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Triggerfish are among the more catchable targets for winter fishermen who bounce baits off the ocean floor.

Bumping the bottom for winter enjoyment

Deer season is over, the weather is cold and the days are short. […]

Bridges across Jordan Lake have been top spots for catching crappie this winter.

Crappie biting around bridge pilings for Jordan Lake fishermen

With winter weather set in across North Carolina during January, the most-active fishing bite at the Triangle lakes — Jordan, Shearon Harris and Falls of the Neuse — has been for crappie. […]

Boat-buying advice

Dustin Wilks

January can be really good for fishing or really cold and miserable. It seems like every year around boat show season, it is one extreme or the other. It’s either snowing or beautifully warm in the low 70s. […]

Skinny Water = Winter Reds

Bryan Bowers

Many anglers park their boats in the winter and retreat indoors, missing out on some of the most exciting fishing of the year. The landings are not crowded, water clarity is as good as it gets, and the reds are schooling in big numbers.

Fishing for winter reds can be particularly good in and around the Beaufort River. Fish can be caught on lures, flies and natural bait. During low-tide phases, reds can easily be found on skinny-water flats, according to Capt. Tuck Scott of Beaufort’s Bay Street Outfitters.

“Skinny water warms faster, so on sunny days, fish stay warmer there,” Scott said. “Skinny water also provides safety from dolphin, and most importantly, it makes it even easier to see large schools of reds in the clear water.” […]

Beaufort guide picking redfish out of big schools in Broad River

Brian Cope

Capt. Charlie Beadon of Beaufort Sport Fishing said January is a time when people are continually asking him whether he catches any fish during the winter. […]

Striped bass are at their most active in the colder waters of January on most of South Carolina’s reservoirs.

Turn to stripers this month

Davy Hite

Deer season is over, and hopefully, everybody has got plenty of venison in the freezer. […]

Target redfish on shallow mud flats on calm, clear-water days on a falling tide.

A Cure for cabin fever?

Bryan Bowers

Cabin fever, the shack nasties — whatever term used to describe the affliction that comes from hiding inside from the weather, usually reaches its peak in the cold of January. […]

Capt. Tucker Blythe of Grey Ghost Charters displays a nice sheepshead caught during the early winter pattern around Charleston.

Docks, pilings along creeks have been productive for Charleston

Phillip Gentry

On an early winter’s day across the Lowcountry coast, the daily rise and fall of the tide may be lost on most people, but for Capt. Tucker Blythe of Grey Ghost Charters out of Charleston, it’s the last shot at inshore sheepshead staging to make their annual migration to offshore reefs and wrecks to spawn. […]

Despite cooling weather, speckled trout are still biting in the surf and backwaters around Harkers Island.

Fish a little less aggressive, but still hitting artificials in backwaters and surf

Jerry Dilsaver

Like the weather, the speckled trout and red drum bite has cooled a little in the waters around Harkers Island, but it’s still rolling along. […]