Bass Fishing
Topping out in April
A lot of people love to fish in April, and it’s easy to understand why. The weather has warmed up and settled, it’s a joy to spend a day on the water when it’s that pretty — and the fish will be biting. […]
April 2014
Bass Fishing
I might enjoy this April
I have made no bones about having trouble catching bass in April, because I’m a crankbait fisherman and it’s probably the worst month in North Carolina to fish a crankbait. […]
General
Ruger’s SR22 — Small, accurate, fun
I’m going to let you in on the next big thing in handguns. You get the opportunity to get in on this before the rush, like what happened with the Ruger LCP and the Smith & Wesson Shield. […]
Fishing
Manufacturing luck
The Dallas Fire Fighters Bass Club was formed in the 1970s and as a casual angler just turned serious fisherman I was a charter member. […]
Sidebars
Bad weather, good hunting
For a species with a brain the size of a walnut, wild turkeys are fairly clever at avoiding the talons or the teeth of predators, but their poor sense of smell allows hunters and other predators to take a few turkeys each year. […]
Bass Fishing
Sight fishing can create problems
Guide Joel Richardson said sight fishing for bedding bass at Randleman Reservoir is difficult. […]
Bass Fishing
A guide’s guide to North Carolina’s best spring bass lakes
Bass fishermen are as crazy over statistics as hard-core baseball fans, so a popular topics among North Carolina chub chasers is which lake is the hottest around during the spring. […]
Sidebars
Make use of locator calls as season progresses
Locator calls are an important of any turkey hunter’s arsenal, especially from mid-season to the final day of the season.
Sidebars
Have a wide assortment of calls ready
Veteran hunter and call-maker John Tanner said that in the middle to late portion of the season, it is often one specific tone or pitch from a call that will make a gobbler respond and approach your position. […]
Sidebars
Decoy and setup wisdom
Mitchell Johnson feels that when hunting a field, too many hunters set up too close to its edge. […]