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In North Carolina’s Piedmont, blackpowder season generally falls dead on the peak of the breeding season or “rut.”

Smokepole Family

Families engage in many types of enjoyable activities, from picnics to vacations to reunions. […]

Trout fishing during late fall and early winter means slowing down, fishing deeper and expecting fewer bites, but bigger fish.

Don’t neglect cold-weather fishing; trout will bite if you adjust your tactics

Although spring is undoubtedly the ideal trout time for trout fishing, winter also has its merits. What most winter trout fishers discover is that they catch fewer but larger fish. […]

Treating a food plot with fertilizer later in the fall will keep it viable and near the top of a deer’s daily travel itinerary.

Replenish nutrients in your food plots to keep them on deer’s main menu

Jeff Burleson

A nutritious, palatable food plot will draw wildlife from clear across the county — or at least one would hope for such a scenario. […]

Confidence, or lack thereof, can make a huge difference in how you come out in a tournament you know is going to be fished under tough conditions.

How to survive a tough tournament

Dustin Wilks

Nothing is more mentally challenging than fishing a tournament when fish and bites are just plain hard to come by and it doesn’t take much weight to win. […]

A key to catching quality speckled trout is keeping up with the migration of shrimp from backwaters toward the ocean. As the water cools, shrimp get on the move, and specks mirror those movements.

‘Bugs’ and Specks

Dan Kibler

At a top-drawer lodge during turkey season several years ago, the host trotted out a sumptuous dinner of “bugs and spiders.” […]

Tim Barefoot shows off a nice gag grouper, one of a handful of bottomfish species that can be caught off Cape Fear late in the fall. But proposed changes in federal regulations may put a crimp in anglers’ future catches.

Get ’Em While You Can

Jerry Dilsaver

There was no doubt Barry Bobbitt had just had a strike. The tip of his rod bounced hard, but the pressure was gone before he could react. […]

Kennon Brown shows off a couple of “schoolie” sized Falls of Neuse largemouths.

Bass A-Buzz

Tim Mead

As late summer turns to autumn, among the best spots in North Carolina to scratch the largemouth itch is Falls of the Neuse Lake. […]

Green sea turtles and other endangered sea turtles, along with waterfowl, can become entangled in gill nets.

Conservation group could sue to have gill nets banned

Craig Holt

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission and N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries were put on notice Oct. 19 that state coastal saltwater netting regulations are out of compliance with federal environmental laws and face an impending lawsuit. […]

November is a great month to fish for striped bass on the Santee Cooper lakes, where new regulations are hopefully helping restore the fishery to past levels.

Striper fishing expected to be great this month

Terry Madewell

November brings a lot of reasons to be excited about fishing at Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, but right at the top of the list is striper fishing. […]

A Buckeye mop jig is a great November bait to swim around boat docks because bass will often suspend under floating docks or around pier pilings.

Lakes are empty, but bass are biting

Davy Hite

I’ll be the first person to admit that I don’t fish nearly as much as I should in November, because I’m in the woods hunting so much. […]