Fishing

Use big lures for bigger slabs

Like a lot of fishermen, when I think about crappie fishing, I think about the tiny, tiny baits many fishermen use — those micro jigs that weigh 1/64- to 1/16-ounce, and those itty bitty hair jigs and plastic grubs. […]

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Yellow Fever

Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares) are abundant year round in Gulf Stream waters off North Carolina’s Atlantic coast.

Despite ads and banners hyping billfishing, the main spring charterboat catches off North Carolina are yellowfin tunas —and nobody complains. […]

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Trout in the Clouds

The Friday before Easter last year was an incredible day for outdoor activities, especially trout fishing at the creeks draining the high mountains of extreme western North Carolina. […]

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Crappies on the Trashy Side

Once upon a time, it was a pile of limbs and vines that a guy had cut around the bank of his lakeside lot in Bluestone Creek, one of the many major tributary creeks that feed John H. Kerr (aka Buggs Island) Reservoir. […]