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June 21, 2026

Steve Strong’s breakaway anchor system can save the expense of purchasing expensive anchors and replacing them when they hang up on the bottom.

Anchor trick

Veteran catfish tournament angler Steve Strong has lost count of the number of anchors he has sacrificed to the bottom. […]

Terry McConnell’s 63-pound, 4-ounce Lake Russell striper has been the South Carolina state record for more than four years.

The state record striper — where and how much

Scott Keepfer

When stock-car driver Tiny Lund pulled a 55-pound striped bass from Lake Moultrie in 1963, he had no idea his state-record catch would stay in the record book for more than 30 years. […]

Mushrooms are a favorite food for deer; they have profited greatly from the wet spring and summer.

Overlook toadstools? Deer won’t!

Jeff Burleson

Mushrooms are one of the most-overlooked deer foods available during just about every month, including the approaching fall and winter. […]

When it comes to doing stock assessments and research, catfish are well down the list for most wildlife agencies, including North Carolina’s.

Taking stock

Phillip Gentry

Of fisheries stock assessments, catfish surveys tend to fall farther down the list than other popular species such as black bass, stripers and crappie. […]

Rich King, who has devoted his fishing efforts toward catching Lake Russell’s trophy stripers, has produced a DVD about the history of landlocked striped bass.

Stripers on video

Scott Keepfer

Fishing stories always seem to be about the one that got away, Rich King says. […]

B’n’M’s Silver Cat rods are designed to give fishermen targeting catfish a strong, sensitive rod.

B’n’M unveils new catfish rods

Phillip Gentry

A leader in the crappie and panfish industry, B’n’M Poles has unveiled a line of catfish rods. The Silver Cat series is the companies’ first move into the catfishing world. […]

The efforts of organized anglers helped SCDNR draft regulations that manage Lake Russell as a trophy striper fishery.

Striped bass protection

Scott Keepfer

Once it was discovered that super-sized striped bass were in Lake Russell, no one wanted to protect them more than the very fishermen hell-bent on catching them. […]

Archery-only zones on several game lands are often places where big bucks (right) go when hunting pressure increases during gun season.

NCBA members enjoy week at Butner-Falls of Neuse

Craig Holt

Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land’s most-popular, archery-only zone is on the northern edge of the public lands in the Granville County section and mostly inside the limits of the town of Butner. […]

While the lion’s share of bream across North Carolina fall prey to natural baits, many fly-fishing enthusiasts turn to bream during the summer when trout can be less then cooperative. One of the most popular lure choices is Accardo’s Ligon Bream Killer. […]

Guide James McManus targets rock bass around the rocks around the dam on Wolf Creek Lake during the summer.

East Fork reservoir basics

Phillip Gentry

Often overlooked as fishing destinations, Wolf Creek Lake, Tanasee Creek Lake, Bear Creek Lake, and Cedar Cliff Lake are small impoundments of the East Fork of the Tuckaseegee River that are hardly remote by today’s standards but remain off the beaten path. […]