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A reel with a different retrieve ratio is called for when you’re fishing different baits.

One speed fits all?

A question I get at a lot of fishing shows where I do seminars has to do what kind of reel I choose for most of my crankbait fishing. […]

The new StructureMap feature on Lowrance Gen2 HDS units can overlay sonar readings on charts to give you incredibly accurate mapping information you can view in real time as you record it or later, off the water, as you plan your next fishing trip.

Seat-of-your-pants orientation rules

Allan Tarvid

Once upon a time, one of the most tedious things we boaters and fishermen attempted was to figure out exactly where we were on a lake map or chart. […]

Ralph Davis fooled this red with a jig and Bass Assassin trailer.

Reds:

Dan Kibler

The average Palmetto State redfish begins lifet in late summer as an egg spawned on a deep area of hardbottom near the mouth of a big inlet or bay… […]

Christian Bedsworth of Star Rods (left) shows Matthew Waddell of Goldsboro’s EZ Bait & Tackle one of the new Aerial spinning combos from Star Rods at the recent Henry’s Tackle Show in Raleigh.

Fishermen in North Carolina are lucky! Fishermen in most parts of the country have only one tackle show to look forward to each year, but around here, it’s not unusual to be able to visit several shows during the winter. […]

Cover: April 2012 (NC) – Fishing

North Carolina Sportsman

Great spring days are in store for flounder anglers and turkey hunters. […]

For obvious reasons, speckled trout are often referred to as “yellow mouths.”

Gauging trout recovery

Bryan Bowers

Spotted seatrout — “specks” to many coastal anglers — are a favorite target for many light- tackle fisherman; fun to catch and good to eat. […]

A trout fisherman works catch-and-release trophy waters under the management of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Cherokee waters on mend

Robert Satterwhite

About midnight on July 15, 2011, a flash-flood sent a 10-foot wall of water through the Cherokee Indian Tribal Hatchery, washing away or killing 435,000 trout and leaving raceways buried in silt. […]

Sam Jones shows off the kind of rainbow trout that Lake Jocassee regularly produces.

Freshwater Series: Lake Jocassee

Jeff Samsel

Sam Jones doesn’t know why trout relate to structural features that are 100 feet beneath them. More important than “why” they do, though, is knowing “that” they do so and learning which structures attract the most fish any given month.

Jones, who operates Jocassee Charters, has learned those lessons through longevity. He grew up fishing Upstate waters with his dad, has fished Lake Jocassee for 30 years and has guided for the past 10 years. Jones specialized in controlled-depth trolling for trout, and he often targets fish that suspend well above structural features. […]

Floating or ‘fluttering’

Davy Hite

In April across South Carolina, a lot of bass have just spawned, there are still a few fish spawning, and you can even catch a few prespawn bass. […]

Bass fishing in North Carolina doesn’t get any finer than here in April.

Lake of the Month: Jordan Lake

Craig Holt

The glory days of largemouth bass fishing at Jordan Lake are long gone. […]