February 2012 Archives - Page 2 of 6

Oysters are most-easily picked at low tide, when they’re visible and can be best judged for size and shape. Choose the ones that are covered by water the longest.

Crack open an oyster

In South Carolina however, people often venture happily outside for the promise of something warm and delicious: steamed oysters. […]

Backlashes

Fish management held by anglers, pols

Craig Holt

Politics, even at the state level, often is a confusing game. Anybody out there think Mike Easley, once North Carolina’s attorney general and later its governor, ever dreamed he’d end up an admitted felon? […]

Cover: February 2012 (NC) – Freshwater

North Carolina Sportsman

Bulls Bay is a great place to load the cooler with big sheepshead, and the same is true at Lake Moultrie for catfish. […]

Accurate GPS information is critical to plenty of uses common in everyday life, including automotive GPS.

What’s up with GPS?

Jerry Dilsaver

If you haven’t been paying attention during the past year, a threat to the accuracy of Global Positioning System (GPS) signals has been growing at almost the speed of light. […]

This 14.35-pound striper caught by Emily Underwood and her partner, Brian Underwood, was big fish in the Nov. 19 Tarheel Striper Club’s tournament on High Rock Lake.

Two pairs tops on Norman

Tony Garitta

DJ’s Lake Norman Winter trail has drawn some of the western Piedmont’s best fishermen over the past handful of years, and through the first handful of this winter’s events, two teams have been consistently cashing checks. […]

A spinnerbait can be a dynamite lure later in the month as the water warms, and largemouth bass begin to stir and move toward the shallows.

Better stay on the move

Terry Madewell

Several species of fish in Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie are on the move this month, which typically begins with some of the coldest water temperatures of the year. […]

Wintering fish will stay very close to the beachfront.

Abandon ship

Jeff Burleson

Winter weather patterns usually direct winds from the north and west, laying down the ocean off the beach fronts along the Onslow County shoreline. […]

Clumps of barnacles or marsh mussels, often found attached to docks and pier pilings in gelatinous masses, can be great sheepshead baits.

Chummin’

Jeff Burleson

Sheepshead are no different from any other fish; they will take handouts from anybody. In fact, chumming for sheepshead is quite effective inshore and nearshore. […]

Ed Reeves of Spartanburg has been catching big brown trout on Lake Jocassee for better than 20 years.

Winter ‘Brown’ Out

Glenn Corley

Lake Jocassee is a mountain lake located in the northwestern corner of the state, split between Oconee and Pickens counties, its headwaters across the North Carolina line. […]

A scented soft-plastic bait is often the ticket to drawing a strike from a redfish lurking in the surf zone, feeding by sight and scent.

Avoid rogue waves

Jeff Burleson

By definition, the surf is the area where waves break upon the shore. Given that prevailing winds blow offshore during thewinter, some ground swell will arrive at the beachfront each day under any condition, quickly topping over within the shallow waters of the shoal. […]