Taylor Pardue, Author at Carolina Sportsman

Lay out for sea ducks

Taylor Pardue

Layout boats are the perfect craft to kill your limit of sea ducks off North Carolina’s coast. […]

Sharking off the Cape Hatteras coast

Taylor Pardue

Forget swimming and suntanning; savvy anglers know shark fishing is much more exciting. […]

Quail hunting in the Carolinas

Taylor Pardue

Quail hunting is a possibility in the Carolinas thanks to the efforts of numerous agencies. […]

Ducks on the state’s dime. Where is the Carolinas’ top public waterfowl hunting?

Taylor Pardue

Game Lands, WMAs provide plenty of waterfowl hunting opportunities in Carolinas […]

Tactics for Lake Norman’s winter bedding bass

Taylor Pardue

Fishing for bedding bass is a fun tactic when done correctly. The average bass bed holds a male and a female, and though it make take time and patience, both are potential targets. […]

Lake Norman bass fishing is powered by the Marshall Steam Station

Taylor Pardue

Duke Energy commissioned the Marshall Steam Station in 1964 and began commercial operation in 1965. The plant was named for Duke’s former president, E.C. Marshall, and is in Terrell, a Catawba County town west of Lake Norman. […]

Norman’s power house – Lake Norman’s bass fishing hot year-round

Taylor Pardue

I was surprised to be fishing so close to the docks and in such shallow water. It was February; big bass were supposed to be suspended in deep water, barely moving, let alone feeding. […]

Concealed carrying properly while afield in North Carolina

Taylor Pardue

North Carolina continues to see a climb in the number of concealed carry holders. Hunters and fishermen are among them, but even with a concealed carry class under their belt, they might not know all the rules for carrying a concealed handgun afield. […]