January 2013 Archives - Page 4 of 8

Scorpion Marine Coatings

Scorpion Marine Coatings provide a durable, high traction, non-skid surface for your boat deck, dock ramps, storage compartments or platforms. […]

After a period of several warm days during the winter, don’t be afraid to fish shallow marsh flats in tributaries of the Pamlico Sound, as specks will move up to feed if bait is available.

Follow warming trends straight to ramp

Jeff Burleson

Winter features cold weather, near-freezing water and an occasional snowfall, but North Carolina anglers are fortunate in January and February where the temperature may rise to the 70-degree level for several days. […]

The N.C. Habitat Foundation has set up a ‘Quail Fund’ to help pay for efforts to restore bobwhite quail to suitable habitat in North Carolina.

NCWHF tackles quail problem

Craig Holt

The N.C. Wildlife Habitat Foundation has accepted the daunting challenge of trying to improve the state’s quail habitat. […]

Yellow perch have flaky, white meat and are considered excellent table fare.

Pan-fried yellow perch

Phillip Gentry

Yellow perch are considered a delicacy up north, and in an area where walleye are common, that’s saying a lot. Here’s a recipe to try out when you bring home a cooler full of coon-tails. […]

Don’t be afraid to fish a fly that will make some noise or put off some vibration, as it will often attract redfish.

Make some noise? What?

Jeff Burleson

Winter redfish can be very spooky, and fishermen should always be conscious of making unnatural noises while poling into the shallows, especially in the marsh where sometimes hundreds of fish will be congregated. […]

FLOATSTAND

North Carolina Sportsman

Add life-like motion to your spread with the FLOATSTAND, a floating platform designed to support your spinning wing decoy in a variety of water depths and hunting situations. […]

The author caught this nice striped bass on a wintertime trip for speckled trout in the Pamlico Sound watershed.

Welcome bycatch: stripers

Jeff Burleson

Fishermen crawling grubs through deep holes in Pamlico Sound and its tributaries during the winer should expect a familiar by-catch: striped bass. […]

Backlashes

New administration in unique situation

Craig Holt

For the first time in 20 years, North Carolina will have a Republican governor, Pat McCrory. […]

South Carolina duck season is still in full swing, and woodcock season runs all month.

Quacks and Timberdoodles — How to make the most of your late-season duck and woodcock hunts

John Gribb

By January, the easy bird hunting is long past, unless a plantation-owning friend invites you for a quail hunt. Aside from plantation or shooting-preserve quail, however, other wild birds are legal game this month.

Duck season is still in full swing, and woodcock season runs all month.

It is an understatement to say that most South Carolina bird hunters do not focus on woodcock, but hunters with dogs — especially transplanted Yankees — love them. Woodcock are a favorite of bird dogs because they are easy. Put your dogs in good woodcock cover, and they will find the birds. Woodcock are easy to smell, easy to point and flush, and easy to carry on a retrieve. […]

Currents

These resolutions I think I can keep

Dan Kibler

I have never been one who makes New Year’s resolutions, because I know that 99 percent of them are doomed from the start. […]