Inshore Fishing
Popping cork rig is better conservation measure
Over the past 20 years, the old drum fishery in the Pamlico Sound has grown to epic proportions. […]
July 2015
Freshwater Fishing
Find Randleman’s bass hotels
Fishermen who once fished flooded trees on either side of the narrow New Hope Creek channel in Jordan Lake will remember how those spots concentrated largemouths. […]
Inshore Fishing
Stay on the fish
The Pamlico Sound is the largest saltwater lagoon along the eastern seaboard and the second-largest in the United States. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Just paddlin’ around
Next door to Pure Bubba, a tackle shop in Nichols, is a shop where Jim Crouse has been making custom paddles for anglers and collectors for more than 20 years. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Go light for treetop worm fishing
Using soft-plastic lures such as worms and lizards is an effective technique for hauling bass from submerged wooden structure in reservoirs, but heavy weights don’t work well when fish are suspended in the upper reaches of the water column, where shad often prefer to hang out. […]
Freshwater Fishing
The lowdown on downriggers
Trolling open, deep water is a lethal tactic for a number of different species of fish, but problems develop in trying to place a bait at a specified depth on line that ultimately ends up in the hands of the angler at the surface. […]
Sheepshead
Size limits promote sustainability
Sheepshead are foreign to some anglers and common to others. For those familiar with them, their courageous battles are memorable to say the least. […]
Inshore Fishing
Catch your own bait
Sheepshead are omnivorous and will eat about anything attached to or living close to structure, putting oysters, clams, barnacles, crabs, shrimp and mussels are on their menu. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Strike out for a reaction
Whether you call it power-jigging, speed-jigging, or speed-reeling, the technique has been proven effective at catching numerous offshore saltwater species, striped bass and now, hybrid bass. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Opportunities on top
Conventional fishing wisdom says that topwater baits should be retired shortly after sunrise, not to be picked up again until shortly before sunset. […]