February 2012 Archives - Page 3 of 6 - Carolina Sportsman

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

Chummin’

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

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

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. […]

An underwater camera can give fishermen a bird’s eye view of where sheepshead are holding on reefs or wrecks.

See what’s down there

Winter sheepshead fishing around local reefs offers some of the best action of the year. […]

Downriggers can get lures down to exact depths for proper presentation to trout.

Downriggers get you down to where the fish are

Downriggers, made by Walker, Scotty, Penn, Cannon, Mac-Jac and others, have many plusses when it comes to fishing. […]

Deer Hunting

Grow Big Fish Series: Balance pH

Growing big fish begins with creating the right environment on the molecular level. […]

Stripers handle cold weather better than almost any other species of fish, but they’ll still slow down enough that presenting them with a chance for a big meal might produce a bite.

Go Big!

The striper fishery on the lower Roanoke and western Albemarle Sound is one of the best in the state during the winter. […]

Inshore Fishing

Take extra precautions in winter

February is the middle of winter, and even in South Carolina, conditions offer lethal dangers, with little room for error for adventurous anglers. […]

Trout tournaments are very popular on Lake Jocassee during the winter and early spring, when bigger fish
are more biting more aggressively.

Trout tournament time

The Jocassee Outdoor Center holds an annual trout tournament series; four more events will be held this winter and spring: Jan. 14, Feb. 18, March 17 and April 21. […]

Cover: February 2012 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

The spring striper run up the Roanoke gets the notoriety, but fishing can be just as good this month on the lower Roanoke. […]

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