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Wateree has surprising shallow catfish bite going on
With the rain and cold weather, fishermen have been finding catfish all over the place in terms of depths in the dingy to muddy water. […]
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Don’t let the cold get you
As we begin to have those stretches of nice weather that usually come every February, more and more fishermen will develop severe cases of cabin fever; the only known cure is a fishing trip. […]
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Big catfish still on the feed at Tillery, Badin
Guide Chris Hammill of Kannapolis took advantage of the brief reprieve from miserable weather this past weekend to take a number of blue cats from Lake Tillery and Badin Lake. […]
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Red drum bite continues to be good in lower Brunswick County
Capt. Mark Dickson of Shallow Minded Guide Service said fishing the Ocean Isle/Sunset Beach area has been steady and surprisingly good despite the cold weather. […]
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Speckled trout fishing closed after massive cold-stun kill
Last week’s winter storm that hit North Carolina added more victims on Monday, as a widespread cold-stun kill of speckled trout caused the executive director of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to suspend all commercial and recreational harvest of through June 15. […]
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Piedmont fishermen have good trout fishing at their doorstep
Cameron Loomis of Kernersville got a taste of mountain trout fishing in the Piedmont this past Saturday, thanks to the city of Greensboro, which stocks trout in a hatchery pond at Lake Higgins, a municipal reservoir. […]
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Delayed Delight – Delayed-harvest trout streams provide fishermen great and different opportunities
The late Lee Wulff, a master fly-fisherman, once wisely stated, “Gamefish are too valuable to be caught only once.” […]
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Passing the acid test – Despite acidic nature, White Lake is a good fishery for bass, perch, pickerel
For the past several years, Butch Foster of Southport has been making regular fishing trips to White Lake. Normally, Foster specializes in taking saltwater anglers far out into the ocean — he owns Yeah Right Charters — but he is also an avid freshwater fisherman, using a skiff to access some of the inland lakes in southeastern North Carolina. […]
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Nippy Norman know-how – Prespawn action set to begin as Lake Norman’s bass stir out of winter haunts
February is the month marked by Valentine’s Day, and it’s when bass pro Bryan Thrift of Shelby loves Lake Norman. […]
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Cold, red and fishy – Cold means reds for fishermen along North Carolina’s southermost coast
Cold and red is an excellent combination in Brunswick County. At least that’s what Capt. Mark Stacy thinks when winter sets in along North Carolina’s southernmost coast. […]