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Cover: January 2018
Crappie fishermen in the Carolinas have a handful of great lakes to fish in the winter, and January remains a great time to target speckled trout and reds at the coast. […]
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Celebrate the new year with a late-season buck
We’re down to the last few days of deer hunting season, so let’s all get out and try to bag a good one. […]
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Three techniques to bag bushytails
Like many of my generation I cut my teeth in the outdoors hunting squirrels along creeks and pastures. I will always remember my first successful hunt, sitting under a large cedar tree near an old abandoned farm house, motionless, imagining the family that used to call this place home, daydreaming of children playing under the tree, of chickens scratching for food and fields of cotton, corn and vegetables where giant trees now stand. […]
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Lay out for sea duck success
Jennings Rose launched his 18-foot boat from a private ramp near Hobucken, N.C., with a smaller boat — a one-man layout boat — strapped securely to its bouncing bow. Nosing into the wind, he left the protective waters of a small creek, heading into Pamlico Sound for a day of duck hunting. […]
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Don’t give up just yet! Late season can be great season for Carolina deer hunters.
December is the last hurrah for deer hunters in North Carolina and South Carolina. If they haven’t taken a trophy yet, their chances are steadily but surely slipping away with only a few weeks left in the season. […]
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Winter cats can be cool on these five Carolina lakes
It’s time to catch some winter cats on these five Carolina lakes. […]
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Cover: December 2017
Cody Fields of Antreville, S.C., took this 16-point, 160-inch non-typical buck in Abbeville County on Oct. 13. […]
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November: prime time for super grouper
John Mallette’s love affair with grouper began when he was a teen on Topsail Island, where his family once owned Ocean City Pier. He took a trip with Joe Hifko, a noted fisherman, and was hooked right away. […]
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Catch state-line fall flounder
Fall fishing is in full swing along the Carolina coast, and although many anglers think about king mackerel, speckled trout and spots, flounder fishing can be fantastic; it’s the time when many of the biggest specimens make it into the boat. […]
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It’s trout time – Take time to target shallow Carolina specks in November.
With November comes the best shallow-water speckled trout fishing of the year, and after a few mild winters, the fish are healthy, fat and plentiful. As the water cools, specks are active, schooled up and gorging themselves in anticipation of cold, winter weather. […]