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The difference between conventional sonar (left) and the new high-detail Humminbird Down Imaging sonar (right) is instantly obvious when you set a unit to show both views side by side.

Out with old, in with new Modern fish-finders tough to resist

Sonar’s job is to show us the depth, composition and shape of the bottom below our boats and reveal suspended objects like fish. […]

This 60-pound king, which won the Raleigh Salt Water Fishing Club’s king mackerel tournament earlier this year, came from Raleigh Bay, a real mackerel hot spot, especially in the fall.

Smoking in Raleigh Bay: The biggest kings call it home in the fall

Jerry Dilsaver

King mackerel have a special place in the hearts of many fishermen in North Carolina’s center-console armada. […]

Doug Young of Salisbury caught the big fish and teamed with Ronnie Trexler of Gold Hill to finish third in the Yadkin Team Tournament on High Rock Lake on Aug. 20.

Cannon is big hit at Falls Apex angler wins Weekend Series event

Tony Garitta

Ben Cannon of Apex won the July 30 Bassmaster Weekend Series North Carolina Division 5 tournament at Falls of the Neuse Lake with 18.50 pounds, banking $1,929. […]

A skiff navigates the sand bars in Lockwood Folly Inlet between Oak Island and Holden Beach. Severe shoaling menas the Coast Guard will remove channel buoys until dredging can begin.

Buoys to be removed from inlets while Coast Guard waits for dredging approval

Jerry Dilsaver

Coastal anglers may soon find there are no buoys making the channels in several of North Carolina’s shallow-draft inlets. […]

Chain pickerel provide fishermen with great opportunities on Lake Mayo, a lake that’s filled with aquatic vegetation.

Take your Pick

Tim Mead

Jacks, jackfish, snakes…. Whatever you call them, chain pickerel are among the most over-looked angling opportunities in North Carolina. […]

Mike Yates (left) and volunteer Matt Huff show off a nice wahoo Yates caught while fishing with Huff and Wayne Cohen on Cohen’s Big Mama at the MAD event in Oak Island on Sept. 10.

Oak Island MAD event a success again

Jerry Dilsaver

It wasn’t a battle, and the locals didn’t surrender, but the troops invaded the sleepy coastal village of Oak Island in the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 10 for Military Appreciation Day.

There were no gunshots or rumbling of tanks and artillery, as this was a friendly takeover. The event was “MAD 6,” and the invading troops were welcomed with open arms, almost like the soldiers who liberated European villages during World War II. […]

Capt. Rob Bennett shows off a nice redfish from the Sandy Point area on the northern end of Kiawah Island.

Saltwater Series: The Three Rivers

Dan Kibler

Rob Bennett grew up fishing the waters around Folly Beach, Kiawah Island and the Stono River, and he’s never found a reason to leave them. […]

Mark Christian, Bob Parent, Wayne Curry and Maryellen Mara-Christian battled and won against this huge alligator on Sept. 20 in Lake Moultrie.

Husband-wife team scores again with huge Santee Cooper gator

Terry Madewell

For the second straight year, a husband-and-wife team has scored on a gargantuan gator in Lake Moultrie. This year, the tag belonged to Mark Christian of Fitchburg, Mass., who had plenty of help from Maryellen Mara-Christian, Bob Parent of Fitchburg and Wayne Curry of Bradenton, Fla. […]

Coastal anglers could soon be forced to release all black sea bass if an aniticpated early closure materializes.

Black sea bass season could close in October

Jerry Dilsaver

Recreational fishermen along the south Atlantic Coast weren’t expecting to get in a full year of black sea bass fishing, but when the limit was reduced from 15 to five fish, most thought the season would last more than four or five months. […]

A redfish on a fly, ready for release, is the culmination of a trip to the tailing flats in the fall along South Carolina’s coastline.

Put the puzzle together; Catch more tailing redfish on the flats

Bryan Bowers

Catching redfish tailing up on a grassy marsh flat is a unique, exciting experience. Finding tailers is as easy as finding a “tailing flat.” […]