Bass Fishing
Stanley Top Toad
A leading artificial lure manufacturer’s newest pride and joy jumped like a real frog to the forefront of bass fishing circles very quickly in early 2013. […]
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Lake Wateree bream bedding; limits are regular
The bream fishing on Lake Wateree has reached a fever pitch with the bed-fishing peaking right now. […]
Bass Fishing
Fontana bass fishing should peak in next few weeks
The next month will be the best of the year to catch smallmouth and largemouth bass on Fontana Lake in the extreme southwestern corner of North Carolina. […]
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Murrells Inlet beachfront alive with action as big Spanish and other predators arrrive
Over the past week, a storm has been brewing along Murrells Inlet’s beachfront. Huge schools of menhaden have arrived just outside the surf zone, dragging in a lunchroom-full of blood-thirsty predators from afar. […]
Events & Announcements
Senate bill hits Commission with $9 million cut
The Republican-controlled N.C. Senate approved along party lines a $20.6 billion budget on May 23, and as advertised, it approved cuts in state expenditures, $9 million of which will affect the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]
General
Shotgunning fun
An attorney friend who knows a little more about guns than I do about the dark side of the moon — but not much more — was wandering around a regional gun show, looking for I’m not sure what. […]
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Black drum are bonus fish for Beaufort anglers; they’re really biting
The inlets and creeks in the Beaufort area are giving up lots of fish, but no bite has been hotter than the black drum bite in recent days. Fishing for redfish and sheepshead, anglers like Bishopville’s Richie Boykin are not complaining when finding the fish biting their fiddler crabs and cut shrimp aren’t their intended targets. […]
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Nearshore gamefish have turned on off Wrightsville Beach
Warm weather finally arrived in Wrightsville Beach this week, and the fish showed up off the beach, feeding like they’ve missed a few meals, according to Capt. Rick Bennett of Rod Man Charters, who said Atlantic bonito, Spanish mackerel, false albacore and bluefish have flocked to nearshore waters. […]
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Lincolnton ‘royalty’ wins CATT Classic on Kerr Lake
Mike and Josh Queen of Lincolnton combined an opening-round catch of 15.09 pounds with a closing catch of 12.84 pounds to win at the May 18-19 CATT Classic on Kerr Lake. […]
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Avoid the rivers, head for the trout streams
Heavy rains in recent weeks in the mountains have made fishing difficult in bigger rivers, but small-stream trout fishing, especially in delayed-harvest streams, has been good. […]