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ake a look at what guide Tony Adams does during the winter on Alabama’s Lake Eufaula. With all the slab crappie he catches this time of year, it’s worth considering a fish fry for Christmas or New Year’s festivities. Gone are the days when crappie fishing was a springtime-only endeavor. Anglers have figured out how to pattern these swimming fish sandwiches year-round, and Adams has them dialed in on Eufaula. It’s a pattern that probably translates well to many reservoirs across the South. Lake Eufaula is an impoundment of the Chattahoochee River that stretches out to more than 45,000 acres on the southern end of the Alabama/Georgia border. Centered around the town Eufaula, Ala., hard winter is usually shortlived. Instead of being hunkered down in the depths this time of year, Eufaula crappie are still in a fall feed-up mode. “Lake Eufaula doesn’t get as cold as a lot of lakes. They’re chasing shad in the mouths of the creeks or on the flats in 8 to 10 feet of water,” Adams said. “It’s one of the best times of year to catch bigger fish. They’ve pushed up out of

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the depths to feed and put on fat to take them through the winter into the spawn.” Adams said loading a cooler with fillets can be pretty easy in these conditions. The fish might be as scattered as crappie get, but they are actively feeding. This makes catching them easy once you find them. Adams has a milk-run of brush piles in different locations and depths. His Humminbird electronics tell him quickly whether or not a location is holding fish. Once fish are located, most of Adam’s clients prefer to fish old school. Jigs catch fish, he said, but most of his anglers prefer fishing minnows the way their grandfathers taught them. Adams’ War Eagle boat is equipped with three Hi-Tek rod holders in front of each angler’s seat. His 10-foot B‘n’M rods are rigged with spinning reels and 6-pound high-visibility line. On the business end, he ties on a No. 2 hook for a lip-hooked minnow and pinches a splitshot about a foot up the line. He Spot-Locks the trolling motor over active brush and lets his anglers go to work tightlining. Sometimes, when it’s windy, he’ll add another split-shot to keep the lines from bowing.

“If you fish all three rods at different depths, you can figure out what depth they’re biting at,” Adams said. “Then you can leave all your baits at that depth.” Anglers should watch rod tips, of course, but keeping an eye on that high-vis. line is also important. Sometimes fish swim up after eating, and you’ll only notice that by watching the line. Give Adams a call if you’d rather be heating up oil than a grill on New Year’s Day. Contact Tony Adams through his Facebook page—Gone Fishing With Tony—or by calling him at (334) 695-3003.

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ish are everywhere in the Florida Keys. From big pelagics on offshore humps to vast backcountry flats teeming with tarpon and permit, the options are so varied that decisionmaking can be difficult. Throw in wrecks, reefs, bridges and ledges, and one boat just isn’t enough to do it all. If you wanted to experience all the fishing the Keys have to offer, you’d need several different types of vessels. Joel Brandenburg, of Ana Banana Fishing Company, understands this. Based in Marathon, he’s pulled together a fleet of boats and the captains to fish it all. With five boats ranging from a 53-foot Hatteras to a 24-foot Hanson, they are equipped to chase big game at the famous Marathon Humps and beyond, and also to fish skinny backwater flats and everything in between. The options are enough to make a visiting angler’s head spin, but Joel will be your guide. Putting clients on fish runs in his blood. When his son Jojo Brandenburg earned a master captains license about five years ago, it extended the family business into its third generation. They’ve had a “no-fish, no-pay” policy for more than 20 years, and in all that time they’ve only had to honor it three times. Joel certainly dialed up a good option when I contacted him on short notice this fall. I was looking for a quick half-day while on family vacation in Islamorada. With the winds up on the Atlantic, he suggested a backcountry trip. We’d trade the excitement of blackfin tuna, mahi mahi and sailfish for fast snapper action. That was just fine with

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my 10-year-old son and me. Back home, the boy is a bream slayer. “It’s like crappie fishing on steroids,” Joel said as he lowered a chum bag off the stern. We had run 13 miles over skinny water into Florida Bay to anchor off a small wooded island called East Bahia Honda. The boat bobbed at the edge of a deep channel that cuts through the flat like a green vein. The action began immediately. On light tackle, we pitched baits and hauled in mangrove snappers as quickly as we could turn to get another pilchard or ballyhoo chunk from first-mate Eddie Traylor. With a five-fish limit per person, we threw back a bunch of fish and filled the cooler with a quick limit of the chunkiest mangos. Then we bumped around a while, waiting for the tide to turn and throwing Cuda Tubes to wood structure. Casting and working a lure for the visual thrill of a barracuda streaking from cover is a lot of fun. It was tough to put the rods down when Joel suggested we go check out the bridge. On the way in, we got a good look at an endangered hawksbill sea turtle. Anchored near Fred—the storied Australian pine tree that grows from the roadbed of the Old Seven Mile Bridge—we chummed and pitched pilchards into the tide that rushed between pilings. Joel knew we’d get into some yellowtail snapper, and he was hoping for some yellow jacks and maybe a big shark. “Best as I can tell, yellow jacks started showing up around here about 12 to 15 years ago,” Joel said. “I’m happy to have them. They fight like jack crevalle and taste like tuna.” Yellow jacks average 5 pounds around the bridges, but they reach weights in the 15-

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In This Issue…. Local Fishing Forecasts Conservation for the Holidays Fishing is For the Birds December Lures Billy Raines, Publisher TheAnglerMagCLT@gmail.com

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Forecast for Lake Norman By: Captain Craig Price In keeping with the “new normal” concept that we hear so much about, the calendar for the beginning of the 2021 winter bite has been pushed to late fall-early winter, i.e. late November or early December. This pattern has been developing for a number of years. Whether it’s man-made due to global warming, or a natural cycle, or a combination of both, there’s not much disputing that in the fishing world in central NC, everything is running about a month behind these days. Whenever the winter feed finally starts, December has always been primetime for hybrids, stripers, and other predatory gamefish. Plus, there’s Christmas at months end which is a great time to acquire more tackle and gear! On Lake Norman, water temperatures should be close to ideal (50-55⁰ F), and large schools of forage, primarily small-medium size herring, threadfin shad, and alewives form in major drainages above and below the Hwy 150 bridge. Depending on actual water temps and other conditions (wind, light, etc.) the bait can be found in creek mouths; midway back along the creek channels; and sometimes back close to the mudflats where the creeks enter the lake. Sea birds typically have arrived by December and are excellent indicators of where concentrations of bait and gamefish are on any given day. In the cool water, schools of hybrids, stripers, spotted bass, and white perch roam freely throughout the water column. Surface feeding, and surface catching, opportunities can take place anytime, especially on low light days. Catfish are often below this activity, especially around humps and ledges near points or flats. The methods for catching winter gamefish are numerous. I’m an old (longtime, not age!) live bait fishermen and live shad, herring, or even store-bought trout or shiners are effective. They can be fished on free lines or weighted lines to reach the desired depth. I use Carolina rigs with 1/0-3/0 circle hooks, but j-hooks and trebles are still used. You might consider fishing barbless if you plan to release your catch alive and healthy.

As a live bait striper angler, it took me quite some time to embrace trolling artificials (A-rigs, umbrella rigs, tandem bucktail rigs, crankbaits, etc.), but the open water activity in winter is a great time to employ this technique, simply because you can cover more water while tracking the fast-moving action. One of my favorite inshore saltwater offerings that has proven successful here in winter is the use of Gulp Alive swimming mullets. I fish them on lead jig heads, for trolling or casting. The curly tail design has a great swimming action, plus the profile and length are ideal for “matching the hatch” at Lake Norman. White or chartreuse are the only colors I carry. I vary my presentation by changing jig head colors if needed. The integral scent is an added attractant. Other paddle tail or curly tail swim baits are also effective, so don’t hesitate to try different designs. What I call my “Christmas tree A-rig” is a 2 tier, nine drop Shane’s Baits setup with 1/16 or 1/8 oz. red jig heads and chartreuse swimming mullets. It’s pretty gaudy, but some of my very best creels, both number and sizewise, have come from this display. On Norman, hybrids, stripers, bass, and perch all attack this offering. No matter your preference, there’s really no excuse to miss these early winter opportunities. Get your foul weather gear out, choose your weapons, and hit the water for some of the year’s best catching. Fish On! Capt. Craig Price is locally born and raised, and has been fishing the Catawba River and its impoundments since the 1960’s. As his guide business has grown, his area of operations has also grown to include numerous freshwater lakes in NC & SC, plus inshore saltwater charters along the coasts of both states. Capt. Craig is a master rated USCG licensed captain, fully insured, and trained in first aid/CPR. Visit www. fishonguideservices.com or call 704-996-0946 to book your fishing adventure today.

Since the introduction of blueback herring into Lake Norman, the action is often found in open water along deep creek channels, and more so along the river channel as winter progresses. I especially like to work the initial depth transition from the deep channel/flood plain to the shallower areas approaching the bank. These transition zones are easily identified on a topo map because the flood plain contains very few contour lines and the decreasing depths heading towards the bank are indicated by an increasing number of contour lines.

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Forecast for Lake WYLIE By: Captain Phillip Rizzitello Water temperature is currently dropping but that’s not always a bad thing. The fish are still there and still have to eat. Currently I’m finding the bite a little slow in the morning until the sun has been up for an hour or so. Bait can be found almost anywhere around the lake and has been easily found on the surface during the afternoon, early evening hours. Bass are chasing schools of shad and minnows, so I choose a lure that mimics this bait in size and color. With the water temperature being lower slow your retrieval down as the fish won’t be as active as warmer weather. Play with different speeds until you find what they are comfortable with. One of my favorite things to do is catch them on ultra-light rods on light tackle. It makes for a very fun fight.

have some sort of chartreuse or white in it. Again though, live bait is king. I also fish about mid water column or just about where I am marking them as you will always want to fish above them not below them. This is a great time of the year to get out and avoid all the boat traffic, enjoy the mild day and just enjoy the changing weather. The quality of fish will surprise a lot of people this time of year. Just remember, despite the temperature or time of year, you cannot catch them from the couch. So put the cell phone down and go outside and enjoy mother nature! Visit www.rizzsoutdoors.com or call 803-230-6309 to book your fishing trip with Captain Phillip Rizzitello

Catfish can be caught several ways depending on species you prefer. But keep in mind, this is a general rule of thumb as there is always exceptions. For flatheads, my go to bait is live bluegill, blue cats is cut perch and Channel cats cut shad or some sort of stink/punch bait. I fish almost exclusively on the bottom or just off the bottom. For channels and flat heads, I anchor up, for blues you’ll find me drifting or trolling. Crappie are biting best on live minnows. They can be caught on jigs but minnows seem to produce better. I don’t have a preferred jig, but whatever it is, I always

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The month of December has slower moving bass that might only eat once a week. Knowing their patterns and what they are looking for will help you catch healthy bass. Let's talk about some of the baits and lures you should use in December.

To start off, bass are going to start heading into deeper water. They are going to be looking for easy prey. They do not want to spend a lot of time chasing baits and spending a lot of energy to eat. During December bass will be healthy and fat. Crawfish are going to be coming out of their hiding spots. Shad are going to be moving in

and out, and some will die because they are not ready for the colder water. So your lures and baits should mimic these types of lures. Let's get something straight right out of the box. Top water, spinner baits and crank baits can work, but they might move to fast to make those bass trigger and eat. It's time to get finessey! Bottom hugging, slow moving lures will help you catch more fish during this time of the year. Number One: It's almost a must to have some sort of crawfish pattern on rod. Baits like the Berkley Powerbait Tube and the Reaction Innovation Spicy Beaver are keys baits. Here is why. Crawfish during the colder months tend to come out and find a love of their life. Predator fish will look to feed on them as much as possible. Texas rigging or weighted hook with a tube or craw sfish pattern will get you bites, but you must work this slow. Dragging it on the bottom of the sea floor will make the lure look more realistic. Small twitches and stopping is important too. Number Two: A suspending jerk twitch bait should be on another rod you have. Shad and forage fish will leave the comforts of their group when dying and they will have a short burst then stop. A twitch bait like the Berkley Stunna and others are perfect. You MUST give it a good twitch and stop. STOP do not move it. Some professionals will sit and wait for 30 seconds or more before twitching it again. Why? A dying shad at this time isn't running for it's life, it is trying to live. If your twitching and moving the bait to much, it looks out of place and it won't be eaten. Number Three: A slow moving spoon. A spoon is an exceptional bait this time of year. Allowing the spoon to move freely and then stop will trigger reaction bites. Again this isn't a bait to reel in quick and fast. Slow roll that bait on the bottom and let it pause at times. If you think your reeling it in to slowly, SLOW DOWN even more. Hope this helps ya catch more fish! Remember, take a kid fishing, GET UR FISH ON! and we will see you soon. See this video on the YouTube Channel.

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If you spend any time fishing Carolina Piedmont reservoirs from November to April, you may have seen large flocks of birds loafing around the lake, diving erratically to the surface, or flying on a mission. You likely realized these birds were zeroing in on gamefish feeding on forage fish near the surface. If fishing were a road trip, the birds would be the billboards. For the best action around, it pays to “follow the birds.” You may not put much thought into this phenomenon other than realizing your angling luck is about to change for the better. So here is a little background on the ecology of flocking birds and which are major players. Obviously, these birds are social. Not just socially aware, they exert a strong influence on each other and feed communally. The benefits of flying in a flock boosts an individual bird’s chance of survival by providing a stronger and better protected aggregate against predators such as bald eagles and peregrine falcons. Wing-bound predators find it difficult to pick out a single victim and are typically confused by pattern changes. More eyes also mean a better opportunity to find the next meal. Individual birds fly a few feet over the surface looking for the food fish or pieces of fish. As an individual dives swiftly down to take the fish, it is instantly joined by another, then another and so on until several hundred birds are spinning around. Most of these birds, like ring-billed gulls in our area, react to each other, and cooperate to the benefit of each other. These birds then attract other species including some larger herring gulls and tern-like Bonaparte’s gulls (look for a small gull with a black bill and a black smudge behind the eye).

is a relatively recent phenomenon since most of these birds wintered in coastal areas of the gulf coast just a few decades ago. Now, they find everything they need to survive right in our backyard including an abundance of forage fish and clear water. These mixed flocks (called inter-specific foraging associations) tend to be in areas with abundant, easy to catch concentrations of small forage fish like thread-fin shad, blueback herring, and alewives. Piedmont reservoirs like Wylie, Norman, Hickory, High Rock, Baden, Tillery, and W. Kerr Scott come to mind as prime examples of waterbodies on which I have seen large flocks. All these reservoirs, not coincidentally, have productive fisheries. More than 10,000 to 15,000 birds have been observed on reservoirs like Norman. More than 50,000 ring-billed gulls have been recorded on B. Everett Jordan Lake in the RaleighDurham area. These waterbodies have also become a local eco-tourism attraction with several organizations such as the NC Wildlife Federation providing birding or “Loon” tours, as well as becoming “hot zones” for Christmas Bird Counts. So next time you enter a natural frenzy of birds in on the lake, view it as a sign pointing you in the right direction. Scott T. Fletcher is a certified wildlife biologist, conservationist, and outdoor enthusiast.

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Conservation For The Holidays By Scott T. Fletcher With the holidays approaching, you may not need another Yeti Roadie 24 hard cooler, a spare St. Croix Bass X spinning rod (my wife wonders why I need more than one rod anyway), or even another dozen Avian X mallard decoys. If that’s the case, below are national and local fish and wildlife conservation organizations that—with your support—will keep giving outdoor enthusiasts the outdoor gifts to enjoy. Backcountry Hunters and Anglers - The BHA seeks to ensure North America’s outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands and waters. There is both a North and South Carolina chapter. See backcountryhunters.org Bassmaster – The mission of B.A.S.S. Conservation is to preserve and protect our waterways for everyone who loves to fish by advocating for clean water, habitat preservation, invasive species control, public access, and ethical fish care. See: Bassmaster.com Delta Waterfowl -Delta Waterfowl is a leading conservation group that works to produce ducks through intensive management programs and conservation of breeding duck habitat. The organization conducts research and promotes and protects the tradition of waterfowl hunting. There are several chapters in the Carolinas including the Piedmont area. See: Deltawaterfowl.org Ducks Unlimited – DU is the world’s leader in wetlands and waterfowl conservation. Its mission is to conserve, restore, and manage wetlands and associated habitats for North American waterfowl. These habitats also benefit other wildlife and of course the people who enjoy wildlife. See: Ducks.org North Carolina Wildlife Federation – Since 1945, the NCWF has worked for all wildlife and habitat bringing together citizens, outdoor enthusiasts, hunters and anglers, government and industry to protect North Carolina’s natural resources. The organization is made up of people who value wildlife and wild places and the many ways to enjoy them. There are also 20 local NC chapters in all parts of the state. See: ncwf.org North Carolina Habitat Foundation - The mission of the NCWHF is to assist in the acquisition, management, and protection of wildlife habitat within the state of North Carolina and promote conservation education for the benefit of future generations. See: NCWHF.org South Carolina Wildlife Federation – For more than 89 years, the SCWF has served as the voice for outdoor enthusiasts of every kind. Representing hunters, anglers, birdwatchers, boaters, and teachers, the SCWF builds partnerships to ensure everyone can enjoy SC’s natural heritage and recreational opportunities for generations to come. See: SCWF.org 8 CHARLOTTE/PIEDMONT

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