East Central NC Archives - Page 36 of 112

Guide Andrew Tubbs taps the bottom of his boat with a shovel handle to attract the attention of hybrid or striped bass.

I hear you knocking

One of guide Andrew Tubbs’s tricks is to tap on the deck of his boat with a shovel handle when hybrids and stripers are biting slowly. […]

Andrew Tubbs nets a Thurmond Lake striper for Justin Marsh with a rubber-coated landing net.

Rubber nets won’t rub fish the wrong way

Mike Marsh

A rubber net is one of the best pieces of gear to conserve fish and fishing time. […]

Bass pro Davy Hite tends to use extremely large baits when he’s bass fishing at night.

While fishermen have equated big baits with big bass for years, bass pro Davy Hite of Ninety Six takes this to a different level by using worms and soft plastics that start at 10 inches when he takes to Lake Murray’s waters after dark. […]

Red drum aren’t shy about crashing topwater plugs, but the position of their mouth on the bottom of their head often results in misses instead of hookups.

Fishing Topwaters

Jerry Dilsaver

Nothing in fishing compares to an aggressive strike on a topwater lure. Fish lunge at them, swipe at them and sometimes even knock them completely out of the water. […]

Good electronics are essential for navigation and keeping tabs on baitfish during after-dark bass-fishing expeditions.

After-dark electronics are particularly important

Pete Rogers

Good depth-finding equipment is critical to bass fishermen who spend time on lakes at night. […]

Guide Rick Patterson has been putting plenty of flounder into his livewell in the waters around Swansboro.

Inshore bite great around Swansboro for flounder, redfish

Jerry Dilsaver

According to Capt. Rick Patterson of Cape Crusader Charters in Cape Carteret, summer has been good for fishing along the Crystal Coast. […]

Nice upper-slot drum aren't in big schools, but they're plenty aggressive in the waters around Sneads Ferry.

Red drum, trout action is topping out around Sneads Ferry

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Allen Jernigan of Breadman Ventures in Sneads Ferry said the inshore fishing is as hot as the weather, and that the summer heat has fired up flounder, red drum and speckled trout in the area. […]

The author shows off the kind of fish anglers can expect to catch at Thurmond Lake on a summertime striper/hybrid outing.

Hot-weather headliners – When summer arrives, good fishing doesn’t leave as far as Thurmond Lake stripers, hybrids are concerned

Mike Marsh

The dawning sun winked pink against a pastel sky, promising another hot, humid, windless day. Andrew Tubbs had already launched his boat and was waiting at the dock at Clarks Hill Recreation Park, one of several U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreational facilities along the more than 1,000 miles of shoreline encircling J. Strom Thurmond Lake. […]

Bass pro Davy Hite of Ninety Six feels like bass wait until the water cools off after dark to do most of their feeding once the summer heat sets in.

Lunkers after dark – For great summer bass fishing at Lake Murray, wait until the sun goes down to wet a line

Pete Rogers

More than 30 years ago, Davy Hite and I crossed paths for the first time. It wasn’t on Lake Murray or any other lake for that matter; it was on a basketball court in middle school. […]

Capt. Allen Jernigan has found that red drum and trout are apt to hit topwater baits in the middle of the day on the New River.

Top drum beat – Mid-day topwater bite is great summer feature for New River anglers

Jerry Dilsaver

The morning was so calm the fishermen could hear the clacking of the rattles in the topwater lures they were working across the shallow bay off the Intracoastal Waterway a few miles south of Sneads Ferry. Capt. Allen Jernigan was coaching the fishermen on correct speed and the “walking-the-dog” motion when he noticed a small wave appear behind one of the lures. […]