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Trio wins Cape Fear Riverwatch striper tournament with 11 releases
Capt. Jim Sabella led Dean Lamont and Ben Bowditch to the grand prize in the Cape Fear Riverwatch Invitational Striper Tournament on Jan. 19 in Wilmington. […]
Fishing
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Trio wins Cape Fear Riverwatch striper tournament with 11 releases
Capt. Jim Sabella led Dean Lamont and Ben Bowditch to the grand prize in the Cape Fear Riverwatch Invitational Striper Tournament on Jan. 19 in Wilmington. […]
Fishing
Semiautomatic fish finder operation
In the early days of automatic fish finder operation, I advised serious anglers to switch to manual mode where they could tune in a much better look at the underwater world. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Cold-weather fishing can pay off
Winter in the mountains is a time of stark beauty, a time when the dominant colors are blue, gray, brown and black, a time when streams run full and clear and icy cold, a time when a warm, sunny day is an event and a blessing for a trout fisher. […]
Offshore Fishing
Border Bottom Bombshells
In February, weather conditions hit rock bottom in the Carolinas prized waters. […]
Bass Fishing
Live shiners producing lots of quality largemouths on Lake Marion
Bass fishermen have taken a distinct “shine” to largemouth lately on Lake Marion. The use of live bait, specifically shiners, is producing both quality and quantity of largemouth bass. […]
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Crappie bite has been consistently good at Shearon Harris Lake
When a few days of warm weather rolled across central North Carolina last week, anglers were quick to head for local lakes. […]
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Rock walls, jetties, loose rubble holding hungry sheepshead around Fripp Island
South Carolina’s inshore fishing has been great all winter, with most of the action focused on redfish and speckled trout, but they aren’t the only fish on angler’s minds. […]
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Redfish, specks picking up along SE coast as weather warms
The warm weather of the past week-and-a-half has turned on the bite in the salt water marshes of lower Brunswick County. […]
Freshwater Fishing
A life-long fishing affair
I’ve had numerous romances, affairs, dalliances, one-time stands and flirtations over years — too many to care about counting. […]