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Cover: June 2016 (NC)
June is busting out all over North Carolina’s coastline, with nice flounder making their first big appearance of the year.
June 2016
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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Blues in the pitch-black – After dark catfish action on Lake Wateree heats up this month
Lake Wateree is fast becoming known as a “go-to” location for big catfish, with more and more anglers headed for the Midlands lake in search of big blues. Rodger Taylor of Rock Hill’s Catfish On! Guide Service has been fishing the 13,864-acre lake for years, and beginning in June, he likes to start fishing after dark.
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Be a flounder pounder as June arrives along the coast of Brunswick County, N.C.
As the days grow longer and warmer as May gets ready to give way to June, flounder fishing along the Brunswick County coast from Holden Beach west to the South Carolina state line gets tough to beat.
That’s when finger mullet and menhaden, favorite meals of flounder, begin to stream through Mad, Tubbs, Lockwood Folly and Shallotte inlets into rivers and creeks and then spread across the marsh.
Hunting
Wildlife XP Compact Binoculars
Steiner recently announces the expansion of their Wildlife XP line to include the 8×24, 10×26 and 10.5×28 Wildlife XP Compact binoculars. Unlike most compact binoculars, these are completely waterproof up to 2 meters, with a nitrogen-pressure-filled interior that is fogproof. These lightweight binoculars are small and tough enough to tag along on any outdoor adventure.
Inshore Fishing
St. Croix Avid Inshore
Designed specifically for inshore saltwater angling, the Avid Inshore series from St. Croix Rod includes 22 spinning and casting models that will help you catch redfish, trout, flounder and drum. […]
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Bronzeback Heaven – Tips for fishing for smallmouth on South Carolina’s Broad River
“Do you see that line between here and the bank where the eddy meets the current? Cast upriver at about a 45-degree angle to the other side of that line and reel in quickly,” guide Mike McSwain said on a hot June day while fishing on the Broad River.
McSwain’s client did as instructed, and as the Mepps spinner got to where it was supposed to, something slammed the lure, the rod bent over, and the spinning reel’s drag sang out.
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Trick or treat tackle – Popping corks trick fish and treat fishermen
Call it trick-or-treat fishing. No Halloween connection here, but popping cork rigs are definitely designed to trick fish into finding a treat — one that’s actually more of a trick itself. […]
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River-run flatfish – Flounder fishing takes off in June in the lower Cape Fear River
When Amanda King arrived in Wilmington a while back to attend college, she knew the Cape Fear coast was a special place and that she would probably be staying. She wound up working at the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher running their surf-fishing seminars and similar projects, and doubling as a fishing guide who specializes in leading ladies and kids on trips exploring the Cape Fear River downstream from Wilmington to Southport from her Carolina Beach home.
Currents
Keep your hands off coyote bounty cash
Once again, some folks in the state legislature have made a decision that’s short-sighted at best and downright stupid at worst. […]