Skip and Sandy Conklin, and Jay Russell have caught enough large king mackerel they are rarely surprised, but the 60.3-pounder they caught on Saturday (July 30) to win the Raleigh Salt Water Sportfishing Club King Mackerel Tournament was indeed a pleasant surprise. In fact, it established a new record for the tournament. […]
Everything in our lives eventually comes down to trust. Can we believe what other people say to us, including husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, friends, acquaintances, employers, employees, supervisors and, lastly, politicians? […]
The final round of voting in the monthly Big Bass Contest began this morning (Aug. 1), and features two photos of chunky North Carolina largemouths. […]
Max Altman, a retired high-school phys ed teacher from Angier, knows that the greatest reward an educator can
experience occurs when the student surpasses the teacher. […]
The dog days of summer. Hot, lazy, sultry days. Many believe the term “dog days” developed because it’s so hot that all dogs do is laze around the yard and pant. […]
Kevin Chandler of New London jigged his way to victory at the June 10 Walmart Bass Fishing League Piedmont Division event at High Rock Lake. […]
August is hot enough to encourage second thoughts for any angler heading for the ocean on a calm day, so beginning a trip before sunrise is a great idea when the target is a big king mackerel. […]
The 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series was an interesting year. The stars and lakes did not line up to make all the tournaments offshore structure events but were conducive to junk-fishing the bank. […]
Maybe it’s the result of tight federal catch
limits, the change-over to circle hooks or the catch-and-release of almost everything, but the past few years have produced square miles of striped bass to the 60-pound class, thousands of 300-pound bluefin tuna, a historic sailfish summer, and as many white marlin as any other season.
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With the popularity of kayak-fishing growing by leaps and bounds, it’s time to offer some advice about fishing safety and equipment that is required or should be carried while fishing from a kayak. […]
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