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NCWRC reopens Masons Landing boating access area
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has completed renovations and reopened the Masons Landing boating access area located at 625 Clarks Neck Road in Washington in Beaufort County. […]
Southeast NC
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Hail to the Spanish!
Spanish mackerel are favorites of many North Carolina fishermen, especially along the southern coast. Their popularity is based on four undeniable traits:
Bass Fishing
Key on shad, bream beds
The bluegill and shad spawns add up to a big bonanza for bass fishermen on Lake Wateree this month, according to tournament angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden.
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Catch Carolina Beach speckled trout with these lures and tips
By the time day broke over Buzzard’s Bay on Tuesday morning, Lewis Emery of Tails Up Charters in Carolina Beach and his buddy, Larry Essick, already had a handful of speckled trout in the boat — and neither was surprised.
Offshore Fishing
Rigging a Dink Ballyhoo
1) Using a thawed, small/medium, high-quality ballyhoo, remove the bait’s eyes with an arrow shaft.
2) Use cutting pliers to remove the bait’s pectoral fins.
Inshore Fishing
Quick thinking leads to more cobia hookups
May and June offer great opportunities for fishermen who dream of hooking up with a powerhouse, 50-pound cobia just off the beach. But anglers must act fast if they want to get a hookup, because no matter how lazy these fish appear when cruising along the surface, they become less and less catchable every minute a boat is on the scene.
Inshore Fishing
Don’t count on finding cobia in the same spots every day this month
Guide Jot Owens begins seeing cobia off Wrightsville Beach in May, and on a typical day, he will head to the Masonboro Inlet jetties first thing early in the morning and then start running the beach looking for pods of bait and free-swimming cobia. But he can never count on them being in the same place day after day.
Inshore Fishing
Big 2015 cobia catch hurts 2016 season
Because 2015 was such a fruitful year for North Carolina cobia fishermen, they’ll have a big payback to make in 2016.
Freshwater Fishing
Catch fish, then cut bait when targeting redfin pickerel
The traditional baits for catching redfin pickerel are the pelvic fin and the top or bottom half of its forked tail.
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.