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Catch more bait with this one tip
Catching your own bait is a great way to save money and get the full experience of fishing, and especially this time of year, it’s usually pretty simple to find baitfish near our fishing holes. […]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Time to talk about the best colors for catching bass
I did a few seminars at fishing and outdoor shows this winter, and one question that I heard quite a few times was, “What are the best colors for crankbaits?” […]
Freshwater Fishing
Fishing’s tops, no fooling
April is the month when almost every species of fish that spawns is in skinny water: largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, stripers, shellcrackers and bream. Stripers are shallow in the sense they are running up the river to spawn and in fact, many are caught in the Pack’s and Elliott’s flats areas adjacent to the river.
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NCWRC offers free fly-tying course in Fayetteville
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is offering a free Beginners Fly-Tying Course at the John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center in Fayetteville.
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How to catch more Broad River smallmouth
The water levels on the Broad River are still a little bit high, but not nearly as bad as they have been ever since the big Flood of ’15, and the water temperature and water clarity are just right for smallmouth fishing.
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Rockwell angler catches potential state-record white crappie
Fishermen can speculate on the whereabouts of the next state-record white crappie, but at least one person knows where one such fish lives.
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Catch more wahoo with these tips from Murrells Inlet Outpost
For anglers looking to do a little more than wrangle with a bream this time of year, plenty of action awaits them off the coast of Murrells Inlet. The wahoo are ready and willing to do battle with anyone willing to venture offshore a little ways, and luckily, anglers don’t have to go all the way to the Gulf Stream to find them.
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VIDEO: Louisiana kayaker finds massive gator on end of jug line
Baton Rouge’s Lance Burgos was enjoying a weekend camping trip to Lake Fausse Point State Park with his 11-year-old daughter Evan on Saturday when a jug line in a nearby canal caught their eye. […]
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VIDEO: Louisiana kayaker finds massive gator on end of jug line
Baton Rouge’s Lance Burgos was enjoying a weekend camping trip to Lake Fausse Point State Park with his 11-year-old daughter Evan on Saturday when a jug line in a nearby canal caught their eye.
Freshwater Fishing
Beware of rock snot – Unwanted algae shows up in WNC streams
Something nasty this way comes — to paraphrase novelist Ray Bradbury — an alga called “rock snot” that creates carpet-like mats on stream bottoms, smothering aquatic organisms that trout and other fish depend on for sustenance.
