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Live Target 2017 lineup

Famed hyper-realistic luremaker LiveTarget has released three new baits for the ICAST tackle tradeshow this past month, the Sunfish, Hollow Body Frog Popper and Hollow Body Mullet. […]

How many times have you flung a crankbait up toward a levee, riprap bank or dock piling only to have it crack or chip? Those days are over with the introduction of the Booyah Flex II, which has a foam-injected body. […]

Cover: August 2017

Carolina Sportsman

August is North Carolina’s big month for tarpon, with big fish taking up residence in Pamlico Sound. […]

Learning to catch red drum is one of the seminars being offered at the Pechmann Center this month.

Fishing skills workshops at Pechmann Center throughout August

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is offering five fishing skills workshops and events in August at the John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center in Fayetteville. […]

How to hook a big bait for blue catfish

Brian Cope

When fishing for big blue catfish, large baits are mandatory. But anglers should also present those baits properly for the best chance at attracting a bite. […]

North Carolina's new law opens up expanded hunting opportunities for hunters.

New law expands Sunday hunting opportunities in North Carolina

NCWRC Release

A new law, “Outdoor Heritage Enhanced,” will increase opportunities to hunt wild animals and upland game birds on private lands. The law also gives authority to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (Commission) and other public landowners to implement new options for Sunday hunting on public lands. […]

William Flournoy caught this 8 ½-pound bass on one of his Uncle Lonnie Stanley’s new Stanley Standup Football Jigs at Lake Sam Rayburn.

The Stanley Standup Football Jig

Don Shoopman

Lonnie Stanley does more than talk a good bass fishing game; he makes solid baits, too. […]

Units can use overlays to combine features and save screen space. The top right window of this split-screen image capture shows the submerged remains of a bridge piling in DownScan detail. The window below it shows the DownScan detail overlaid on a conventional 2D view with Lowrance’s DownScan Overlay feature so you can see the image displayed with both types of sonar.

The big screen advantage

Allan Tarvid

“Multifunction display” grows in meaning with each new generation of marine electronics. Sonar functions now include traditional down-looking 2-D scanning with and without CHIRP, high-definition side and down scanning, live forward scanning, 360-degree circular scanning and a choice of frequencies to optimize each type for either maximum detail or greatest scanning depth/distance. […]

Shimano Fishing is headquartered in Ladson, S.C., and the company won several awards at ICAST 2017.

Carolina fishing companies recognized for excellence at ICAST

Jerry Dilsaver

ICAST 2017 was held July 11-14 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fl. This is the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades and companies from the Carolinas represented more than 10 percent of those displaying their wares. […]