The mist was thick as Trea Everett buzzed Simons Hane’s flats boat through the winding creek that separates Lady’s and Dataw islands, and gives quick and easy access to the creeks and marshes north and east of US 21 when the tide is high enough. […]
March Madness isn’t confined to basketball courts. Another sports-related frenzy takes place this month on Lake Tillery, an inconspicuous 5,260-acre reservoir on the Yadkin/Pee Dee system that forms the border between Montgomery and Stanly counties in North Carolina’s rural, southern Piedmont. […]
Most South Carolina fishermen are familiar with the annual fall shrimp baiting season, but there is also a season for shrimp caught using seines and cast nets, but without bait. […]
According to biologist Troy Thompson of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, anglers can anticipate excellent crappie fishing at Lake Tillery this season. […]
The Rule of Twelfths is a guideline for determining where the tide is in the rise and fall cycle and how swiftly the current is running. […]
Fisherman Robert Patterson, who has a lakeside home on Lake Tillery, has incorporated a blog on the lake on his website. […]
The tidal change in the Beaufort area is one of the more extreme along the entire southeastern coastline. The average high tide exceeds seven feet, and the highest projected for March is 8.5 feet. […]
Guide Ron Davis of Edisto Island said the redfish around Edisto are still in their tight, winter schools, making them easy to spot – but not always easy to entice into biting. […]
Badin Lake has the reputation for being one of the first reservoirs on the Yadkin River system – or in all of North Carolina – to wake up when spring hovers on the horizon. […]
Capt. Tuck Scott at Bay Street Outfitters in Beaufort said that fishing in his area has been strong over the past few days for both speckled trout and redfish, but it hasn’t been as easy as just tossing out a hunk of cut bait and waiting for a bite. […]
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