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Capt. Rod Bierstedt said using dead baits allows him to troll a little faster than with live baits and he can cover more area.

60-foot Kings

The number “60” is a magical one, and not just because Babe Ruth made it famous in 1927. […]

A cooler of specks can be the result when anglers find a hot spot and use floats with shrimp. The best technique is to cast upcurrent and allow the water’s movement to carry the bait, often a shrimp, across the strike zone.

Southern Spectacular

The float slowly drifted into the growing current riffle off the stern of Capt. Andy Fisher’s boat and promptly disappeared. […]

Backlashes

The hobgoblin of consistency

Craig Holt

If Webster’s dictionary wanted to illustrate the definition of “procrastination” or “foot-dragging,” it could publish a photo of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission. […]

Mitchell Frye landed this nice redfish at the Waccamaw River’s transition zone.

Transfer to transition zones

Jeff Burleson

Saltwater anglers typically seek super salty waters of sounds and estuaries for the best chances at inshore catches. […]

Beat brush piles for bass

Davy Hite

One of the things successful bass fishermen notice is patterns change as the seasons change — but for a number of different reasons. […]

Care of fly reels after an angler has decided to end his year’s fishing involves removing lines, washing reels, wetting lines then drying and working them with dressing to keep equipment in good working order.

Be reel careful this year

Richard Bernabe

I love cold-weather fly fishing, especially at South Carolina’s mountain rivers and streams. I love the cold air, the challenging fishing conditions, and the lack of crowds. […]

When a hunter climbs into his tree stand, he should make sure his rifle is unloaded if he carries it with him or pulls it up by a strong rope.

One Shot, One Kill

Pat Robertson

When Luther Johnson hunts deer, he adheres to the military sniper’s rule — one round, one kill. […]

Larry Avins collects decoys outside one of his comfortable blinds. Hunters can hunt from the blinds, or anywhere else there is cover at River Oaks Farm.

Farm Fresh Ducks

Mike Marsh

While suppertime at a duck camp is always a loud and rowdy affair, breakfasts are usually subdued. […]

Learning to use squirrel calls — and being an accurate shot with a .22-caliber rifle — will put more bushytails in a hunter’s game bag.

Squirrel Talk

John E. Phillips

“Listen, I can hear two gray squirrels and one fox squirrel barking,” I said, whispering to my son after making a young-squirrel-in-distress call. […]

Veteran hunters recommend infrequent grunt calls or horn rattling sequences. Fifteen to 20 minutes between sessions is enough.

Magic Time

Scott Keepfer

It has been 15 years since Dennis Chastain bagged his buck of a lifetime, but he remembers the hunt as if it happened yesterday. […]