One Step Closer At first glance, Sam Cooper’s victory at the first annual Sunshine State Crappie Trail Championship on May 27th and 28th may seem like any other fishing tournament win that is celebrated on social media – an angler claiming the top of the podium at an event situated well beyond the standard “Workin’ …
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth article in a series of tips by Wayne Boon of the American Carp Society designed to introduce and instruct anglers on the new age of carp angling. In our last article, we covered the virtues of PVA (or Poly Vinyl Alcohol) in the last article – which, as a …
It’s become a bit of a running joke that every few weeks, North Carolina is going to see a new state record catfish. While that is obviously an embellishment, the Tarheel State has produced more than its fair share of record over the past twenty months. During the height of the 2020 pandemic, anglers broke …
There often comes a question every angler faces when out fishing: Should I stay or should I try elsewhere? Several factors determine what is the right decision to make on the water: 1. What stage are the bass in (pre-spawn, post-spawn, summer, or fall feed)? 2. What is the main forage the bass are feeding on? 3. What …
When news began circulating that the North Carolina blue catfish state record had been broken, I immediately had a case of deja vu. It seemed that the record had just been broken a few months ago. During a summer racked by a global pandemic, seeing both the North Carolina blue cat and flathead state records …
Using Poly Vinyl Alcohol (PVA) to Catch Carp Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article by Wayne Boon of the American Carp Society designed to introduce and instruct anglers on the new age of Carp Angling. You can read more articles from the ACS here. Over the past few months, we’ve covered some basic carp …