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June 27, 2026

Anthony Ng with two Tar River shad caught on a jig-and-spoon rig.

River of Many Returns

The Tar River originates in North Carolina’s piedmont near Roxboro and flows southeast for 140 miles. […]

The N.C. Department of Marine Fisheries and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are running a tagging program to help identify growth rates,movement patterns and population numbers for striped bass like this one from the Roanoke River.

Wel-Done!

Shortly after sliding his boat in behind a big boil and setting up for a drift down the river, Mike Shearin gave the command to bait up and go fishing. […]

A floating worm is a great search bait, especially in clear water, for bass that are preparing to spawn.

Covering the water will produce in April

David Fritts

April isn’t one of my favorite months, even though a lot of bass fishermen love it. Fish are fairly easy to catch, because they’re in shallow water and are actually hungry. […]

Thomas Ludwick (left) and Rod Poole, both from Salisbury, finished second in the NBC Winter Sport Series tournament at Badin Lake.

Fritts won’t need Tums after victory

Tony Garitta

Lexington’s David Fritts, who recently joined to the Tums Dual Action fishing team, found relief his own way by winning the FLW Tour’s Chevy Open at Lake Guntersville in mid-February. […]

Leftovers like these chicken wings can be adequately heated by using a solar oven — a zip-lock bag strapped down to a dark surface like T-top canvas — to make an onboard meal.

Solar oven is great to upgrade boat food

Jerry Dilsaver

What do you eat when you’re out fishing for a day? Do you gorge on Beanee Weenees, Vienna sausages and such — or do you try to pack foods that are a little healthier? […]

Jackson County maps out a trail of streams for trout fishermen

Robert Satterwhite

Jackson County in far western North Carolina is a land of mile-high mountains, cascading waterfalls, picturesque lakes, and hundreds of trout streams. […]

One costly lesson: Slow wins the race

Dustin Wilks

Fishing slow. I never thought I’d write about this. Fishing slowly is many times the best way to catch bass. […]

Bass on Buggs Island (Kerr) Lake will move shallow in April as part of the spawning process. Savvy anglers will use this to their advantage.

A Bit of Flooded Heaven

Dan Kibler

If there is a bass-fishing nirvana, it’s got to be Buggs Island Lake in April. […]

Trudy Duke and her husband, Ed, fish crappie tournaments on lakes across the southeast, regularly catching slabs like this one.

The month of April ushers in the spring spawn for crappie. The dogwoods are blooming, and all you have to do is grab a bucket of minnows and suspend them under a cork around just about any decent looking piece of woody cover along the bank. It’s a time when everyone is an expert. […]

As inshore waters warm along the North Carolina coast in April, speckled trout shed their winter doldrums and start to feed more aggressively.

Great Ex-Speck-tations

Craig Holt

Lewis Emery, a fishing guide from Wilmington, was scheduled to have taken the marital plunge on March 12. […]