For many inshore anglers, winter is the time to pare down from a multitude of targets until warming water temperatures and baitfish bring the rest of the schools back out to play in the spring. […]
Reservoirs along the Yadkin River system are known for their large catfish, and Badin Lake is at the head of the class. […]
The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway provides safe travel from the northeast all the way to the gulf states via a system of connected canals and natural waterways. […]
No way around it, February is cold — especially in the morning. Inshore guides who brave the elements on a daily basis know a thing or two about staying comfortable when chasing reds in frigid weather. […]
Drifting onto the flat, you can see them, 50 or more, finning almost motionless in a foot of water that is so clear you can almost make out individual fish — but mostly it is just a mass of dark spots. […]
During his years of guiding and fishing the Broad River, Capt. Marv Copeland’s three favorite spots were essentially the only places he fished; they are that good. […]
According to a publication of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, when big, mature redfish congregate along the barrier-island beaches to spawn in August and September, redfish hatch and somehow work their way far up into small inshore creeks in a month, by which time they are a half-inch long. […]
Most redfish flies intended to mimic mud minnows, their primary winter forage, are either tied with weighted eyes — Clouser-style flies — or tied un-weighted, Deceiver-style flies. […]
After the Revolutionary War, a young Hessian soldier found a yellow rock lying in the bed of an almost dry creek that was part of the Yadkin River drainage. […]
The Pee Dee River begins at the confluence of the Yadkin and Uwharrie rivers, which happens to be beneath the waters of Lake Tillery, and that begs the question: Is Lake Tillery part of the Yadkin system or Pee Dee system? […]
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