March 2012 Archives - Page 5 of 7

Most of the crappie in Kerr Reservoir in March will be found on deep structure.

Lake of the Month: Kerr Reservoir

John H. Kerr Reservoir once had the reputation as a top-drawer lake to catch largemouth bass, striped bass and catfish. […]

Catch the spring wahoo run from Crystal Coast ports.

Wahoo! Wahoo!

Jerry Dilsaver

The Run Off isn’t the fastest charterboat on the Morehead City waterfront, but Capt. Brian Harrington and mate Marty Hiatt work hard to fill the fish box and usually do it well, even if it means a little earlier departure from port. […]

Corkin’ ’crackers

Phillip Gentry

Tackle and rigging for shellcrackers can be as simple as a No. 2 hook with a couple of split-shot up the line. Brad Taylor uses this type rig on many of his rods with a couple of simple modifications. […]

Hunting

Develop Good Maps

Jeff Burleson

Fortunately, the technological advances enable landowners’ access to a wealth of online data, including soil series maps, USGS topography maps and a myriad of current and historic aerial photographs. […]

Kenny Allen trolled up these two slab crappie at Jordan Lake.

Unlimited Slab Success

Dan Kibler

A lot of anglers might think that Kenny Allen of Brown Summit missed out on the heyday of crappie fishing at B. Everett Jordan Lake in the 1990s, a decade after the reservoir opened and was quickly labeled one of the Southeast’s best fisheries for both crappie and largemouth bass. […]

Wahoo will leave Gulf Stream waters and often move slightly inshore in the spring and fall, putting them in range of plenty of fishermen.

What’s about wahoo?

Jerry Dilsaver

There is not an abundance of information on wahoo, acanthocybium solanderi. […]

Top spring bass baits include (clockwise from top): spinnerbaits, frogs, plastic lizard, jig and chunk and crankbaits.

On the March

Brian Cope

The weather this month is tough to predict, but for catching largemouth bass on Lake Wateree, March is a sure thing, according to Ridgeway’s Brett Collins. […]

Returning pH levels to ideal and providing fertilization before the growing season will have positive effects on any pond.

Grow Big Fish — Enrichment

Jeff Burleson

With spring just around the corner and water temperatures on the rise, pond owners should proceed to the next level of their continual improvement program. […]

According to N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission surveys, black crappie far outnumber white crappie at Jordan Lake.

It’s all black and white

Dan Kibler

Most reservoirs support good populations of black crappie and white crappie, and despite pro angler Kenny Allen’s assertions that there are plenty of white crappie in Jordan Lake. […]

A planer bridle allows for the planer to easily be added or removed from the line.

The planer bridle rig

Jerry Dilsaver

While wahoo are often caught by baits and lures running at or just below the surface, a good number are caught well below the surface on outfits designed to fish there. […]