Inshore Fishing
Throttle down!
Traditional bluewater trolling methods, gear and lure selection rarely allow for trolling speeds over eight to 10 knots. […]
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Inshore Fishing
Pups, redfish and old drum
Along North Carolina’s coast, red drum, siaenops ocellatus, are also known as redfish. […]
Inshore Fishing
Get an early start
Whether inshore, offshore or in a freshwater environment, 90 percent of fish become more active as dark turns to daylight, and seas. […]
Inshore Fishing
The lower Cape Fear River
During the spring, Capt. Stu Caulder likes to fish the Cape Fear River between Carolina Beach and Southport. […]
Inshore Fishing
Prevent break-offs
The sound of a big reel burning off drag will quickly energize a crew on a bluewater excursion, but the instantaneous pressure release and a limp rod will discourage even the most-patient angler when the line is severed for one reason or another. […]
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Sebile Magic Swimmer soft
The Sebile Magic Swimmer Soft is a jointed, sinking soft plastic bait that can be rigged weedless with no weight or rigged weight forward or toward the back for a varied descent. […]
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Wired for Wahoo
Capt. Butch Foster fired up the engines of Yeah Right, his 34-foot Chris Craft. On a chilly spring morning, his fishing party for the day was inside Southport Marina, drinking steaming cups of coffee. […]
Inshore Fishing
Good ‘flat characteristics’
After a few years searching for redfish, experienced fishermen intuitively figure out what a good redfish flat looks like, but keeping a journal and cataloging their characteristics shortens the learning curve. […]
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Fish-N-Mate Powercart
Angler’s Fish-N-Mate Powercart will fulfill many uses from skeet shooting, pressure washing and lawn and garden maintenance to carrying large loads of equipment to fishing piers, bridges or the beach for surf fishing. […]
Offshore Fishing
Land a wahoo without a planer
To troll big baits and lures down at the depths where wahoo are lurking, fishermen resort to using big planers. […]