June 2012 Archives - Page 6 of 7

Golden tilefish are a beautiful deep-water bottomfish that live on the slopes of canyons along the Atlantic coast.

Canyon hopping for tilefish

Golden tilefish are canyon fish. North of the Virginia state line, boats from Lynnhaven Inlet go to the slopes of the Norfolk Canyon or farther north to Baltimore Canyon. […]

Gulls and terns picking at the surface around oyster bars can reveal the location of baitfish and hungry specks.

Bird watching

Jeff Burleson

Speckled trout feast on the thousands of small minnows and juvenile fish that invade the estuaries in summer. […]

This Piedmont reservoir is one of North Carolina’s most-underrated fishing holes.

Lake of the Month: High Rock

Dan Kibler

High Rock Lake is a reservoir on the Yadkin River south of Lexington that covers approximately 15,000 surface acres of water. […]

Golden tilefish prefer muddy bottoms along the slopes into canyons where they can ambush passing prey.

Future of golden tilefish looks bright

Bob Goldstein

There appears to be no danger of golden tilefish being fished out under current management. The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s recently concluded stock assessment resulted in a doubling of the commercial allocation. Can expanded recreational fishing be far behind? […]

Periods of low light around dawn and dusk will bring hungry specks into the shallows, where they’ll readily hit topwater baits.

Return and rebuild

Jeff Burleson

Anglers across the country covet the speckled trout for tackle-testing battles, feisty behavior and, of course, their tasty, flaky, flesh. […]

Blueback herring cause anglers to change fishing tactics.

Rebound bass

Craig Holt

By June, the best part of the bass-fishing year has faded into the rearview mirror. […]

Golden tilefish rigs consist of a 2-pound weight and a single, 12/0 to 18/0 circle hook.

Biggest recorded fish kill involved tiles

Bob Goldstein

Golden tilefish suffered the largest-recorded Atlantic fish kill in March 1882, when billions were killed by an easterly shift of the Gulf Stream, chilling them in their habitat at the edge of the Continental Shelf where they had always been protected by warm Gulf waters. […]

The author admires a redfish caught on a fly rod on a tailing flat off the Coosaw River.

Tailing flats and tides

Bryan Bowers

The Coosaw River contains many tailing flats, but differentiating them from deeper marsh grass by boat is no easy task. […]

A surgeon’s knot pulled almost tight. The line wraps into a figure- 8 shape that strengthens and cushions the knot.

A knotty situation

Jerry Dilsaver

The knot is the link in all fishing tackle that is subjected to the most stress during a fight. Even worse, knots are subjected to the stress, strain, abrasion and all other abuse for fish after fish after fish. […]

The hybrid Bad Boy Buggies Ambush is designed for rough terrain while providing economical operation.

Off-road hybrids

Allan Tarvid

Anybody who runs a boat with a gas engine on the back and an electric motor on the front is familiar with the gas-electric hybrid concept. […]

Mason Kennington’s banded dove

Dove

Mason Kennington of Kershaw County, SC killed his first banded dove while hunting one of SC’s federal fields in early September 2026. […]

Bass fishing

Bass

I threw in a Rooster Tail and it bit. –Kolton Burnett

First Deer With Daddy

Bag a Buck

Kolbie Hayes Scott of Paxville, SC killed her first deer, a 9-point buck in Clarendon County, SC on Sept. 4, 2026. […]

5-year-old kills first buck

Deer

Five-year-old Kolbie Hayes Scott, 5-years-old, killed her first buck, which was also her first deer, in Clarendon County, SC. […]

Off camera

Bag a Buck

Emma Morris of Timmonsville, SC killed a 9-point buck in Florence County, SC on Sept. 7, 2026. […]