March 2018 Archives - Page 2 of 5

Shooting under docks to get to hard-to-reach crappie is normally best done with a round-head jig that flutters when it falls.

When to tip a jig with a minnow

Jigs are great lures for loading the boat with crappie, but sometimes you’ll increase your chances of hooking slabs by tipping those jigs with live minnows. […]

Crappie/Bream

March’s best fishing bets

Phillip Gentry

March’s best fishing bets […]

Guide Dave Hilton said that weather fronts and the accompany high winds can make keeping your boat in postion to fish individual brush piles very difficult, so he’ll often adjust his fishing locations to avoid the wind.

Beat the weather for boat control

Terry Madewell

Weather systems are a recurring consideration in March, and guide Dave Hilton said it’s simply something anglers must anticipate and plan strategy accordingly. […]

Depending on the amount of freshwater in the Cape Fear River and its tributaries, saltwater fish are liable to show up in all kinds of areas.

Tidal, salt, fresh and brackish waters

Jerry Dilsaver

The rivers around Wilmington, N.C., are all tidal and have a significant tide change. The boundary between Coastal and Inland Waters in the Cape Fear is the downriver side of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. […]

Wilmington’s three rivers

Jerry Dilsaver

The area around downtown Wilmington, N.C., is home to three rivers — the Cape Fear, Northeast Cape Fear and Brunswick — plus, the Black River flows into the Cape Fear River about 10 miles upriver. […]

A kayak is a great platform for “shooting” a tiny jig back up under a dock during prime crappie fishing times.

Paddle, pedal to plenty of crappie

Phillip Gentry

March and crappie fishing go together like peas and carrots, but while many anglers fish for crappie, far fewer consider chasing the popular panfish from a paddleboat. […]

The Kula 5 can double as a bucket or a high-tech cooler.

it’s only a bucket, or is it?

Brian Cope

Besides rods, reels, line and hooks, what’s the most-common piece of fishing equipment carried by anglers fishing from the bank to million-dollar billfishing boats and every other class of angler in between? […]

A tuna salad, cooked with jerk seasoning and garnished with fruit, makes for a great spring meal.

Bluewater bounty

Jerry Dilsaver

I enjoy game as much as anyone, but I’m thinking fish for our March recipe. The cold weather from early January has had negative effects on several species of inshore fish, but the offshore fishing remained surprisingly good. […]

G. Loomis E6X Inshore Rod Series

Carolina Sportsman

If you’re looking for a new weapon of choice to target redfish and speckled trout this spring, the G. Loomis E6X Inshore Rod Series fills the bill and then some. […]

Don’t let the Kerr Lake slab spawn catch up to you.

Running the slab spawn

Dan Kibler

Saltwater fishermen often run the tide, moving from spot to spot within a bay or coastal creek to take advantage of a certain water depth where fish are biting. […]