Bass Fishing
Choosing effective lures
Do you want to catch lots of bass? Big bass? Picking the right lure is as important to success as being in the right area at the right time of year. […]
Statewide NC
Fishing Tournaments
Pope, Webber top Kerr Lake event
Roger Pope of Statesville and Nathan Webber of Boone won the April 14 Ranger Owners Championship Series event at Kerr Lake. […]
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Paradise at Phelps
If you don’t live in the northeastern part of North Carolina, Washington County’s Lake Phelps may seem to be a long ride just to go fishing. […]
Bass Fishing
Wrapped Too Tight?
No one knows who first described B. Everett Jordan’s largemouth bass as “swimming footballs,” but the depiction is an accurate one given the short, stocky nature of the fish that meander throughout the lake’s underwater gridiron. […]
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Yaupon Diner
The dark shape, slowly circling the live pogy suspended beneath a balloon, suddenly whirled and streaked toward the surface. […]
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Bugged by Stripers
Theories are rampant as to what caused a major decline in N.C.’s winter striped bass fishery. North Carolina Sportsman asks some experts in this story. […]
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Two-Front War
It’s a terrible thing to be invaded on two fronts, especially if you’re a soldier.
However, it’s a wonderful thing if you’re a fisherman. […]
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Jerking Perch
It’s no small wonder White Lake is one of the state’s most popular tourist and pleasure boating destinations. […]
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Doormat Daze
Like swallows to Capistrano, flounder return to the Cape Lookout area every year. Sometime in mid-May, a few fish begin showing up near reefs and wrecks a few miles off the beach. […]
Bass Fishing
Topwater Mark
To say Lake Wylie has undergone a tremendous transformation during the past half-dozen years isn’t to take away from the transformation it underwent about 80 years ago. […]