As winter approaches, the places deer frequently used earlier in the season are rarely hot spots. They were concentrated on peanut and soybean fields in September and acorn-rich oak flats during October and November, deer always move to different places as the seasons and local food sources change. […]
Butch Foster of Yeah Right Charters said his go-to lure in the Cape Fear River and the creeks off the ICW near Southport is a Haw River curlytail grub in smoke/silver metal flake on a jighead. […]
The Yo-zuri Crystal Minnow is among the best lures for catching speckled trout. While many anglers use lipless crankbaits, this one has a lip. […]
Since its introduction about 10 years ago, MirrOlure’s 17MR suspending twitch bait has been a hit with anglers. […]
Kirk Rundle, a fisheries biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission, said Shearon Harris Lake is usually sampled every other fall for crappie, with the last sample taken in November 2014. […]
The advantages of the double uni-knot for connecting leaders to main lines are: […]
A recurring theme among all the catfish guides is that winter catfishing are all about the forage; you fish close to forage or you don’t catch fish. […]
Badin Lake on the Yadkin River chain in North Carolina has long been known as an excellent lake for blue catfish in the winter, but two reservoirs upstream, High Rock Lake seems poised to become the next winter hotspot. […]
For many months and sometimes years, hunters will target a certain deer. Mature bucks are experts at dodging hunters up until Jan. 1. For most hunters who hunt the same stands through the entire season, that can be a really long time. […]
When to harvest does is a hot topic among deer hunters. Some believe they should hold off until after the rut, because taking a doe before that time could cost a hunter a shot at a buck somewhere hiding in the wings. […]
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