Bass Fishing
A ‘dam good’ shallow summer bass spot
Almost all summer fishing for bass is done in deep water, but one of guide Maynard Edwards’ favorite areas at Badin Lake is only 6 feet deep — if that. […]
July 2014
Freshwater Fishing
Redfish rebound!
Alongside the Neuse River’s tackle-busting stripers are schools of equally voracious redfish, competing for the same food and or lure. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Rubber nets won’t rub fish the wrong way
A rubber net is one of the best pieces of gear to conserve fish and fishing time. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Summer: terrestrial time
In the summer, when insect hatches are sparse, trout depend more on what falls into the water than what hatches in it. […]
Fishing
Take care of your hide
Most fishermen have experience with sunburn and sweat, a couple of things that result from fishing during the summer. […]
Greener Pastures
Adjust sustainable forest
Out of the 750 million forested acres in the United States, North Carolina and South Carolina have a little more than 31 million acres covered in wooded habitats. […]
Inshore Fishing
Is one lure not enough?
Offshore anglers have used teaser rigs for decades, showing fish like dolphin and billfish multiple lures swimming together. […]
Content
Keep summer trout hoppin’
Picturesque streams in North Carolina’s mountains pour down from higher elevations, and often, they have a trout lurking behind every rock and gravel bar and under every undercut bank, waiting for something tasty to flow across their dinner plate. […]
Backlashes
Chess moves to end large-mesh gill nets
My 90-year-old father and 88-year-old mother require around-the-clock assisted care. Even with their retirement funds and Social Security, the family has been stunned at the pace their nest egg is dissolving. […]
Currents
Catfish legislation? A pile of stinkbait
There is an old quote that’s been attributed to a number of people. To paraphrase it somewhat, it goes like this: “There are two things you don’t want to see being made: sausage and laws.” […]