Inshore Fishing
Pamlico’s western shoreline offers prime inshore habitat
The northwestern portion of Pamlico Sound is prime red drum and trout habitat year-round, with flounder available during the warm months. […]
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Freshwater Fishing
What does your jig weigh?
Crappie anglers are familiar with using jigs that weigh considerably less than typical bass jigheads. Popular jig weights for crappie include 1/32-, 1/16-, and 1/8-ounce, but weights can vary considerably from one manufacturer to another, sometimes even one jig to another. […]
Inshore Fishing
Croaking on the huge numbers of Pamlico by-catch
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ stock-status report on Atlantic croaker generates more questions than answers. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Fishing bridges is a priority in March
Numerous bridges cross Lake Wateree’s tributary creeks, and while some of them do not permit fishing from the actual structure because of safety reasons, some do have designated areas for fishermen. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Side-scanning electronics helping crappie fishermen
Ken Boone and Rick Ingle, regular fishing partners, use a side-scan graph that Boone said that has opened up a whole new underwater world for him. […]
Bass Fishing
Riprap is big key at Wylie
The large rocks that line much of Lake Wylie’s shoreline are called riprap, and plenty of it is submerged below the surface. […]
Freshwater Fishing
A banner year for Clarks Hill crappie?
This should be an excellent year for crappie numbers and size on Lake Thurmond, according to Dan Rankin, a fisheries biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, which conducts annual trap-net surveys for the lake’s crappie. […]
Bass Fishing
High water is an angler’s friend
March is typically a rainy month, and as part of the Catawba River system, Lake Wylie gets local rain as well as rain and melting snow from the waterways well upstream, which means anglers will get to fish their share of high water this month. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Location, design critical when creating brushpiles
Guide William Sasser can almost always find a place to catch crappie in Clarks Hill Lake. He estimates that he has about 200 brush piles in the lake. […]
Bass Fishing
Go over to the dark side
For many anglers, night time is the right time for catching bass, and March is a great time to do it in the dark on Wylie. […]