Volume 16 Number 4 - April 2009

FEATURES:

	A Bit of Flooded Heaven When the water rises and fish move into the bushes, Buggs Island can make bass anglers’ dreams come true. If there is a bass-fishing nirvana, it’s got to be Buggs Island Lake in April. ... Dan Kibler

	Custom Turkey Tips A Trinity call-maker shares fool-proof ways to put your tag on a gobbler this spring. In his shop in Trinity, Greg Longuillo of L&L Custom Calls makes some of the premier custom turkey calls in the country. ... Bruce Ingram

	Great Ex-Speck-tations April is the big kickoff month for Cape Fear trout. Lewis Emery, a fishing guide from Wilmington, was scheduled to have taken the marital plunge on March 12. ... Craig Holt

	Long-Lining Spawning Slabs It’s crappie season. Find out why this expert isn’t going anywhere near the bank to get his limit of slabs. The month of April ushers in the spring spawn for crappie. The dogwoods are blooming, and all you have to do is grab a bucket of minnows and suspend them under a cork around just about any decent looking piece of woody cover along the bank. It’s a ... Phillip Gentry

	River of Many Returns The American and hickory shad runs each spring provide non-stop Tar River action. The Tar River originates in North Carolina’s piedmont near Roxboro and flows southeast for 140 miles. ... Mike Marsh

	Wel-Done! Roanoke River stripers wake up this sleepy town in April. Shortly after sliding his boat in behind a big boil and setting up for a drift down the river, Mike Shearin gave the command to bait up and go fishing. ... Jerry Dilsaver



	Hit Kerr's bushes and Cape Fear's hotspots for April bass and specks, respectively.

COLUMNS:

Backlashes
WRC made right calls on 2009-10 proposals
Craig Holt

Fish Like a Pro
One costly lesson: Slow wins the race
Dustin Wilks

Greener Pastures
Summer food-plot mixes are key to providing deer with protein
Jeff Burleson

Head for the Mountains
Jackson County maps out a trail of streams for trout fishermen
Robert Satterwhite

High Tides and Tall Tails
Solar oven is great to upgrade boat food
Jerry Dilsaver

Livewell
Fritts won’t need Tums after victory
Tony Garitta

Lunker Lines
Covering the water will produce in April
Dan Kibler

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