Freshwater Fishing
Fly rods now popular for Roanoke stripers
The Roanoke River is a catch-and-release fisherman’s paradise. […]
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Freshwater Fishing
Utilize your C.I.A. — Crappie Intelligence Apparatus
For today’s angler, the advances in technology have improved the chances to gain valuable intelligence about the water. […]
Offshore Fishing
Bonito are popular fly-rod targets
Although most anglers use spinning or baitcasting tackle for bonito, fly-rod fishing has become popular in recent years — probably because false albacore will hit the same flies as bonito. […]
Freshwater Fishing
The weather and sunlight factors
Deep-water jigging for crappie can sound intimidating to the angler conditioned to chasing spawning fish in shallow water, yet many of the variables and difficulties involved in finding and coaxing crappie to cooperate dissolve during the post-spawn period. […]
Offshore Fishing
Bonito are best on the dinner plate
Atlantic bonito are probably the only member of the Scombridae family caught from Atlantic Ocean waters that anglers will prepare as food. […]
Bass Fishing
Say Sammy! to a Keowee spot
Topwater lures come in a variety of sizes, shapes and actions. Most are configured to create a surface commotion that either resembles an injured baitfish or a smaller predator attacking an even smaller prey. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Mountain Island losing power plant, gaining fish attractors
Mountain Island Lake was created by Duke Power in 1924 with the construction of the dam and, in 1929, with the beginning of operation of the Riverbend Steam Station. […]
Bass Fishing
Seeing spots
Nobody is pointing fingers, but spotted bass are thought to have been introduced into Lake Keowee by fishermen from Georgia, where spotted bass thrive and grow to more than respectable sizes in Lake Lanier. […]
Inshore Fishing
Best retrieves for April trout
Working topwater or sub-surface lures effectively for spotted seatrout isn’t difficult. […]
Flounder
Dredging on the horizon
Over the past several decades, Cherry Grove’s inshore waters have become more and more shallow from accumulated sediments. […]