Inshore Fishing

When fish get crabby, go with a crab

A blue crab can turn on gamefish when other baits are not producing strikes, but many anglers overlook using them. Many fishermen are aware that these crustaceans make excellent bait for red and black drum, they also attract speckled trout, flounder and other game fish. […]

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Top four tips for shrimp baiting

As Hurricane Irma was occupying many people’s minds, Stacy Atkinson with Team Low Country Wildlife and a couple of his friends had shrimp on their brains this past Saturday. It was opening day of shrimp baiting season, and they weren’t going to miss it. It didn’t take them long to get their limit. […]

Inshore Fishing

The hits keep on coming

The annual International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades show, aka ICAST, is the world’s largest sportfishing trade show. Manufacturers flock to the annual convention, the 2017 show having been held in mid-July in Orlando, Fla. […]

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Legendary Carolina flounder angler passes away

If you attended any of the boat show seminars throughout North Carolina in the past several years, or ever stopped by Wildlife Bait and Tackle, hired him as a guide, or just bumped into him on the water, Capt. Jimmy Price no doubt had an impact on the way you fished, especially for flounder. […]

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Wilmington Boat Show starts tomorrow

Whether you’d like to learn some fall inshore fishing techniques from local professional anglers, find out how to tie the best fishing knots, learn how to find fishing hotspots with the use of satellite imagery from the comfort of home, buy a boat, or many other boat and fishing-related activities, you can do it all this weekend at the 2017 Wilmington Boat Show. […]

Crappie/Bream

How to catch deep-water panfish

Bluegill and shellcracker are easy to find in the spring, and as summer begins to give way to fall, they become predictable again, but in a different way, according to Jay Summers, who fishes bodies of water — big and small — across both Carolinas. […]