Fishing

Portable rulers you carry

It’s an early June morning, and while you know the sweltering heat will come soon, now it’s relatively cool, and you’re hoping for a quick limit so you can get back to the dock before the sun gets too high. And BAM! just like that, you’re into them. 

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Fishing

Slow down and fish small

Have you had one of those days when you could see fish feeding but couldn’t get them to bite anything? If you answered “No,” please call me to go fishing; I want to know what you’re using. For the rest of us, I’m going to offer a few ideas that have worked in the past.

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Striper tactics for Lake James smallmouths

Colt Bass slipped a hook through the nose of a gizzard shad, and with a flick of his wrist, flipped the baitfish into the water. He started paying out line from the level-wind reel, with help from a planer board that was sliding to the side, away from the stern of his center-console boat, engaging the reel handle when the board was at the proper distance.

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Bream busters flock to North Carolina’s Northest Cape Fear River

Webster’s dictionary defines “idyllic” as “charmingly simple or picturesque.” If any place in the world meets that definition, it is the Northeast Cape Fear River. With banks shaded by cypress, gum, oak, hickory and pine trees wearing wigs of Spanish moss that waft in the gentlest breeze, it is one of the one of the most-beautiful blackwater rivers in North Carolina. […]

Fishing

The Bait Sack

The Bait Sack is a secure lure protector that will shield your tackle from damage and untimely tangles. It will also protect you and the people you fish with from injury. The Bait Sack comes in three sizes: Small (3.75” x 5.25”), Medium (4.5” x 7.5”) and Large (5.25” x 9.5”). Eliminate potential hook mishaps in seconds with this no-nonsense marine-grade vinyl pouch and clever clip system.

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