March 2017 Archives - Page 2 of 4

Electroshocking surveys show that Falls of Neuse Lake is loaded with healthy bass like this one caught by Todd Massey of Chapel Hill.

By the numbers, Falls of Neuse is NC’s top lake for largemouth bass

Bass fishing often is a numbers game. By one analysis, Falls of the Neuse Lake may be North Carolina’s best bass lake. […]

Learn everything you can about using your electronics, and your prespawn bass fishing will improve.

Use electronics to find fish-holding structure

Pete Rogers

Steve Pietrykowski of Fishski Business Guided Fishing said one thing that Lake Hartwell bass fishermen can do to improve their catches is to learn to use their electronics. […]

Don’t get frustrated being in the back of a bass boat when fish are bedding and sight-casting is the ticket. Plenty of fish are still in range, moving into the same coves in slightly deeper water.

Back-of-the-boat bed fishing tips

Ronnie Moore

Sight-fishing for spawning bass can be tough on the angler in the back of a bass boat, especially in a tournament situation where both are competing but only the angler on the front deck has a real shot at the fish. […]

Sometimes, two hunters operating separately but not independently can put a gobbler in a fatal squeeze.

Team up on tough turkeys

Terry Madewell

Turkey hunting can be the ultimate solitary hunting sport, but sometimes two hunters are better than one. […]

Joey Murphy often winds up making some interesting moves to get into position to call to a turkey gobbler.

Put the sneak on a gobbler

Terry Madewell

Custom call-maker Joey Murphy of Linwood, N.C., said some gobblers haven’t read the ‘how-to’ books on turkey hunting. They frequently play by a different set of rules. […]

Power Pole’s addition of drift paddles has given a shallow water anchoring system new life for deeper water fishing.

Power Pole attachment will keep the wind at bay for crappie trollers

Phillip Gentry

Crappie pro Matthew Outlaw said his favorite tactic in any season entails tight- lining combinations of jigs and minnows along channel breaks and over the tops and sides of submerged timber and brush. […]

Patterning your shotgun

Pete Rogers

One of the most-overlooked aspects of hunting with a smoothbore is the act of getting a good pattern for your shotgun. […]

Scratching in the leaves while calling quietly is a great tactic to give an approaching gobbler a sense of security.

When things gets tough, scratch out a tom

Terry Madewell

Hunters love it when a turkey plan comes together right off the get-go, but sometimes a wary old gobbler will tease you with booming gobbles, but sit tight on his turf. Instead of scratching your noggin for answers, just simply scratch…literally. […]

This nice redfish would be a keeper in North Carolina waters, but an inch or two too long to keep in South Carolina waters.

Keep up with inshore fishing regs when you fish along the North Carolina-South Carolina border

Jerry Dilsaver

Fishing the area around Little River Inlet is unique, if only because you can cross the North Carolina-South Carolina border several times in a day’s trip, and because there isn’t a reciprocal licensing agreement between the states and because of regulation differences, things can get interesting. […]