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Need for Speed
The howl of the clicker on a large Penn International reel is a sound that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. […]
Statewide NC
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Don’t Knock the Rock
Fisher Culbreth found Sheepshead Rock the hard way one May morning two years ago. […]
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Crappies on the Trashy Side
Once upon a time, it was a pile of limbs and vines that a guy had cut around the bank of his lakeside lot in Bluestone Creek, one of the many major tributary creeks that feed John H. Kerr (aka Buggs Island) Reservoir. […]
Backlashes
Pocosin bears, OLF, Wilks joins NCS
ODDS ‘N’ ENDS:
When a reporter covers one story, other newsworthy topics often pop up on the radar screen. […]
Fishing
Fishing seen as a pop quiz
Fishing is dependant on correctly answering a single question, starting with the commonly used adverb why. […]
Bass Fishing
Hope floats for best bass bites
This month, depending upon weather and what lake you’re fishing, you’re probably fishing for bass sometime around the spawn. […]
Fishing
If baits are alive, strikes are high
Spring is an exciting time to be at a lake searching for striped and hybrid bass activity as they migrate from the rivers and creeks back into the main lake channels. […]
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Kite Bites
James Taylor sang about seeing fire and rain. I don’t know exactly what Taylor saw, but if he was an offshore fisherman, it could have been the scene off the bow of the sportfishing boat I was aboard. […]
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Perched on Top
Yellow perch may not rank high among the hardest fighting fish in the world, nor will they ever be highly regarded for achieving trophy-size status. […]
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Spotting Spot-Tails
Don’t think cool spring weather hurts the fishing barometer at South Carolina’s coastline. […]