Inshore Fishing
Trout talk
Did you know that trout talk?
Speckled trout are not a member of the trout family (salmonidae), but of the drum family (sciaenidae), and they make drumming noises just like red drum and black drum. […]
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Trout on a fly
Yes, you can catch speckled trout on a fly rod, and when you get into a school, the action can be “a fish on every cast” frantic. […]
Bass Fishing
Sight fishing can create problems
Guide Joel Richardson said sight fishing for bedding bass at Randleman Reservoir is difficult. […]
Bass Fishing
A guide’s guide to North Carolina’s best spring bass lakes
Bass fishermen are as crazy over statistics as hard-core baseball fans, so a popular topics among North Carolina chub chasers is which lake is the hottest around during the spring. […]
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Water clears enough at High Rock for stripers to start biting again
Robert and Tyler Moss and Morgan Holcomb, all from Trinity, got sassy with High Rock stripers this past Saturday near the mouth of Abbotts Creek during the Tarheel Striper Club tournament. […]
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Charleston-area trout bite picking up as waters warm
“Can you see where the sea grass makes a straight line where it meets the water, then the grass juts in to make a little pocket? That’s a great spot for redfish or trout.” said Capt. Amy Little of Fine Lines Charters as one of her clients tossed a mud minnow under a popping cork to the spot. […]
Inshore Fishing
April opens cobia love
Many anglers choose to keep their excursions down to a minimum during the colder months. Cold and South Carolina don’t necessarily go well together, so when spring returns, eager saltwater fishermen are not far behind it. […]
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April kicks off a great spring for speckled trout in the Bulls Bay area.
Few people need a calendar to know when spring arrives; the warm weather, new foliage and blooms erupt across the landscape. […]
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The spring trout bite can be a great time to take a great speck in South Carolina’s Lowcountry waters.
Redfish are our No. 1 year-round saltwater target, really the only inshore fish we catch with any consistency during the coldest months. But now with the warming water, baitfish and other forms of forage return to shallow water, and so do the trout. […]
Bass Fishing
Relatively new Randleman Reservoir has all the makings of a great spring bass lake
If February and March are months when a queen-size bass might show interest in a lure, April is the time that anglers have the best chance to encounter truckloads of chubs. […]