August 2018

grouper kabobs
Columns

Cheeky grouper kabobs make a great meal

Jerry Dilsaver

August may be hot, but there is plenty happening for sportsmen in the Carolinas. Saltwater fishing has been good all summer, and some freshwater species are beginning to become active again. Deer hunters in parts of South Carolina get a head start in mid-August, and a lot of migratory bird seasons open Sept. 1. […]

food plot
Columns

The simpler, the better for food plot strategy

Jeff Burleson

Food-plot productivity and success is mostly a factor of pure science. Growing a hearty food plot is a product of complex chemical reactions through a laundry list of catalysts required to make the engine roar. While growers can plan everything out down to the number of seeds and the pounds of fertilizer, Mother Nature is still in the driver’s seat.  […]

Off Grid Tools’ Survival Axe
Hunting

Off Grid Tools’ Survival Axe

Dan Kibler

My son, the Eagle Scout, is in his late 20s now, but I can only imagine how he’d have been the toast of his troop 10 years ago if he’d showed up at camp with an Off Grid Tools’ survival axe. […]

Shimano’s Curado casting rods
Bass Fishing

Shimano’s Curado casting rods

Carolina Sportsman

Lightweight, strong, sensitive and affordable. Those are all great attributes for a bass fishing rod, but they don’t always go together. Usually, the affordable part is left out when the other three are mentioned but that’s not the case with Shimano’s Curado casting rods. […]

Culprit’s Water Dragon
Bass Fishing

Culprit’s Water Dragon

Dan Kibler

Soft-plastic lizards were all the rage 20 years ago when the Carolina rig ruled the bass-fishing world, but over the past decade, you haven’t heard much about them. The creature bait has been the hot lure. […]

Fishing

OtterBox coolers

Carolina Sportsman

High performance coolers have been around for several years now, and it seems like more and more companies are making them. And while many are content with making clones of other brands, OtterBox has taken things a step further, making their own Venture Series coolers with unique features that allow you to mount many of their other products directly to the coolers. […]