East Central NC Archives - Page 71 of 112

When landing catfish, it helps to have a king-sized landing net in the boat.

Catfishing tips

Guide Chris Simpson has some tips for Lake Monticello catfish anglers; some basic and some gleaned from years of catching big blue catfish. […]

Guide Adam Jones admies a nice take of diving ducks from his scissors-rig boat.

Cutting up sea ducks

Craig Holt

Camouflage is a key element of successful hunting, especially for waterfowl. […]

Hunting sea ducks requires stout shotguns in large gauges and heavy loads of non-toxic shot.

Right shotguns, proper calls are keys for sea ducks

Craig Holt

Having effective weapons and ammunition and mimicking duck sounds are keys to successful sea-duck hunting. […]

Decoy sets crucial to big-water hunting

Craig Holt

Whether waterfowlers use a scissors rig or not, setting up decoys to lure ducks in shotgun range is a key component. […]

False albacore have returned to the beaches off Cape Lookout, rounding out an outstanding mixed bag of species biting from the cape back up the Neuse River to New Bern.

Specks, albacore highlight great fishing from Cape Lookout to New Bern

Jerry Dilsaver

The fishing has been good from New Bern to Cape Lookout, and the variety of species that are biting isn’t bad, either, with stripers, puppy drum, speckled trout and false albacore making the short list. […]

Guide William Sasser says the water at Clarks Hill has completed the annual fall turnover and striped bass anglers are back in business.

Clarks Hill stripers, hybrids back on their feed

Phillip Gentry

Ever been driving in the mountains listening to your favorite song on the radio when you round a bend and go into a tunnel? […]

Derrick Wardlaw admires a nice bear he killed in Pickens County as part of an "Outdoor Dreams Do Come True" hunt with Tadd Faus (right).

‘Dream hunt’ is a real dream for Pickens County teen

Glenn Corley

Bear hunters are a very tight-knit group, and they don’t invite just anyone to hunt with them. It’s been said that, in South Carolina’s Upstate, you have to be born into a bear-hunting family to be a bear hunter. […]

Cindy Caudle of Hickory caught the 3-pound speckled trout fishign with Capt. Matt Lamb of Chasin' Tails Outdoors.

Speckled trout fishing at its peak in Atlantic Beach area

Jerry Dilsaver

Even if you have not developed the feel for catching speckled trout, they are biting so well in the Atlantic Beach area you can still catch limits and release a bunch. It really is time to quit wishing and go fishing. […]

Fall wahoo fishing has been great in offshore waters off Cape Lookout, but fishermen are filling their fish boxes with blackfin tuna and dolphin, and running into an occasional sailfish, too.

With storms in rearview mirrow, great offshore trolling returns to Cape Lookout area

Jerry Dilsaver

Bluewater fish were really biting before Hurricane Sandy and a nor’easter pushed up the east coast, and fishermen are expecting the action to be just a good when they get back out to the Big Rock as the winds finally lay out. […]