Freshwater Fishing
Catch redfin pickerel by the bucketful
The best way to keep and carry redfin pickerel is in a plastic pail with a tight-fitting lid.
May 2016
Freshwater Fishing
Don’t carp about redfin size
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Angler Recognition Program awards outstanding catches with a suitable-for-framing certificate featuring the artwork of Duane River.
Inshore Fishing
Cobia season will close June 20
South Carolina’s cobia numbers have been on a roller-coaster over the past 10 years after a relatively stable recreational harvest through the 1980s and 1990s.
Bass Fishing
Santee Cooper striped bass plan is prepared
Restoring the striped bass fishery on the Santee Cooper lakes with the 26-inch size minimum,a three-fish creel limit, and closed summer season was the goal of a seven-year plan formulated by the Santee Cooper Striped Bass Stakeholders Committee and the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.
Bass Fishing
May: Time to cover lots of water for bass fishing
Many bass fisherman do not like the month of May. Many fish are in a post-spawn funk, and fish tend to be scattered. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Crawl in bed with bream
May is a tough month if you’re just trying to catch one fish species. Both water and air temperatures are pleasantly warm, and most fish are still relatively shallow. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Sample Cherokee waters for trout fishing
Cherokee Reservation Enterprise Waters are well known as some of the best catch-and-keep trout fisheries in North Carolina’s mountains, offering generous creel limits and heavily stocked streams.
Fishing
Go to the reef, in spades
That’s the fish right there that you want me to hook? I’m gonna yank him straight into the boat,” an angler told guide Robert McCarley one day last May, while fishing a nearshore reef out of Georgetown. […]
Fishing
If it makes scents, use it – Scent-enhanced baits that attract different fish
Much like fine perfumes, scented body wash and “Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific” shampoo, not all odors are bad ones. That’s a very basic and simple way to approach scents, but the truth is that beauty is indeed in the nose of the beholder. […]
Bass Fishing
Beat the bushes for Kerr Lake bass
After a battle with largemouth bass virus that infected about 40 percent of its population before running its course, John H. Kerr Reservoir’s largemouth bass have recovered, as fishermen discovered the past couple of years. And while the spawn ends for most North Carolina chub chasers on most lakes by the end of April, there’s still plenty of reason to visit John H. Kerr Reservoir, aka Buggs Island, in May.