June 2015 Archives - Page 4 of 7

Bright-colored jigheads and soft-plastic baits will attraction attention and strikes from flounder.

Go big and go flashy

The size of a bait and presentation is often critical for duping a fish into biting, and quite often, natural baits in muted colors are exactly what the doctor ordered. […]

Recovered from the spawn, bass will get their appetites back in June.

It doesn’t get any better

David Fritts

Across North Carolina, I think June is the best month to fish for bass. When you wake up in the morning this month, you need to take all the vacation time you’ve got and go to the lake. […]

Slab crappie will start to show up this month around deep brush on both Santee Cooper lakes.

Don’t put tackle away

Terry Madewell

Striper season officially shuts down on the Santee Cooper lakes from June through September, so anglers will focus on other fish for the next four months. […]

In addition to financial benefits, conservation easements help keep woods and fields free from development and, hopefully, full of game.

Hunting and other outdoor recreational activities are considered national pastimes with roots in practically all 50 states, from hunting whitetail deer on the eastern shore of Maryland and targeting sandhill cranes in East Texas to shooting a limit of divers on Lake Mattamuskeet in eastern North Carolina. […]

Knowing the location of color changes, and temperature and current breaks can help locate bluewater species like this dolphin.

Purchase an advantage

Brian Cope

A number of pelagic species are biting this month, and with Daylight Savings Time in full swing, anglers have more time on their fishing days. […]

Cork rigs are a staple of fishermen targeting inshore species like speckled trout.

Bobber-stop business

Jerry Dilsaver

I’m really not thinking about that song by the Beach Boys, but the catches that come from fishing a bobber-stopper rig can be enough to make you want to sing. […]

Casey Ashley, the reigning Bassmasters Classic champion, loves to fish topwater baits on Kerr Lake in June, and his catches reflect that.

June at Kerr: Hard to top

David A. Brown

The year’s sixth month marks the beginning of a transitional period. Summer arrives on June 21, but there’s a lot of room for crossover, so anglers will do well to mind these margins and make the most of what a day offers. […]

Big amberjack like this one can put a real strain on even the heaviest of tackle, in part because the fish are almost always caught around line-breaking structure.

Just jackin’ around – Want to get your string stretched by a beast? Try an amberjack on for size.

Mike Marsh

On a hot and sticky morning, Capt. Jamie Rushing of Seagate Charters launched his 21-toot center console at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s public boat ramp at Wrightsville Beach and headed south toward Masonboro Inlet, getting out early to beat the crowd. […]

The hotter it gets, the deeper in thick cover bass will bury up, places where only a lure like a hollow-body frog can drag them out of.

Froggie went a courtin’…

Brian Cope

Bass fishing in June. Does it get any better? You hit your favorite fishing spot armed with crankbaits, spinnerbaits and buzzbaits; you’re ready to go on a spot you’ve been staying up nights dreaming about. […]

Guide Jimmy Skinner shows off the kind of mixed stringer of whiting and croaker visitors to Edisto Beach often catch.

Saltwater panfish gold – Croaker, whiting are real crowd-pleasers around Edisto when the water heats up in summer

Phillip Gentry

Short of watching a bobber dance before it zooms beneath the water’s surface, the feel of a weight holding tight to the bottom and a solid series of thumps is probably one of the most cherished fishing moments many of us have. […]