Fishing
How to keep your electronics from hurting you
“Garbage in, garbage out” was a watchword with computers long before they were integrated into marine electronics. […]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Welcome back, stripers
The striper fishing on both Santee Cooper lakes, closed for four months, opens on Oct. 1, and many Santee Cooper fishermen celebrate it as many would any dove or deer opener. […]
Inshore Fishing
Fly fishing for Fat Alberts
Dr. Tom Earnhardt, a former law-school professor who is host of UNC-TV’s Exploring North Carolina pioneered fly-fishing for false albacore more than 20 years ago. […]
Inshore Fishing
Fat Albert food value? Forget about it
Point 1. Raleigh’s premier Japanese restaurant, Waranji, features escolar, aka white tuna, on its menu. Escolar is not a tuna and is a weird kind of fish. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Eye in the sky makes trolling easier
One troublesome aspect of fall “tight-line” deep trolling for crappies at Jordan Lake is trying to keep a boat “in the slot.” […]
Freshwater Fishing
Solar Bees may help sting Jordan fish kills
A program by the N.C. Division of Water Quality to help prevent algae blooms in Jordan Lake may also help prevent fish kills. […]
Offshore Fishing
Fishing the break
What exactly do fishermen mean when they say they are “fishing the break?” […]
Inshore Fishing
Keep an eye out for trout
Even when he’s targeting a really good bite on big red drum, guide Ricky Kellum always has his finger on the pulsed of the New River’s speckled trout, and October brings with it opportunities to catch them in New River Inlet. […]
Inshore Fishing
Bulls just off the beach
Not all mullet run against the beach, and not all reds come to the beach to feed. During the fall, mullet will form large schools in nearshore waters, and bull reds take advantage of the smörgåsbord. […]
Inshore Fishing
Stay on the move
Fishing for speckled trout in the fall can in South Carolina waters can be extremely productive, but trout often move from spot to spot over the course of a day, and anglers need to be just as mobile. […]
