July 2015 Archives - Page 3 of 6

Summer is a great and important time to reduce local populations of feral hogs.

Fire up feral hog-trapping efforts

The feral hog explosion continues, and for landowners in the Carolinas, swine invasion is far less than divine. […]

North Carolina and South Carolina manage flounder with different creel limits and minimum sizes.

Changing regulations

Many bordering states have some sort of reciprocal agreement for fishermen plying border waters, but North Carolina and South Carolina do not, possibly because of the significant differences in the way several species are regulated. […]

Whitey Outlaw shows off a mixed stringer of blue and channel cats caught in the Congaree River on catalpa worms.

The Congaree catfish connection

Terry Madewell

In the extreme upper end of Lake Marion, above where the convergence of the Congaree and Wateree rivers to form the Santee River, Whitey Outlaw from St. Matthews regularly mauls catfish in the Congaree. […]

The Cooper River downstream from Lake Moultrie has a great trophy fishery for blue catfish.

Cooper River cats

Terry Madewell

Great fishing for catfish is not confined to the Santee Cooper lakes and the Diversion Canal; there’s outstanding fishing in the Cooper River below Lake Moultrie. […]

Most old drum caught under popping corks wind up with the hook in the corner of their mouths, not deep in their throats.

Popping cork rig is better conservation measure

Jeff Burleson

Over the past 20 years, the old drum fishery in the Pamlico Sound has grown to epic proportions. […]

Guide Joel Richardson fishes around one of Randleman Reservoir’s many laydown trees that have been cut and cabled to their stumps.

Find Randleman’s bass hotels

Craig Holt

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. […]

Finding schools of baitfish, like these under attack from predators, is the key to keeping up with the movements of old drum.

Stay on the fish

Jeff Burleson

The Pamlico Sound is the largest saltwater lagoon along the eastern seaboard and the second-largest in the United States. […]

Jim Crouse’s custom-made paddles can be both useful to paddlers and decorative to persons who appreciate the artful side of woodworking.

Just paddlin’ around

Pete Rogers

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. […]

Fishermen can fish streamers either downstream or upstream, although they might be more effective downstream.

Sculpzilla: king streamer

Robert Satterwhite

Streamers are flies that imitate a variety of aquatic life, especially minnows, and when fly fishers fish big waters for big trout, they’ll usually tie on a streamer. […]

Amy Gentry works with powerboats every day, but most of her fishing is done from a paddleboard or a kayak.

Standing room only

Phillip Gentry

What does a girl who is a service manager for a marine dealership, who spends all her time fussing over boats and motors, do to unwind after a hard day at work? She goes fishing on a paddleboard. […]