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August 31, 2026

Open areas are great places to work mid-morning and afternoon gobblers.

Open areas are awesome

Terry Madewell

William Peagler said that highly overlooked turkey targets for mid-morning to late-afternoon action are open areas. […]

North Carolina hunters are looking forward to another perhaps record-setting season in 2012.

Record harvests: Will they ever end?

Craig Holt

How long can North Carolina turkey hunters expect to see expanding spring-gobbler harvests? […]

Knowing the land you’re hunting, including corridors that turkeys are likely to travel, will increase your odds of tagging a nice bird.

Henned-up gobblers? Know your land

Terry Madewell

William Peagler of Moncks Corner said that more than anything else, knowledge of the land he is hunting is the key to consistently taking “henned-up” gobblers. […]

Capt. Jeff Cronk caught this black drum at one of the small creeks entering Bogue Sound.

A fool’s mate for black

Mike Marsh

Black drum are among the easiest fish in the creeks to catch in March because they are so easily fooled. However, most anglers don’t head into the creeks prepared to catch them. […]

Hunting

Fortunately, the technological advances enable landowners’ access to a wealth of online data, including soil series maps, USGS topography maps and a myriad of current and historic aerial photographs. […]

Capt. Jeff Cronk pitches a float rig beneath a boat dock to tempt a red or a black drum.

Approach and cast docks with caution

Mike Marsh

To pawn a jig with a scented soft plastic or mud minnow in exchange for a red drum strike in the back of Queen or another of Bogue Sound’s creeks, an angler should get very close to the prospective dock, but avoid banging it. […]

Returning pH levels to ideal and providing fertilization before the growing season will have positive effects on any pond.

Grow Big Fish — Enrichment

Jeff Burleson

With spring just around the corner and water temperatures on the rise, pond owners should proceed to the next level of their continual improvement program. […]

Wahoo will leave Gulf Stream waters and often move slightly inshore in the spring and fall, putting them in range of plenty of fishermen.

What’s about wahoo?

Jerry Dilsaver

There is not an abundance of information on wahoo, acanthocybium solanderi. […]

A planer bridle allows for the planer to easily be added or removed from the line.

The planer bridle rig

Jerry Dilsaver

While wahoo are often caught by baits and lures running at or just below the surface, a good number are caught well below the surface on outfits designed to fish there. […]

A scented soft-plastic bait is often the ticket to drawing a strike from a redfish lurking in the surf zone, feeding by sight and scent.

Avoid rogue waves

Jeff Burleson

By definition, the surf is the area where waves break upon the shore. Given that prevailing winds blow offshore during thewinter, some ground swell will arrive at the beachfront each day under any condition, quickly topping over within the shallow waters of the shoal. […]