
Features from November 2023
- These three proven strategies will help you catch your share of catfish throughout the cold weather months.
- North Carolina’s Belhaven area is a unique waterway that makes a great testing site for new lures.
- The Carolinas have numerous WMAs and public gamelands that are intensively managed as waterfowl hotspots.
- Throughout the majority of the Carolinas, the peak of the rut occurs during November, and hunters can score with these tips.
- Let’s take a look at four of South Carolina’s fall hotspots for catching stripers.

Columns - November 2023
- November often conjures up visions of shorter days, cold mornings and evenings, and a transition away from saltwater fishing.
- November is a great month to target muskies from kayaks, and it’s also a great month to choose your footwear wisely.
- Aggressive bass will bite crankbaits in shallow water for anglers across the Carolinas in November.
- Each of these broadheads has advantages and disadvantages. Which one is right for you?
- Mexican style crockpot venison is a delicious recipe that is easy to make using the roast from deer.
- November offers Santee Cooper anglers a prime opportunity to catch big catfish throughout lakes Marion and Moultrie.
- It’s a time-honored tradition in the South for hunters of all ages to gather to break bread and fire off a case of low brass shotgun shells.
- Bobcats are among the most mysterious animals in the Carolinas and beyond.
- If you have good squirrel dogs, just head them in the direction you want to hunt and they will find the squirrels.

Outdoor Update - November 2023
- Daniel Brewer killed a 10-point cryptorchid buck, and Jessica Gray killed one with 16 points in SC during September.
- NCWRC officials have announced the presence of invasive Apple Snails along the Lumber River in Lumberton, NC.
- Youth hunter Maddox Bevell won the September Bag A Buck Contest with his Wayne County “amphibious” buck.
- Connor Stone caught a puddingwife wrasse in July off the NC coast, and it’s the new state record.
- South Carolina added 200 sets of deer antlers to the state’s records list during 2023’s scoring sessions across the state.
- November is a time to reflect on all the outdoor experiences we’re thankful for.
Hot Spots - November 2023
- Anglers can catch plenty of crappie on Lake Murray during the fall if they follow these tips from guide Brad Taylor
- As Lake Hartwell’s waters begin to cool down in November, the striper fishing just gets hotter for anglers who follow these tips.
- Anglers catch some of the biggest speckled trout of the year during November in the Little River area of South Carolina.
- Lake Gaston is well-known as a trophy catfish lake, but come November, anglers like Zakk Royce switch to striper fishing.
- Wilson Creek is a wonderland for Carolina trout anglers, and you don’t have to be an expert flyfisherman to be successful.
- Redfish around Wrightsville Beach gather in schools as the water temperature drops in November, and they’re hungry and feeding.