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Big Jack Attack
Once practiced only by hosts of TV fishing shows, catch-and-release is now commonplace among anglers and has gained a strong saltwater following. […]
Fishing
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Wet-Dry Bluegill Vacuum
A layer of fog floated above the water, foreshadowing the humidity that sunrise would bring on a July day. […]
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Ocracoke: End or Beginning?
On the highways that run south from Corolla, the village of Ocracoke is the end of the line on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. […]
Inshore Fishing
Catch and release
Hard-fighting fish like jacks expend a lot of energy trying to evade capture, sometimes to the point of critical exhaustion. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Small club catches big bream
The Roanoke Fly Rod Club has 12 two-man teams; each team uses a particular fly during tournaments, which are held twice a month during warm-weather month. […]
Inshore Fishing
Rising tide best for flounder
Pamlico Sound stays slightly off-color, and when the tide is falling, it carries those waters out through Ocracoke Inlet. […]
Inshore Fishing
Go slow in hot weather
Most fishermen equate hot weather with more-active fish, but that’s not necessarily so. According to guides Fred Bricketto and Tom Siwarski, you need to fish very slowly during the summer. […]
Freshwater Fishing
When bream go deep, get ‘wet’
Most fly-rod anglers give up after the bluegill bite fades away with the morning shadows, but the fish have merely gone deeper and may have moved to lily pads and other structure away from the bank […]
Inshore Fishing
Tide rips, ledges and shells mean sheepshead
Capt. Ryan O’Neal said that one look in a sheepshead’s mouth shows exactly where to look for them: around crustaceans, mollusks and especially barnacles for them to eat. […]
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Cover: July 2012 (SC)
Even in the hottest of months, on the hottest of days, you can count on redfish to bite at Bulls Bay. […]