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July 12, 2026

Carolina Rhodes shows off one of the many dolphin caught so far during this year's Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.

No major changes after Day 3 of Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament

The 59th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament reached its midpoint with more than half of its record $2,411,650 purse still up for grabs. […]

Make a few modifications to magnum spoons to make them fish better

Dusty Wilson

Most anglers agree that the Ben Parker Magnum Flutter Spoon is fishable right out of the pack, but there are several ways anglers can enhance their spoons to hook more fish and get more of them to the boat. […]

Magnum spoons have become a staple in the arsenals of many fishermen when bass start to school in their deeper, summer haunts.

Spoon-feeding Harris hawgs

Dusty Wilson

Guides Joel Munday loves 4,100-acre Shearon Harris Reservoir just southwest of Raleigh, N.C., to spoon-feed bass with magnum-sized spoons. […]

Schooling bass hang around main-channel drops and ledges during the summer, where anglers can target them.

Magnums spoons at Lake Monticello

Dusty Wilson

Although Lake Monticello is often regarded as a trophy catfish destination northwest of Columbia, S.C., its largemouth bass population is also thriving, and it is guide and tournament angler Brett Mitchell’s pick for a magnum-spoon hot spot. […]

Popping bugs can catch a tremendous number of bluegills when they’re striking the surface, and pairing it with a spider or ant on a dropper will often get even more strikes from below.

A dropper makes a popping bug even hotter

Jeff Burleson

In the fly-fishing world, rigging to present multiple flies offers a fish a better chance to make a mistake and get a hook in its jaw. […]

Red drum don’t contribute to the spawning process until they’re larger than North Carolina’s 18- to 27-inch slot limit.

Notice big and little drummer boys

Craig Holt

Mature and immature male reds may “drum” when caught, making a sound similar to a small pig grunting. […]

Planer boards push against the current, and by using line clips and swivels, they can carry trolled or drifted baits well away from a boat, allowing a tremendous amount of water to be covered by a spread of baits.

Planer board features, advantages are easy to learn

Terry Madewell

According to guide, Justin Whiteside, planer boards are primarily employed when an angler uses an electric motor to move a boat on a specific course at a specific speed. […]

It takes a big planer board to effectively pull an extremely large bait, but small baits in shallow, clear-water situations are best used behind a small planer board.

Match planer board size to bait size

Terry Madewell

Planer boards are made in a wide variety of sizes because of the varying needs of anglers for specific species and circumstances. Selecting the right one for the job at hand is crucial. […]

Zakk Royce fights a big Lake Gaston catfish hooked on a bait pulled along the bottom behind a planer board.

Catfish pros recognize planer board uses

Terry Madewell

Guide Zakk Royce took the principles of using planer boards in striper fishing that he learned from a buddy and applied it to catfishing, and it has significantly improved his success. […]

Floating a live bait or lure under a cork allows anglers to put baits in places where it’s tough to troll or cast.

Float a bait past a flounder; sometimes, it’s the only way to reach them

Jeff Burleson

Flounder are voracious feeders that will find the best places to set up to gain an advantage on their prey, and since they can hide in precarious positions, anglers need to look at alternative methods to get baits in their wheelhouses. […]