General
Repeating Derringer…
My favorite daughter walked in the door one evening, after a shift of five nights straight as an RN in her hometown emergency room. […]
February 2013
Freshwater Fishing
Santee up for a change
February fishing on the Santee Cooper lakes can be likened to the calm before the storm, except the winds of change are already blowing a bit of a breeze. […]
Freshwater Fishing
The other Nantahala
The Nantahala River in Macon and Swain counties is primarily known for its challenging white-water rapids that attract paddlers — amateur as well as Olympic-class — by the thousands during the summer and fall, it is also widely recognized as one of the mountain area’s premier trout streams, so good that Trout Unlimited included it on its list of the top 100 trout streams in the United States — along with the Davidson River. […]
Bass Fishing
Paddle up a striped bass
Taken out of context, the scene may have seemed unusual, even comical. In the middle was a boat considered small by Lake Hartwell standards: a 14-foot kayak. […]
Events & Announcements
It’s Showtime!
Even during a mild winter, it is still winter, and there are times best spent indoors. […]
Deer Hunting
Pour the feed to ’em
Being well below the Mason-Dixon Line, the Carolinas are definitely in the South, but these southern paradises usually experience a winter with freezing temperatures and icy precipitation. […]
Deer Hunting
Provide supplemental feed to sustain body mass
Deer and other wildlife are tested in late winter because few natural foods are readily available. […]
Deer Hunting
Interpret pond-water chemistry analysis
Good fishing ponds are the result of a wide variety of factors, ranging from the grass, water depth and bottom composition to the fish that call these waters home. […]
Bass Fishing
Try a jerkbait this month
A lot of bass fishermen really want to get out on the water in February. A lot of them haven’t fished in better than a month; they’ve been sitting around, maybe getting a little cabin fever, organizing all their tackle and going to boat shows to see what’s out there. […]
Offshore Fishing
The ocean calls
Offshore in February? Sounds crazy to some, but others know very well that February fishing is great off the coast, starting just a few miles out all the way to the Gulf Stream. […]