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Stabilizers that fit between the split limbs of a bow will quiet the bow substantially and cut down on vibration.

Get things stabilized

When I first started shooting a compound bow almost 30 years ago, many archers shot without a stabilizer. Bows were generally longer and heavier, and they didn’t generate nearly the torque and power of today’s bows. […]

An angler fishes a North Carolina mountain stream that’s not designated as a trout stream but can still hold plenty of trout.

So much water to fish

Robert Satterwhite

The early Cherokee marked the beginning of the trout fishing season when trout lilies began blooming along mountain streams in early April. […]

May is a great month for tuna fishing off the coast of the Outer Banks.

Hit the OBX tuna blitz

Dan Kibler

May is the month when bluewater fishermen flock to North Carolina’s Outer Banks for the year’s best chance at doing battle with big yellowfin tuna and their blackfin cousins. […]

A Mother's Day trip with Off the Hook Fishing Charters resulted in one of several nice cobia that Capt. Brian Vaughn's guests have caught lately.

N.C., S.C. anglers catching plenty of cobia

Brian Cope

Anglers in both North and South Carolina are catching their share of cobia, and the fish have not been picky about the baits, lures, or fishing methods. They’ve been biting as long as anglers put something presentable in front of them. […]

How to distinguish between black crappie and white crappie

Brian Cope

North and South Carolina both have black crappie and white crappie spread throughout their waterways, and both species tend to live in the same areas. […]

Shellcrackers will be in the shallows in early May before moving to their deeper, summer spots by the end of the month.

May is on around Santee

Terry Madewell

The Santee Cooper lakes will show anglers a lot of love this month. Almost every species worthy of piscatorial pursuit is active, and combined with the typically pristine weather of May, it’s a perfect time to not only go fishing, but the catching part is simply sensational. […]

The proposed new flounder regulation will increase the minimum size limit and decrease the daily creel limit.

South Carolina’s proposed flounder regulation closer to becoming law

Brian Cope

South Carolina’s proposed new flounder regulations, which will bump the minimum size limit up to 15 inches, got one step closer to becoming law late last month after being approved by the S.C. Senate’s Fish, Game, and Forestry Committee. […]

Sample the buffet line

Phillip Gentry

While many bass anglers don’t distinguish between threadfin shad and blueback herring when they refer to the “shad spawn,” knowing the differences between baitfish species could pay off at weigh-in time. Here’s a run-down of what prey species are likely to be sharing water with bass this month: […]

The proper way to hook a live shrimp for use on a float rig for speckled trout is by pushing one barb through just under the shimp’s horn.

Speckled trout: the people’s favorite

Jerry Dilsaver

Spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus — aka speckled trout or specks — are found in the surf from Hilton Head, S.C. to Corolla, N.C., and beyond. They gather in schools and feed on shrimp, minnows, smaller fish and crabs on the bottom and suspended in the water column. […]