Fishing

Clean your boat, then go to a show

January isn’t the greatest month to be fishing or hunting in the Carolinas. It’s a little early for good bass and crappie fishing, and deer season has either ended or it’s been going on so long, you’re almost tired of hunting. […]

Fishing

Practice makes perfect fly casts

Maybe you consider wading through ice-cold mountain streams in January a euphemism for acute hyperthermia. You might also think casting for redfish on some windy inshore flat in winter is a precursor for walking pneumonia. […]

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Spottails Aplenty

Capt. J.R. Waits, using an emphatic-but-hushed tone, commanded readiness and stillness.Quick movements easily spook winter schools of redfish, which have hundreds of cautious eyes watching for danger in clear, shallow water. […]

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Sneaky Fishing

The trout moved along the edge of the dropoff just out from the bank, and we sometimes saw a single, pair or small group of fish as they flashed in the current. […]

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Secrets of Slabs

Stokes McClellan said anglers still can take large numbers of big crappie during January and February, especially if they know how to find the fish, while most other anglers only will sit next to their fires, dreaming about pulling crappie after crappie in to their boats. […]