Inshore Fishing
Lighten up, shape up and gain distance
Often, new anglers casting to wintering schools of reds in shallow water will disturb the fish on the first cast by throwing heavily rigs into the middle of the school. […]
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Inshore Fishing
Find ’em with the gold standard
Finding the schools of winter redfish can be easy much of the time, since fish typically frequent the same flats each season. However, they will move from tributary to tributary or from one end of a flat to another during the course of a few tide sequences. […]
Inshore Fishing
Why go to school in the winter?
Lee Paramore, a biologist for the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries who specializes in red drum, said said they are a schooling fish for a variety of reasons and will school year-round, but they’re not as noticeable as in the winter. […]
Inshore Fishing
Making it weedless
Guide Allen Jernigan said that many times he gets far-enough up creeks looking for winter drum and speckled trout that he fishes water that features many layover trees, limbs and other potential snags. […]
Offshore Fishing
Black sea bass rules and regulations
Brunswick County anglers are fishing the South Atlantic stock of black sea bass, regardless of where that fish came from or is going. Black sea bass have been divided into three different stocks, the Mid-Atlantic, the South Atlantic, and the Gulf of Mexico. […]
Offshore Fishing
Safety comes first, especially during the winter
Winter can be a great time to fish. In Brunswick County, the temperature usually climbs into at least the 50s during the day, so it doesn’t feel oppressively cold, and you often have the ocean to yourself. […]
Bass Fishing
Dew will do to aid bleeding bass
Bass anglers who use soft-plastic worms or lizards, often see fish suck down hooks that cause deep wounds and blood loss. […]
Bass Fishing
Tilapia lures effective for Hyco bass
Lure selection sometimes is critical when bass-fishing during the winter. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Why delayed harvest?
Jacob Rash, a fisheries biologist for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission in Marion, explained the rationale for delayed harvest. […]
Featured
Georgia man strikes gold with 90-pound blue catfish from Lake Moultrie
Jimmy Holbrook of Gibson, Ga., was fishing alone on Jan. 2 when he scored the fish of a lifetime, a 90-pound blue catfish from Lake Moultrie that he later was able to release alive. […]
