Inshore Fishing
Paddle close to home
Everyone who has ever put a line in the water understands the best places to fish are not always in huge lakes and rivers. […]
June 2014
Bass Fishing
Crank ‘em up in June
Like most bass fishermen, I like to fish shallow in the spring, and there’s no question that in March, April and May, the fishing is good, but you have to sort of grind it out and catch one here and one there for a good limit. […]
Bass Fishing
Mister Twister’s Magnum Sin-Sation
What soft-plastic creature bait has an oversized, curved, a wide tail, an hour glass-shaped body lined with air pockets and distinctive wings that remind so many veteran bass anglers of a popular Mister Twister soft plastic first introduced in 1976? […]
Bass Fishing
June can be best month
June has always been one of my favorite months to fish for bass in North Carolina, and not just because there’s usually a great crankbait bite. […]
Hunting
Tales from the camp
Fervent Rainwater shifted his cud as I walked up to the camp porch, and spit a long stream of Skoal between the paws of Ol’ Blue, the redbone hound lying at his feet. […]
Fishing
Get the picture?
Strangely enough, the reservoirs on our nation’s river systems were not originally constructed to give us places to fish; they were built to control traditional spring floods that destroyed crops and homes. […]
Freshwater Fishing
June offers consistency
Although striper season is closed for four months, there’s still plenty of great action on several species at Santee Cooper. […]
Inshore Fishing
Moving water required
Fishermen in the sounds north of Oregon Inlet do not see lunar tides; they lose their influence about half-way to Manteo. […]
Inshore Fishing
Getting rigged for slammers
When fishing for any of the species that make up the inshore slam, some anglers use the same equipment and some vary slightly. […]
Offshore Fishing
The Big Rock is a big deal
From the literary era of Ernest Hemmingway, to the early days of television to the fast paced, technical-savvy offshore anglers of the 21st century, the blue marlin reigns as one of the most storied big-game sportfish on the Atlantic seaboard. […]