Freshwater Fishing
Tenkara Jam set for October
The third-annual Appalachian Tenkara Jam is scheduled Oct. 15-16 in Cherokee, with tenkara fishing lessons offered by the Appalachian Tenkara Anglers. […]
June 2016
Inshore Fishing
Get reds on top before they move up on tailing flats
Tailing redfish is one of the most exciting ways to stretch a line in saltwater. It is often more like hunting because anglers are looking for fish across the grassy flats and stalking ever so stealthily. If sight-fishing in shallow water isn’t enough, throwing surface flies to reds will sure get an angler’s blood flowing. […]
Freshwater Fishing
How are white perch, herring changing Lake James’ fishery?
Guide Colt Bass said that Lake James is developing and changing as a freshwater fishery because of the presence of two species and the reappearance of another. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Use planer boards around striper hot spots
Guides Brad Taylor and Mike Glover agree that covering a wide swath of water enhances your odds of success when fishing live bait for stripers. The way they accomplish that is with planer boards. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Follow the transition to summer stripers
By late June, hot-weather patterns typically set in on Lake Murray, but the striper fishing continues to be red hot for those adapting to deep-water patterns. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Warmouth: more mouth than anything
By late May, Northeast Cape Fear River anglers begin catching an abundance of warmouth sunfish. Some anglers call them “more-mouths” because they say they are more mouth than anything else. Another popular name is “goggle-eye.” […]
Bass Fishing
June is worth the wait – Hungry bass can make your day all-month long
Since I became a bass fishermen so many years ago, there’s one thing I came to believe, and I’ve never taken it back. There is no better month to fish on our North Carolina lakes and rivers than June. I think it is absolutely the best month to fish, because bass are everywhere, hitting just about anything you want to throw at them. […]
Bass Fishing
Don’t quit thinking bass
Spring spawning for largemouths at Santee Cooper is in the rear-view mirror, but looking forward, the opportunity to catch bass, including trophies, is still a focal point for anglers. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Kayaks + catfish = Great June fishing
Setting up your kayak to target catfish may seem like the simplest thing in the world. Although anglers have caught catfish by casting, the vast majority of catfish are caught basically the same way: using multiple rods baited with some type of cut, live or manufactured baits. […]
Freshwater Fishing
From stem to stern – Three days, three distinct Oconaluftee fisheries
The Oconaluftee River is widely considered one of the top trout streams in North Carolina’s mountains, offering a mix of wild rainbow trout and a smaller population of brown trout in its upper reaches and large stocked trout in the lower section. It is also a rarity in that is has three distinct fisheries. […]