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It’s current, current, current for specks
Current, current, current. If there’s one factor that stands out to guarantee success catching spring speckled trout, it’s current. No current. No fish. Plenty of current, plenty of fish.
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Speckled Trout
It’s current, current, current for specks
Finding current is the key to catching speckled trout in the springtime, and you can catch them with a variety of lures. […]
Bass Fishing
Fishing pressure is overrated, veteran bass pro says
Marty Stone learned plenty during his 20-year career as a professional bass fishermen, what with four Bassmaster Classic berths and four shots at the FLW Tour Championship under his belt.
Inshore Fishing
Plan out kayak fishing trips
The weather was set up for a perfect weekend float down the creek, the days not too hot and the nights not too cold. The time had come.
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Don’t anchor out again
Anchoring technology has come a long way since the early days of boating. Power-Poles and Minn Kota Talons are remote-controlled anchoring systems that are great for inshore anglers, and Minn Kota’s iPilot and Motorguide’s xi5 trolling motors lock on to a satellite through GPS and keep a boat’s position steady, leaving anglers free to fish without having to worry about the boat slipping off the fishing hole.
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Time to catch red drum on top
Topwater fishing for red drum cranks up in mid-May when the water temperature begins to climb, and as it approaches, guide Rick Patterson of Cape Carteret starts counting the days.
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No red snapper season for 2016, say federal fisheries managers
Fishermen won’t be allowed to keep any red snapper in the Atlantic Ocean this year, after a May 20 announcement from NOAA Fisheries explaining that the total number of fish removed from the population in 2015 exceeded the allowable catch and discard level — somewhat surprising since there was no open season last year.
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Try upside-down trick to land big fish
When you bring a really big fish close to the boat, chances are it’s not excited about coming onboard. This is often when they put up their biggest fight, and is also a common time when many anglers lose their biggest fish. One simple tip will help you land more big fish at the boat.
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Net-ban bill languishing after being introduced by Fayetteville legislator
Rep. Billy Richardson, (D-Cumberland) said all winter that he planned to introduce a bill to place a net ban referendum on the 2016 fall ballot, and last week, he remained true to his word.
Freshwater Fishing
The Matrix Mini
Chas Champagne wishes it would have been as simple as pointing a futuristic-looking device at one of the most-popular speckled trout soft plastics on the market and reducing the size significantly, like in the 1989 movie “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.”