July 2014 Archives - Page 4 of 7

A white buzzbait fished in the first hour of daylight can “call up” bass from Badin Lake’s deep water.

The Badin bomber: an urban legend?

Apparently some North Carolina lakes of considerable depth generate as many legendary tales as they do fish tales. […]

Casting to structure on windblown banks or points can often result in good catches of striped bass.

The wind is your friend

Freshwater bass anglers have long known the effectiveness of fishing windward points. The same holds true in many saltwater scenarios. […]

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

Mike Marsh

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. […]

Popular terrestrials, left to right: San Juan Worm, Black Ant, Japanese Beetle, Inchworm, Letort Cricket,, Chernobyl Ant, Ladybug, Joe’s Hopper and Jack Cabe Hopper.

Summer: terrestrial time

Robert Satterwhite

In the summer, when insect hatches are sparse, trout depend more on what falls into the water than what hatches in it. […]

Clothing, sunglasses, sunscreen and hydration are all ways to combat effects of the summer sun.

Take care of your hide

Jerry Dilsaver

Most fishermen have experience with sunburn and sweat, a couple of things that result from fishing during the summer. […]

American foresters might be at a disadvantage in the future under current rules for sustainable forest management.

Adjust sustainable forest

Jeff Burleson

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. […]

Speckled trout are one inshore species that will hit a multi-hook rig like the Vudu V-Rig (below).

Is one lure not enough?

Brian Cope

Offshore anglers have used teaser rigs for decades, showing fish like dolphin and billfish multiple lures swimming together. […]

Murrells Inlet is a flounder hot spot, but in summer, savvy anglers leave its inshore waters for nearshore reefs.

Don’t flounder around! Gulf flounder provide great summer opportunities for Murrells Inlet fishermen

Jeff Burleson

During the summer, Murrells Inlet’s blue waters and spectacular marsh walk draw a lot of people visiting the Grand Strand. […]

Fish terrestrials anywhere you would fish a dry fly or nymph.

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. […]

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