Bass Fishing
Month-long Black Friday?
For fishermen and hunters, the best way to describe January is that it’s kind of like Black Friday — but spread out over a month or two. […]
January 2014
Fishing
Survey your tackle needs
Now that we’re almost done watching football, it’s time to tackle something more important: your tackle. […]
Fishing
Lunker Frog
There is a soft-plastic frog so lifelike in detail that the legs possess a kicking motion no self-respecting bass can resist, a soft-plastic frog that captures the confidence of bass anglers everywhere and also reigns supreme as the ICAST Best Soft Lure of 2013. […]
Hunting
A real matchstriker, finally
One of the greatest shots I ever made was with a bolt-action .22 Magnum. […]
Fishing
Humminbird touchscreens
Two years in development, Humminbird’s new ONIX and ION models offer anglers something different in marine electronics. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Stripers, blue cats are on
Some outdoorsmen around the Santee Cooper lakes believe that January is just a slow-motion repeat of December. However there’s actually much more to it than that. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Don’t ignore January fish
In terms of weather, January and February are the roughest months of the year, a time when we get the coldest weather, along with snow and ice. […]
Sidebars
Indestructible decoys? Make your own
Diving ducks come into the decoys flying extremely low, often barely above the surface of the water. When using large decoy spreads, low-flying waterfowl like scaup and canvasback can draw fire from hunters that riddles decoys with shot. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Real or fake, shellcracker baits are best presented on light line, tackle
Live bait — especially worms — are choice options for shellcracker fishing in cold weather. One reason is because the worms wiggle around on the hook, drawing attention to themselves. […]
Other Hunting
Fox squirrels
Hunting fox squirrels in legal on many areas in South Carolina, but there are restrictions on some WMAs, according to SCDNR’s Billy Dukes. […]