Inshore Fishing
Call it the “kayak coast”
North Carolina’s coastal waters provide a perfect kayak and canoe angling environment, if you know where to go. […]
July 2014
Bass Fishing
Do the mayfly dance
I love to fish for bass at night this month, but when I do fish during the daytime, there’s one thing I really look for and pay attention to, and that’s mayflies. […]
Bass Fishing
Storm Arashi Rattling Square 3 and Square 5
After a day of prefishing in late May for a Bassmaster Open on Tennessee’s Douglas Lake, one of the tour’s up-and-coming bass pros was eager to talk about a crankbait he used on his way to finishing 14th this year in this year’s Bassmaster Classic. […]
Bass Fishing
Find current, find bass
July is not the time to “camp out” on a spot hoping fish will bite. You need to be fishing were they are biting, and that means moving water. […]
General
The ProChrono Digital chronograph
I’ve written about the “wildcatting” era in the early 1950s when the U.S. economy was booming in the years coming out of World War II and then the Korean War. […]
Fishing
EPIRB plus PLB equals SOS
Standing in ankle-deep water on deck while too far from the shore to see it? Congratulations: You are behind a marine-grade 8 ball. […]
Freshwater Fishing
In July, Santee’s fishing is hot, but many anglers are no-shows
Fishing is as hot as the summer sun in July, but the fishing action in terms of angler participation seems to slack off a bit.
Inshore Fishing
Rigging for sharks
Brad Knight has a pretty standard setup for rigging for sharks when fishing from his kayak. It works, and it’s strong — strong enough that he boated a 140-pound class tarpon three years ago while fishing for sharks. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Dance a jig for Edisto bass
One of Billy Garner’s favorite ways to catch largemouth bass on the Edisto River is a dying art that many of today’s anglers have never heard of, much less tried. […]
Freshwater Fishing
A vote for wooden boats
“You can do anything out of an aluminum boat or fiberglass boat that you can do from a wooden boat,” said Billy Garner of Ridgeville, “but the nostalgia anda beauty of a wooden boat are what attract most people to strip boats.” […]