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Keep those toes warm
With the largest part of duck season and the final days of deer season arriving this month in the Carolinas, so will winter weather. […]
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Freshwater Fishing
Fish the edges of the ledges
Although a lot of striper fishermen on the lower Roanoke River like to cast to cypress trees along the shoreline, those tactics may work well in mid-day after the sun has had a chance to warm the shallows. […]
Inshore Fishing
Find a dock with character
When targeting redfish around docks, look for structures that are different from their neighbors. […]
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Local and long-distance calling
Diving ducks do not decoy as readily or gracefully as puddle ducks, but they will respond to calling. […]
Inshore Fishing
The mantis shrimp rig
Ja Malphrus catches most of redfish around docks with a 1/8-ounce Bass Pro Shops jighead, along with a Gulp! mantis shrimp. […]
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How to tackle big-water decoy spreads
For many hunters trying to lure ducks into range on ponds, in swamps or around other small bodies of water, “less is more” when it comes to decoys. […]
Inshore Fishing
Trolling is a great trout tactic
Bob Matthews of Ladson will use any technique he needs to catch speckled trout, but in December, trolling can be a key to his success. […]
Deer Hunting
Technology has its advantages
When Native American hunters first scoured the landscape to feed their tribes, the water courses traversing the land were prime places to encounter game animals. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Big Hartwell stripers on the fly
One of guide Preston Harden’s personal favorite techniques for catching stripers this month is with a fly rod. […]
Deer Hunting
Big bucks hide out on swampy islands to survive
In order for deer to survive the season, they must learn how to hide from the deer-hunting battalions of the Carolinas. In areas where ponds, lakes, swamps and beaver ponds exist, the deer population increases with the level of hunting pressure. And associated with almost every water course are dry-land hills or islands that begin to collect pressured bucks towards the end of the season.