June 2015 Archives - Page 2 of 7

Planer boards make trolling work

Taylor Pardue

It wouldn’t be possible or effective to run a trolling setup without planer boards on the outer lines. […]

Don’t discard amberjacks; they can be eaten

Mike Marsh

When Russ Luhm nets an amberjack for his friend, Capt. Bruce Trujillo, he is already thinking about eating it. […]

Live bait equals better bites

Taylor Pardue

Nothing beats the real thing when it comes to bait. Lure manufacturers have spent millions of dollars researching and trying to replicate the movements of baitfish, but a cast net can provide the real thing over and over again. […]

Catawba has Scenic River designation

Brian Cope

The 30-mile stretch of the Catawba River from the base of the Lake Wylie Dam to the SC 9 bridge is designated as a State Scenic River, a classification given to only nine sections of rivers throughout the Palmetto State. […]

June is big-bass month on Catawba River

Brian Cope

Adam Fillmore, who owns Lake Wylie’s Hunt-Fish-Paddle, fishes the Catawba River several times a week in June, and he said it’s one of his favorite times to fish there. […]

Fish upriver: the alternative to piers

Tony Garitta

With the deep-water bite vanishing at High Rock, pounding piers is shallow water has become the norm at the lake. On any given day, a parade of fishermen marches along, flipping piers and docks along the shoreline. […]

Flipping can lead to fishing elbow

Tony Garitta

Flipping may be the most-effective way to fish piers and reach their hard-to-reach inner recesses, but its practitioners risk an injury known as “fishing elbow,” which can result in surgery. […]