Statewide NC Archives - Page 75 of 633

Popping bugs can catch a tremendous number of bluegills when they’re striking the surface, and pairing it with a spider or ant on a dropper will often get even more strikes from below.

A dropper makes a popping bug even hotter

In the fly-fishing world, rigging to present multiple flies offers a fish a better chance to make a mistake and get a hook in its jaw. […]

Planer boards push against the current, and by using line clips and swivels, they can carry trolled or drifted baits well away from a boat, allowing a tremendous amount of water to be covered by a spread of baits.

Planer board features, advantages are easy to learn

Terry Madewell

According to guide, Justin Whiteside, planer boards are primarily employed when an angler uses an electric motor to move a boat on a specific course at a specific speed. […]

It takes a big planer board to effectively pull an extremely large bait, but small baits in shallow, clear-water situations are best used behind a small planer board.

Match planer board size to bait size

Terry Madewell

Planer boards are made in a wide variety of sizes because of the varying needs of anglers for specific species and circumstances. Selecting the right one for the job at hand is crucial. […]

Zakk Royce fights a big Lake Gaston catfish hooked on a bait pulled along the bottom behind a planer board.

Catfish pros recognize planer board uses

Terry Madewell

Guide Zakk Royce took the principles of using planer boards in striper fishing that he learned from a buddy and applied it to catfishing, and it has significantly improved his success. […]

South Carolina’s Marine Artificial Reef Program has 38 artificial reef sides off its coast to fill with steel, concrete and old boat hulls to promote marine life and add to the public’s fishing opportunities.

Artificial reef programs benefits marine life

Phillip Gentry

Artificial reefs are man-made structures laid on the sea floor that provide a foundation for the establishment of productive habitat for marine life. They attract fish and other marine organisms from many levels of the food chain. […]

Guide Rob Alderman is holding a summer-long kayak tournament to benefit the Heroes on the Waters program.

Kayak event helps vets

Phillip Gentry

Professional kayak angler and guide Rob Alderman of Norfolk, Va., has always been about the military. Alderman, who operates Outer Banks Kayak Fishing, was never a member of the armed services due to a history of sports injuries in his youth, but he is surrounded by relatives who have or are serving. […]

The Anglr Tracker device on Mike Whitty’s rod recorded plenty of details about this largemouth bass catch.

New app logs your trips

Brian Cope

Keeping a fishing log is one of the best ways to become a better angler. The more days we spend on the water, the more often we encounter situations we’ve seen in the past, but realizing you’ve been in a certain situation before doesn’t help you catch more fish, unless you’ve kept a good record over the years. […]

Flounder make great meals in all kinds of dishes, but this taco pasta salad is a new take on a familiar fish.

Add flounder to pasta

Jerry Dilsaver

Welcome to summer. Yep, that’s right. The days are long, and the temperatures are already rising. The weather isn’t the only thing that’s heating up; so is fishing, and one of the coastal favorites is flounder. […]

North Carolina's coastal anglers caught 18 percent fewer fish last year than in 2015.

North Carolina coastal recreational anglers caught fewer fish in 2016

NCWRC Release

Coastal recreational fishermen hooked fewer fish in 2016 than they did in 2015. […]

Drop-Let

Carolina Sportsman

The Drop-Let is reported to keep your bait in the strike zone longer by maintaining a constant depth throughout the length of the retrieve. It also lets you keep the bait stationary or jig vertically over a likely target. […]