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Units can use overlays to combine features and save screen space. The top right window of this split-screen image capture shows the submerged remains of a bridge piling in DownScan detail. The window below it shows the DownScan detail overlaid on a conventional 2D view with Lowrance’s DownScan Overlay feature so you can see the image displayed with both types of sonar.

The big screen advantage

“Multifunction display” grows in meaning with each new generation of marine electronics. Sonar functions now include traditional down-looking 2-D scanning with and without CHIRP, high-definition side and down scanning, live forward scanning, 360-degree circular scanning and a choice of frequencies to optimize each type for either maximum detail or greatest scanning depth/distance. […]

Katelyn Turner was fishing with her parents when she caught this big king mackerel off Oak Island.

Pint-size angler lands plus-size king mackerel off Oak Island

Jerry Dilsaver

The fishing trip on July 19 was supposed to be a simple family outing for 10-year-old Katelyn Turner of Charlotte and her parents Mark and Michelle Turner. The Turners were headed out on the family boat, Jaw Breaker, a 27-foot Contender named after Katelyn’s grandfather who was a dentist, for her to catch her first dolphin. […]

Shimano Fishing is headquartered in Ladson, S.C., and the company won several awards at ICAST 2017.

Carolina fishing companies recognized for excellence at ICAST

Jerry Dilsaver

ICAST 2017 was held July 11-14 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fl. This is the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades and companies from the Carolinas represented more than 10 percent of those displaying their wares. […]

Bonafide Kayaks, a Greenville, S.C. company, introduced their brand to the media and buyers at ICAST 2017.

Carolina companies make big splash at ICAST

Jerry Dilsaver

The 2017 version of ICAST (International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades) was held July 11-14 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fl. and companies from the Carolinas represented more than 10 percent of those displaying their wares. […]

Bote's Rover won Best of Show at the 2018 ICAST.

ICAST exceeds expectations – again

Jerry Dilsaver

The 60th International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades, known to fishermen and industry moguls simply as ICAST, was held July 11 through 14 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando and drew a record number of displays and industry buyers and media who came to see them. ICAST hosted 582 exhibitors in 1982 booths that filled the 200,000 square foot show floor. […]

Trout always have a place on their menu for worms, real or fake (l-r): two Squirmy Worms, San Juan Worm, night crawlers.

Get buggy for trout

Robert Satterwhite

Summer is the season of bugs, all kinds of bugs, the ones that crawl, fly or hop: beetles, inchworms, grasshoppers, crickets, bees, ants, caterpillars, crane flies, fireflies. No matter what kind of insect it is, you can find a fly that imitates it closely enough to make a trout believe it’s the real thing. […]

Since the yellowfin tuna virtually disappeared from these waters several years ago, blackfin tuna have been an important part of the Outer Banks fishing experience.

Blackfin tuna are biting along Outer Banks

Dan Kibler

The blackfin tuna are biting along North Carolina’s Outer Banks! Scott Rhodes of Statesville and Carrie Kibler of Winston-Salem caught these four blackfin — and 23 others — on a Sunday trip with Capt. Bruce Armstrong on the Sea Angel II out of Hatteras Landing Marina. […]

Lake Monticello is known for its big blue catfish, but this piebald catfish was a treat for guide Justin Whiteside.

Monticello guide catches piebald catfish

Terry Madewell

Fishing guide Justin Whiteside from Rock Hill has made his share of interesting catches on the several South Carolina lakes he fishes on. But none have been as unusual as one he recently caught on Lake Monticello. That’s where Whiteside landed a 10-pound ‘piebald’ catfish taken at the South Carolina impoundment. […]

Inky Davis caught this bass on a crankbait on a small drop-off, a perfect July spot.

Bass haven’t moved far

Terry Madewell

Patterns for summer fishing on Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie will vary according to the part of which lake you fish and the species you target. In the main body of both, deep-water areas with plenty of woody cover will produce consistent action for crappie, and to some extent, big bream. A lot of catfish will be in the deeper depths, but they’ll primary be following food more than looking for cover. […]