Features from May 2020
- Many hunters will spend every morning in the woods during turkey season, but rarely pursue the birds in the afternoon. That's a big mistake.
- Catching post-spawn bass is as easy as finding ‘fry guarders’
- May is a great month for sheepshead, many of which have recently returned to inshore haunts after spending months offshore.
- With the spawn behind them, Carolina bass are ready to bite in May. Catch your share with these tips from a Carolina pro angler.
- The spawn might be over, but Carolina anglers still have plenty of crappie to target. Catch your share with these tips.
- When cobia show up this month in your neck of the woods, be ready with multiple offerings, and be quick on the draw.
Columns - May 2020
- Bass are biting in plenty of …
- Our world began changing in late February and was pretty much upside down by the middle of March. We hadn’t gotten to a shelter-in-place order when it was time to get this recipe together, but the grocery stores had been plundered, and the selection was nothing like we are used to as we prepared to prepare the fruits of spring turkey season.
- This is a great time of year to put your paddlecraft in along the Carolina coastlines for some speckled trout action.
- It's all biting at the Santee Cooper lakes, and some of the most exciting fishing right now includes the topwater bass bite.
Outdoor Update - May 2020
- Norway, S.C.'s Mark Shivey killed an 11-bearded turkey on March 24, 2020 that will likely land the hunter on the NWTF's records list for South Carolina.
- Social distancing has been a big deal for about two months since the coronavirus sneaked into our lives like a turkey gobbler slipping in from the blind side without making a sound, then giving an alarm putt when he gets inside of 10 yards.
Hot Spots - May 2020
- Hammer bull reds as they cross Cape Lookout Shoals this month with these tips from a local pro.
- Target Lake Wylie bass around spawning shad, bream
- It's not often that anglers specifically target black drum, which they often catch when fishing for other species, but now is a good time to target them in the Little River area.