Bass Fishing
Time to spoon-feed bass in deep water
Many bass anglers are itching to start fishing shallow water this time of year, but plenty of bass are still in deep water, and they’re biting just fine. […]
February 2016
Freshwater Fishing
Pick on winter pickerel
Growing up watching TV fishing shows on the weekend was an experience in itself. However, with everyone bass fishing around home, it always seemed strange when anglers would head north and talk of pike and muskie.
Inshore Fishing
The Egret Wedgetail Eel
When Cowboy Outdoors decided to make a big, wedge-tailed soft-plastic artificial lure strictly a saltwater bait, speckled trout fishermen along the country’s coast benefitted big time.
Inshore Fishing
The Egret Wedgetail Eel
When Cowboy Outdoors decided to make a big, wedge-tailed soft-plastic artificial lure strictly a saltwater bait, speckled trout fishermen along the country’s coast benefitted big time.
Fishing
Understanding Navspeak
Looking through an owner’s manual for a new GPS navigation unit, I was surprised at how much the manual assumed I already knew. Some of the terminology was so poorly explained I don’t know how a newcomer to GPS navigation would figure it all out.
Fishing
Understanding Navspeak
Looking through an owner’s manual for a new GPS navigation unit, I was surprised at how much the manual assumed I already knew. Some of the terminology was so poorly explained I don’t know how a newcomer to GPS navigation would figure it all out.
Bass Fishing
Clear, deep and steep – For winter bass, remember those three words
When you start talking about where to look for the first bass that begin biting late in the winter, three words should immediately come to mind: clear, deep, steep.
Inshore Fishing
Don’t avoid winter flood tides
Winter trips for redfish are some of the most-popular outdoor activities for anglers with salt running through their blood. No matter how cold or nasty it gets, diehard anglers will make it to the water.
Other Hunting
Top canine noses belong to beagles
The lineage of beagles extends to Greece, in the fifth century B.C., where a small hound that hunted hares and was followed on foot was mentioned in “Treatise on Hunting”, but England is the modern beagle’s country of origin.
Redfish
Don’t put too much pressure on a school of winter reds
This time of year, anglers can find large schools of redfish that number in the hundreds, and these fish are hungry. But anglers are better off catching just a few from a school, then moving on to find another one. […]
Other Hunting
Choosing, training beagles takes time, expense, effort
Finding, obtaining and training beagles isn’t difficult, but it takes some time and reasonable expense.
Sidebars
Light goose conservation order opens the floodgates for North Carolina hunters
Nearly 10 years ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the “light goose conservation order” that resonated throughout every waterfowl community across the country. The USFWS pulled out all of the stops to encourage hunters to combat the exploding snow goose explosion.
Deer Hunting
Start post-season scouting now
This is a great time of year for deer hunters to do some post-season scouting. […]
Geese
Snow geese require special shot choices, sizes and shotgun chokes
Snow geese travel thousands of miles to reach their southern wintering grounds. After hunters study the flocks and finally get a group to creep into shotgun range, the hard part is over, and hunters need to use their equipment to bring them to the dirt.