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A net with an extendable handle makes it easier for Capt. Jot Owens to reach out and corral a fish close to boatside.

Extensions land more fish

Anglers targeting speckled trout fishing often tell tales of losing as many fish as they put in the boat, and the most-dreadful tales seem to include a gator trout that shook loose right at boatside. […]

A pier cart, store-bought or homemade, helps tote gear onto the pier and coolers full of delicious spot back out.

Cart ’em away by the bushel

Mike Marsh

While some anglers may carry all the spots they want home in a plastic pail, dedicated pier fishermen use fishing carts, such as this Angler’s Fish-N-Mate Pier Cart. […]

Andrew Tubbs of William Sasser Guide Service caught these two nice fish on a recent guide trip at Clarks Hill.

Guide has been ‘drumming up’ business for Clarks Hill striper, hybrid anglers

Mike Marsh

Fishing for striped bass and hybrids on Clarks Hill Lake has been on fire. My son, Justin Marsh, booked a trip with Andrew Tubbs of William Sasser Guide Service, and we really stuck it to the fish.

Tubbs was fishing in 60 to 70 feet of water near the dam. The lake has an aeration system that really helps boost the fishing potential of the lake by increasing the oxygen content of the water so stripers and hybrids not only survive, but thrive.
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Half-pound crappie can be found in the backs of the creeks at Lake Russell, but larger fish are coming from bridges in deeper water.

Crappie fishing has come around on Lake Russell

Matt Coffey

As temperatures drop around the state, the fishing is definitely heating up, and there’s no place that’s more true than on Lake Russell. […]

Overnighting for bottomfish opens up a new fishing world off North Carolina coast

Brian Cope

Offshore fishermen who’d like a mixed bag for their coolers will find what they’re looking for well east of Cape Lookout, but the key is an extended trip and being flexible. […]

Buddy Bouknight shows off a nice brace of Lake Murray stripers caught this past week.

Lake Murray fall striper bite turning on

Terry Madewell

If you ask Lake Murray striper guide Buddy Bouknight he caught stripers in September, and he says, “Just about every way possible” you can take that to the bank. […]

Cooling water temperatures have put High Rock Lake crappie on a strong, early fall feed.

High Rock crappie starting to bite as water cools

Craig Holt

With the weather changing almost hourly — mornings with temperatures ranging from 47 to 65 degrees — catfishing literally has shut down, along with largemouth bass fishing, at many Piedmont lakes. […]

Guide Chris Heinning said bass are moving back in creeks at Lake Wateree, hitting just about anything he's throwing at different times of the day.

Lake Wateree bass starting to get in fall feeding mode

Matt Coffey

With air temperatures cooling and the days getting shorter, fishing around South Carolina is starting to pick up, especially at Lake Wateree, where the largemouth bass are beginning their annual migration to the backs of the creeks. […]

Puppy drum have been biting inshore around Carolina Beach, but bigger specimens like this one have been in the ocean.

Cooler weather spurs better inshore fishing in Carolina Beach waters

Jerry Dilsaver

The fishing around Carolina Beach, especially for flounder, puppy drum and speckled trout, is heating up as the water cools – and it was already pretty good. […]

Gary Dubiel shows off the kind of flounder he expects to catch this month in the Neuse and Trent rivers near New Bern.

Flounder with a side of reds

Mike Marsh

Now that fall has arrived, fishermen are swarming to saltwater. While some of the more expansive waters of the Neuse River downstream from New Bern receive all of the publicity during the summer when giant red drum and torpedoing tarpon are making the biggest splash, these bigger gamefish will be moving out of the river by September. […]