June 2018 Archives - Page 5 of 5

Spanish mackerel numbers peak along southern NC Coast

Trolling for Spanish mackerel off North Carolina’s southern beaches is one of the highlights of June fishing. […]

South Carolina angler Matt Outlaw said not all crappie go deep in the summer; if there’s grass around, crappie will be shallow.

Santee’s grass slabs

Matt Outlaw of St. Matthews, S.C., doesn’t agree with one thing that many crappie fishermen believe — that crappie scatter and disappear in deep water during the summer. […]

Cobia spend the last few weeks of spring cruising the beaches along the North Carolina-South Carolina line.

Border cobia make big nearshore appearance

Jeff Burleson

Nothing says summer is coming like pitching a live menhaden to a 50-pound cobia 20 feet from the boat. […]

Guide Robbie Hall and daughter Lauren ran into this nice red in the marshes around Swansboro.

Hungry marsh reds have plenty of options on central NC coast

Craig Holt

Think about freshwater gamefish that try to eat topwaters, soft-plastic lures and live baits: largemouth and smallmouth bass, trout, bream and stripers, to name a few. […]

Bass pro Brad Staley said bass head to Randleman Lake’s offshore structure in June.

Randleman Lake bass head to structure

Tony Garitta

Bass pro Brad Staley of Pleasant Garden, N.C., said June is one of his favorite months to fish for bass at Randleman Lake, the 3,007-acre reservoir governed by the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority, one of his home waters. […]

The 2018-19 North Carolina migratory bird seasons have been set, including duck hunting's three sections that run Oct. 3-6, Nov. 10-Dec.1, and Dec. 15-Jan 26.

NC sets migratory bird seasons for 2018-19

Dan Kibler

North Carolina officials set migratory bird seasons for 2018-19 in late April, with a few changes in store for waterfowl hunters. […]

Roger Kendrick of Townville, SC and Billy Lewis of Liberty, SC doubled up on citation brown trout on Saturday, April 21 while trolling spoons behind downrigger balls.

Jocassee anglers double up on citation brown trout

Phillip Gentry

Billy Lewis of Liberty, S.C. knew the trout fishing on Lake Jocassee would be good during the latter part of April. On previous trips the weeks before, he started dialing in on a good pattern trolling flutter spoons from downrigger balls behind his pontoon boat and had already caught a couple of limits. […]

Stanley Farmer has killed his share of gobblers over the years, but this one was really special, and not just because of the seven beards.

Rockingham County hunter bags 7-bearded gobbler

Jerry Dilsaver

Stanley Farmer of Stoneville, N.C. was expecting to see a gobbler and probably get a shot when he headed to a series of connected food plots on a Rockingham County, N.C. farm shortly after lunch on April 17, but the long-time turkey hunter wasn’t prepared for either the show he was treated to, or the trophy turkey with seven beards he bagged around 1:30 p.m. […]