Inshore Fishing
The fun is in the planning
Once upon a time, when information was still found in encyclopedias and directions were still derived from paper maps, there were still places of mystery. […]
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Bass Fishing
Bass anglers, don’t be caught sleeping in August
Catching bass in the heat of summer means being on the water during the coolest part of the day, which is before the sun comes up. […]
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Have plenty of lure options tied on when you take on inshore species
In the late summer, inshore anglers need to keep a variety of lures tied on multiple rods to stay ready for whatever redfish, speckled trout, and flounder are biting. […]
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Add planer boards to your catfishing repetoire, High Rock guide advises
Lexington’s Maynard Edwards, a veteran High Rock Lake guide, is always tinkering with new ideas to catch fish. This month, he came up with a doozy. […]
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Four steps to catch more big late-summer, red drum
Few fisheries get an angler’s blood pumping like spawning red drum in the Pamlico Sound and its tributaries. […]
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Legislators, DENR chief sidetrack Marine Fisheries Commission
Donald R. van der Vaart, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental and Natural Resources, caved in to the demands of a coalition of 13 legislators and scuttled a scheduled vote on needed reform in North Carolina’s flounder fishery last week when he directed the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission to postpone the vote. […]
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Lake Gaston spits out another huge blue catfish
Refusing to be ignored as one of North Carolina’s premier trophy catfish destinations, Lake Gaston unveiled another monster last Friday. […]
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Live Target Rigged Shrimp
When Live Target Lures decided it was time for fishermen and fish to fall in love with a soft-plastic shrimp imitation, it turned to R&D dream team leader Victor Cook. […]
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Two kings make great escapes, but just temporarily
Plenty of fish stories are about the big one that got away, but there aren’t too many about the big one that got away and was still caught. […]
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Hatchery trout are free of whirling disease, Commission reports
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission resumed stocking Hatchery Supported trout waters this week after receiving confirmation that trout from Armstrong State Fish Hatchery in Marion and Setzer State Fish Hatchery in Brevard tested negative for whirling disease, a disorder affecting trout. […]