Fishing

One size definitely does not fit all

Have you ever wondered why your trolling motor doesn’t run as long as you think it should between battery charges, or why your batteries don’t last as long as you expected?

It could be that your batteries and charger just don’t get along. […]

Bass Fishing

The jig is up (and down) in May

Across most of North Carolina, May brings the post-spawn time for bass.

A few late spawners still will be on beds at the state’s northern- and western-most lakes, but for the most part, anglers will be dealing with post-spawners. […]

Fishing Tournaments

Ledbetter/Jimmy V field was huge

A huge field of 270 teams from six states turned out to support the March 8 Jim Ledbetter Memorial/Jimmy V Foundation Charity Bass Tournament at Lake Norman.

The benefit event raised more than $40,000. […]

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The Other Spring Trout

Weakfish don’t get any respect.

Tar Heels get more excited about spotted sea trout, probably because anglers catch lots of them from the grass beds of Pamlico Sound during the warm season and get runs of big specks at Cape Point each winter. […]

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Year of Dusty Fishing

Jason Quinn, a Lake Wylie resident and a highly successful professional bass angler, called his wife last year to get information about North Carolina’s drought during a break at an Arkansas conference. […]

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Tom Foolery

Chasing late-season gobblers can be one of the sport’s greatest challenges. It also can be productive and rewarding, despite popular sentiment among many turkey hunters. […]

Bass Fishing

Make catch-and-release work

In the world in which we live, with dwindling natural resources and new environmental threats to our fisheries appearing almost every day, practicing catch-and-release is a better idea than ever. […]

Fishing Tournaments

Big fish pay off in CATT events

The Carolina Anglers Team Trail, in its 10th year of offering excellent bass-fishing competition on three South Carolina lakes — Wylie, Wateree and Murray — kicked off its spring schedule Feb. 16 on Lake Wylie, with the top three teams averaging more than three pounds per bass. […]