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Fish Like a Pro

Why fish slime matters
Posted May 08 at 9:00 am
Dustin Wilks is a professional bass fisherman from Rocky Mount. He has fished professionally since 1999, and currently competes on the Bassmaster Elite Series. Wilks has qualified for five Bassmaster Classics, and is sposored by Culprit, Daiwa, OutKast Jigs, Costa Del Mar, RJA Cutom Crankbaits, Skeeter, Yamaha and Keelshield.

Greener Pastures

Fertilizer is food-plot key
Posted June 11 at 9:00 am
Jeff Burleson is a native of Lumberton, N.C., who lives in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He graduated from North Carolina State University with a degree in fisheries and wildlife sciences, and is a biologist and registered professional forester in North and South Carolina for Brigman Company.

Head for the Mountains

Bless the wild brook trout
Posted 18 hours ago
Bob Satterwhite has been writing about the outdoors, particularly trout fishing, for more than 25 years. A native of Morganton, he lives in Cullowhee close to the Tuckasegee River, Caney Fork, Moses Creek and several other prime trout streams.

High Tides and Tall Tails

A quick rinse is the ticket
Posted June 13 at 9:00 am
Jerry Dislaver is a freelance writer and columnist for North Carolina Sportsman magazine, as well as a former national king mackerel champion fisherman.

Livewell

Maiden duo wins at Falls
Posted June 04 at 9:00 am
Tony Garitta of Lexington is a retired English instructor and an avid bass fisherman. He writes a weekly fishing column for the Lexington Dispatch, and in his spare time can be found catching bass as Tuckertown and High Rock lakes. He holds the High Rock Lake record.

Lunker Lines

It’s June — fish it like May
Posted June 06 at 9:00 am
David Fritts is a pro bass fisherman from Lexington. He won the 1993 Bassmaster Classic and the 1997 FLW Tour Championship. He also won the 1994 B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year title.

Lure Review

Stanley Top Toad
Posted May 29 at 9:00 am
Don Shoopman fishes for freshwater and saltwater species mostly in and around the Atchafalaya Basin and Vermilion Bay. He moved to the Sportsman’s Paradise in 1976, and he and his wife June live in New Iberia. They have two grown sons.

Marine Electronics

You dropped WHAT overboard?
Posted May 22 at 9:00 am
Allan Tarvid has been writing about recreational and commercial marine electronics since the 1970s covering everything from running lights to computer integrated vessel management systems.

The Shootist

Shotgunning fun
Posted May 27 at 9:00 am
Gordon Hutchinson graduated from Louisiana State University, and served as an Airborne Infantry Officer with the 82nd Airborne Division during the Vietnam era. After leaving the Army, he embarked upon a career in newspaper advertising, working for the Baton Rouge Advocate. He also worked as a law enforcement firearms instructor, and has been a shooting sports columnist for Louisiana Sportsman for decades. He lives on a farm outside Baton Rouge with his wife Ti Lou, four horses, a donkey, dogs and several raccoon pets. He has had two books published, The Quest and the Quarry, and The Great New Orleans Gun Grab (written with Todd Masson), a searing expose’ of the scandal of gun confiscations in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Both books were chosen as Outdoor Books of the Year by the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association. He’s an unrepentant gun nut, and a founding member of the vast, right-wing conspiracy. Read more at www.gordonhutchinson.com.