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Big-trout guru Mark Davis said topwater baits are a great way to target gator specks, especially fished over submerged structure or visible cover.

The Wright Stuff

Just after the turn of the 20th century, two brothers from Dayton, Ohio — Orville and Wilbur Wright — converged on the then-obscure coastal town of Kitty Hawk. […]

A gorgeous brown trout is a reward for the work it takes to get off the beaten path and into the wilds of Hazel Creek.

Hiking Hazel

Jeff Dennis

Traveling up the Hazel Creek Trail into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park affords excellent trout fishing and so much more. […]

Concerns over out-of-state menhaden boats fishing in North Carolina waters have led the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to clarify rules, but that didn’t satisfy some fishermen.

Pogey wars: Who wins?

Jerry Dilsaver

Bunker, fatback, shad, pogey or their proper name, menhaden — whatever you call them, they are one of the main forage fish in coastal and nearshore ocean fisheries from Nova Scotia to Mexico. […]

Bass pro Dustin Wilks says his successful tournaments have at least one thing in common: In practice, he puts his trolling motor down and covers a lot of water.

Covering water is key to finding fish

Tony Garitta

I just returned from a marathon trip across the country to California to fish back-to-back Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments. […]

Currents

The land — it’s all about the land

Dan Kibler

Scarlett O’Hara may have been on to something. So what if her daughter died when that pony threw her? […]

Cover: May 2010 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

Offshore action at the Diamond Shoals is as good as gold this month. […]

Spadefish will feed on cannonball jellyfish, which can be captured, impaled and tied off to a boat and used to 'chum' spadefishinto casting range.

Cannonball jellyfish top bait for South Carolina spadefish

South Carolina Sportsman

The cannonball jellyfish, stomolophus meleagris, has great value as table fare in Asian countries, but along the South Carolina coast, it’s mainly recognized as being the No. 1 food of certain species of sea turtles and the No. 1 bait for spadefish. […]