Volume 18 Number 6 - June 2011

FEATURES:

	At Last! With seasons finally open, Morehead City bottomfishing is back in style With bottomfish seasons open — finally — North Carolina anglers who fish out of Morehead City will find some of the best action. So many reefs, ledges and wrecks are such an easy boat ride out of port that it can be hard to pick a hard-bottom ... Mike Marsh

	Calling All Coyotes Hunt all year long by adding an electronic coyote caller to your equipment list. A hunter perched in a tower stand stared intently down a woods road, searching for any telltale movement that might give away his quarry. Another hunter sat on the ground below, camouflaged right down to his eyeballs, lost in the mixed pine and ... Mike Marsh

	Live Bait ‘Lite’ Spanish mackerel love live bait, just not as big as their king mackerel cousins. The live-bait craze hit the king mackerel world 25 years ago, and in the span of four or five years, every serious fisherman had learned to throw a cast net, every center console had an aerated bait tank, and heavy tackle and trolling spoons had ... Dan Kibler

	Lowdown on Local Lunkers Find the fish and lose the crowds on three small Triangle area lakes. It happens every day around the Triangle. Boats are hitched, tackle is loaded and anglers head to one of the Big Three: Jordan Lake, Falls of the Neuse Lake or Shearon Harris Lake. ... Mike Zlotnick

	Saltwater Series: Carolina Beach Carolina Beach is a favorite fishing destination for lots of North Carolina anglers. Carolina Beach is a popular destination for many fishermen from across North Carolina, plus visitors from other states. The ease of access in past years built the popularity, which continues. Located near the end of US 421 and the southernmost of ... Jerry Dilsaver

	Three Times the Charm? Falls of Neuse Lake offers bass fisherman several option this month. By June, the largemouth bass spawn has finished at most North Carolina reservoirs — but not entirely at Falls of the Neuse Lake. ... Craig Holt

	Veggie Soup Grass means bass for fishermen at Roanoke Rapids Lake Fishermen who frequently visit Roanoke Rapids Lake have had to adjust the way they fish over the past 10 or 15 years. ... Tony Garitta