Fishing
New, portable cooker allows spur-of-the-moment oyster feasts
What person who has ever pried open an oyster shell or two hasn’t wished for the ability to fire up the pit and have an oyster roast anytime the thought surfaced? […]
Newsletter
Bass Fishing
North Carolina bass pro has his name on five new baitcasting rods
Bryan Thrift of Shelby, N.C., is one of the most-accomplished pro bass fishermen in the country, and an awful lot of the $1.6 million he’s won in tournaments has come from doing the thing he likes to do the most: skipping a bait back under a dock. […]
Inshore Fishing
Z-Man introduces a new combo that should give speckled trout nightmares
South Carolina’s Z-Man Fishing Products has introduced a combo intended to appeal to speckled trout and the anglers who target them, a TroutTrick soft-plastic lure that’s mated with a Trout Eye jighead. […]
Deer Hunting
Mix up a good fall plot
With fall on the way, hunters are behind the 8-ball if they’re only just getting started with plans for the 2015 deer season. Fortunately, the Carolinas are blessed with a liberal deer season spanning several months, from the end of summer to the first few weeks of winter. […]
Deer Hunting
Putting in a fall food plot will benefit your wildlife herd
It’s not too late to put in a food plot that will benefit your deer herd all the way through the spring. […]
Events & Announcements
NCWRC closes Bladen Lake State Forest dove field indefinitely
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has closed a dove field on the Bladen Lake State Forest Game Land to hunting until further notice. […]
Events & Announcements
Sunrise Lake poised for improved fishing
Lancaster County’s Sunrise Lake, part of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ State Lakes Program, will soon undergo a restoration that will improve fishing at the public fishing lake near the community of Pleasant Hill. […]
Deer Hunting
Bag-A-Buck Contest begins Sept. 12
The Bag-A-Buck Contest will return to North Carolina Sportsman and www.NorthCarolinaSportsman.com this fall for the 18th-straight year. […]
Bass Fishing
Developing patterns for bass fishing
If you listen to enough bass anglers, especially tournament anglers, you’ll hear the phrase “develop a pattern” when they’re talking about fishing. It’s a phrase mentioned a lot, but explained very little. […]
Featured
How to catch bream in moving water
Bream fishing on a river is a different ball game than fishing in a pond or lake, but it can be just as fruitful and rewarding for anglers who don’t mind fishing in these waterways, which are often seen more as catfish waters than bream holes. […]