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During summer heat, fish the rising tide’s cooler water

During the heat of summer, anglers can find some of the hottest fishing during high water periods when cooler water floods the inlets and creeks. […]

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. […]

Top-quality strings can make a big difference in the accuracy of any compound bow.

Archery hunters should not scrimp on bow strings

Sammy Romano

Many components make up modern compound bows, and the string system is one of the most important. The string and cables on today’s bows are the equivalent of a vehicle’s power train, providing power and timing. […]

Bote's Rover won Best of Show at the 2018 ICAST.

ICAST exceeds expectations – again

Jerry Dilsaver

The 60th International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades, known to fishermen and industry moguls simply as ICAST, was held July 11 through 14 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando and drew a record number of displays and industry buyers and media who came to see them. ICAST hosted 582 exhibitors in 1982 booths that filled the 200,000 square foot show floor. […]

The Species Specific game feeder will only distribute food to the animals you want it to.

New game feeder feeds only your desired species

Brian Cope

Wild game feeders have evolved over the years to the point that hunters can set them up to distribute food at precise times. But John Paul MacPherson of 704 Outdoors saw a feeder that beats that by leaps and bounds when he walked into McDonald General Store in Concord, N.C. […]