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Davy Hite fishes the tailrace below Alabama’s Wilson Dam on the way to a $100,000 payday in a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament.

Tailrace action is a nice change

I had four really good days back in April, fishing in a Bassmaster Elite series tournament on Lake Pickwick in Alabama. […]

Guide Brad Taylor loves the approach of summer, because it means a great night-time crappie bite.

Night Time = Right Time

Phillip Gentry

The first day of June marks a turning point for fishermen who call Lake Murray home. […]

The game-fish bill that would protect spotted seatrout, red drum and striped bass from harvest by commercial netters could be delayed in this session of the North Carolina General Assembly legislature by political maneuvering over the 2011 budget bill.

Political games could doom game-fish bill

Craig Holt

North Carolina Sportsman has learned House Bill 353, which would give game-fish status to red drum, spotted seatrout and striped bass, may not receive a hearing or be put to a vote at the current session of the North Carolina General Assembly. […]

Burton Moore III with his Wadmalaw Island turkey that fell for the wooden decoys

Wooden decoys fool Wadmalaw Island gobbler

Jeff Dennis

Antique decoys, whether waterfowl or turkeys, are rarely used in hunting situations, but in some cases they can be called on for duty. […]

Angler Cantey Smith with a cobia from 5/22/11

Cobia added to list of fish on watch list

Pat Robertson

State health officials have warned fishermen in South Carolina that while eating fish is good, some species should not be consumed very often. […]

Jason Rackley said most of the bass he catches at Lake Michie in June will be in a postspawn pattern.

Lowdown on Local Lunkers

Mike Zlotnick

It happens every day around the Triangle. Boats are hitched, tackle is loaded and anglers head to one of the Big Three: Jordan Lake, Falls of the Neuse Lake or Shearon Harris Lake. […]

Flounder resting on the bottom, waiting for an unwary baitfish to swim within range, then slashing into action.

Flat-Out Ambushed

Phillip Gentry

The cast went far and long across the mouth of the small gutter creek flowing from the marsh and dumping into Murrells Inlet. To the right side of the gutter, J. Baisch of Fishful Thinking Guide Service had nosed his center-console boat up into the grass and was standing on the rear deck, methodically casting and retrieving. […]

Spanish mackerel caught on ‘lite’ live baits are bigger than those caught trolling spoons.

Live Bait ‘Lite’

Dan Kibler

The live-bait craze hit the king mackerel world 25 years ago, and in the span of four or five years, every serious fisherman had learned to throw a cast net, every center console had an aerated bait tank, and heavy tackle and trolling spoons had been replaced by light line, rods with fast tips and extra-sharp treble hooks. […]

Flashing colors from yellow to emerald green to blue, a dolphin comes over the transom after slamming a trolled bait.

Deep Blue Dolphin

Phillip Gentry

After a 3:45 a.m. wake-up call and a 4:30 departure from the dock, it was a 3-hour run to the blue water. On the long ride out, daylight broke, and not long into the first pull of the morning, a buzz-like lightning went through the boat as the captain and crew — all of whom have keen eyesight above and beyond that of mortal men — spotted “something” following the baits.

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