June 2016 Archives - Page 3 of 6

Periods of falling barometric pressure will encourage mountain trout like this brown to feed.

Expert tips will help trout fishermen

After decades of observing and studying, Lance Milks of Greensboro is an encyclopedia of trout knowledge. […]

Find deeper pools where redfish stage before entering tailing flats and try them on topwater gurglers.

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. […]

The tenkara style of fishing for trout will be on display at the two-day Tenkara Jam this October in Cherokee.

Tenkara Jam set for October

Craig Holt

The third-annual Appalachian Tenkara Jam is scheduled Oct. 15-16 in Cherokee, with tenkara fishing lessons offered by the Appalachian Tenkara Anglers. […]

Planer boards allow striper fishermen to cover a wide swath of water with their baits and to get them away from the boat in shallow, clear-water situations.

Use planer boards around striper hot spots

Terry Madewell

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. […]

White perch are a bonus for fishermen trolling spoons and plugs for Lake James smallmouth bass.

How are white perch, herring changing Lake James’ fishery?

Dan Kibler

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. […]

Fishermen who can follow stripers on their transition from shallower, spring patterns to deeper, summer areas, can catch limits consistently.

Follow the transition to summer stripers

Terry Madewell

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. […]

Crankbaits are a great tool when bass move out on offshore structure, especially when they’re ganged up like they often are in June.

June is worth the wait – Hungry bass can make your day all-month long

David Fritts

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. […]

Guide Inky Davis said finding the depth where June bass are holding is a key to fishing success.

Don’t quit thinking bass

Terry Madewell

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. […]

Rigging for catfish requires rod holders,
a place to store your catch, and an anchoring system that will let you move from spot to spot quickly.

Kayaks + catfish = Great June fishing

Phillip Gentry

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. […]

The upper section of the Oconaluftee River in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers some beautiful scenery.

From stem to stern – Three days, three distinct Oconaluftee fisheries

Robert Satterwhite

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. […]