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Steve Strong’s breakaway anchor system can save the expense of purchasing expensive anchors and replacing them when they hang up on the bottom.

Anchor trick

Veteran catfish tournament angler Steve Strong has lost count of the number of anchors he has sacrificed to the bottom. […]

Getting a grouper away from the bottom structure almost immediately after the hookset is crucial so the strong fish can’t get around rocks and cut your line.

Grouper tackle and rigging

Chris Burrows

To be successful, grouper, tackle must be very specific and virtually bulletproof. The name of the game is to immediately pull heavy, strong fish away from structure that can destroy leaders. […]

When it comes to doing stock assessments and research, catfish are well down the list for most wildlife agencies, including North Carolina’s.

Taking stock

Phillip Gentry

Of fisheries stock assessments, catfish surveys tend to fall farther down the list than other popular species such as black bass, stripers and crappie. […]

B’n’M’s Silver Cat rods are designed to give fishermen targeting catfish a strong, sensitive rod.

B’n’M unveils new catfish rods

Phillip Gentry

A leader in the crappie and panfish industry, B’n’M Poles has unveiled a line of catfish rods. The Silver Cat series is the companies’ first move into the catfishing world. […]

A homemade mud anchor is a quick and inexpensive alternative to more-expensive shallow-water anchoring systems.

A mud anchor or “Cajun anchor” is a popular device used by anglers when fishing shallow waters. Designed to hold a boat in place quickly, it was the predecessor of today’s modern Power Poles and Anchor pins that deploy mechanically. […]

Blackfin tuna are one of a handful of bluewater predators being caught on Gulf Stream trips out of Charleston.

Gulf Stream action consistently good out of Charleston

Brian Cope

A mixed bag awaits South Carolina anglers heading to the Gulf Stream, and trolling is a good method of putting them in the boat. […]

Steven Cutting, Tyler Mayhew and Kolt Whitley display three big High Rock Lake catfish.

It’s time for big flathead catfish at High Rock Lake

Tony Garitta

Most Americans love anything that’s big: movies, cars, motors, meals and events – and fishermen are no different. […]

Big flathead and blue catfish have been biting at Blewett Falls Lake.

Blue cats and flatheads lighting up anglers at Blewett Falls Lake

Tony Garitta

For the past two weeks, fishermen visiting Blewett Falls Lake on the lower end of the Yadkin/Pee Dee system have had their choice of wrestling blue catfish from 10 to 20 pounds or flatheads from 20 to 30 pounds. […]

As the water begins to cool in September, gag grouper leave deeper water and move toward the beach, within the range of a lot of fishermen.

Gag Reflex – Two months of great bottom-fishing await anglers from Little River, Calbash, Ocean Isle

Chris Burrows

On a crisp, late September morning, with the sun just promising to rise, there is a flurry of activity at the Ocean Isle Fishing Center. […]

From his specialized bait rig to his custo-built boat, guide Robbie Burr is ready when he heads to Blewett Falls Lake to tangle with big flathead catfish.

The Flathead Falls – Blewett Falls might be best lake on the Yadkin/Pee Dee system for flathead catfish

Phillip Gentry

A day of fishing begins early for Robbie Burr of Lilesville. A catfish guide who operates Pee Dee Fishing Adventures, Burr often meets his clients somewhere around daylight, and in order to make that appointment, he typically has to be on the water several hours earlier, launch his boat and catch bait for the day’s fishing, then trailer the boat and drive to pick up his clients. […]