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July 3, 2026

Cover: February 2012 (NC)

The spring striper run up the Roanoke gets the notoriety, but fishing can be just as good this month on the lower Roanoke. […]

Sheepshead are much more aggressive feeders around reefs and wrecks in the ocean than they are the rest of the year around docks and rocks in creeks and rivers.

Bull Sheep

Jeff Burleson

Diehard anglers willing to tough out February’s chilly breezes can face a commanding challenge from one of the most powerful fish of winter. […]

Clumps of barnacles or marsh mussels, often found attached to docks and pier pilings in gelatinous masses, can be great sheepshead baits.

Chummin’

Jeff Burleson

Sheepshead are no different from any other fish; they will take handouts from anybody. In fact, chumming for sheepshead is quite effective inshore and nearshore. […]

An underwater camera can give fishermen a bird’s eye view of where sheepshead are holding on reefs or wrecks.

See what’s down there

Jeff Burleson

Winter sheepshead fishing around local reefs offers some of the best action of the year. […]

Inshore Fishing

Take extra precautions in winter

Jeff Burleson

February is the middle of winter, and even in South Carolina, conditions offer lethal dangers, with little room for error for adventurous anglers. […]

When the tide falls and oyster beds become exposed, be careful and know when and how you need to leave a flat or you could be left high and dry.

Know where you’re going at low tide

Terry Madewell

Guide Clayton Crawford said that one of the keys to successful fishing in low water in the back of the creeks and sound is getting in and out safely. […]

Having a poling platform allows a fishermen to see schools of redfish at much greater distances, reducing the possibility of spooky the fish.

A flats boat and low-water fishing

Terry Madewell

Patrick Crawford said the use of a flats boat with an elevated position for poling and observing the water in front for tell-tale signs of reds moving is not mandatory for success — but it does help a lot. […]

Walleye are tasty members of the perch family that prefer cool-water habitat.

The taste of the mountains

Robert Satterwhite

Some mountain gamefish are prized for their fight. Hook a bass, smallmouth or largemouth, and you’re in for some exciting action. […]

As the prespawn approaches, big female bass like to stage around cover such as vegetation, brush, stumps or trees in shallow water close to deep water.

Deep+shallow+cover

Davy Hite

I do a lot of seminars at fishing shows and boat shows around the country, and it’s hard to teach people a lot in just 30 minutes, but the one thing I try to get across to bass fishermen is that the most important thing to having success on the water is to understand the seasonal patterns of bass. […]

February crappie fishing can be great, and the pressure is usually low.

Freshwater Series: Falls of Neuse Lake

Craig Holt

Ask most crappie fishermen when they’d rather be targeting slabs, and most all of them will say spring: March, April or May. […]