on the Neuse and Trent rivers around New Bern, N.C., is still good. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Anglers are catching a bounty offshore on the bottom
Cooling December waters bring bottomfish like grouper and snapper closer to shore and within reach of more fishermen. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Gray trout are biting on Little River’s nearshore reefs
December is a great time for catching weakfish along the nearshore reefs out of Little River, S.C. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Murrells Inlet speckled trout are keyed in on shrimp
Warm fall has given speckled trout bite around Murrells Inlet a late start. […]
Features
How to catch rainy day, winter redfish in the Carolinas?
Don’t give up on winter redfish just because the sun isn’t shining. […]
Catfish
SC’s Wateree River is winter catfish heaven
Deep holes in the Wateree River are great spots for big blue cats during December. […]
Catfish
Lake Gaston’s big blue catfish are biting
Creeks in the lower end of Lake Gaston fill up with bait and blue catfish in December. […]
Crappie/Bream
Try Santee-Cooper’s December Double-Dip
December fishing is twice as nice at Santee Cooper with crappie, bream feeding in the same spots. […]
Columns
Open-water fishing is winter kayaking staple
Cold weather should move kayak anglers to open-water areas for better success. […]
Catfish
Time to fix Santee Cooper’s catfish regulations
Santee Cooper’s great blue catfish population needs the protection of new regulations. […]
Columns
For big speckled trout, you have to think ‘big’
It takes a big-fish mindset to successfully target big speckled trout. […]