January 2014 Archives - Carolina Sportsman

What do you need to buy this winter that a bass will eat? Plenty!

Survey your tackle needs

Now that we’re almost done watching football, it’s time to tackle something more important: your tackle. […]

Lose that last chartreuse lipless crankbait? Make a note of it when you head to a boat or tackle show this month and replace it.

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. […]

The Lunkerhunt Lunker Frog and Pocket Frog are designed to look and act like real frogs.

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. […]

The Ruger American Rimfire is solidly built, has an adjustable stock and can flat-out shoot.

A real matchstriker, finally

Gordon Hutchinson

One of the greatest shots I ever made was with a bolt-action .22 Magnum. […]

Humminbird’s ONIX unit is perfect for freshwater applications, offering myriad options.

Humminbird touchscreens

Allan Tarvid

Two years in development, Humminbird’s new ONIX and ION models offer anglers something different in marine electronics. […]

When water temperatures on the Santee Cooper lakes drop low enough to shut off the striped bass, blue catfish take their place.

Stripers, blue cats are on

Terry Madewell

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. […]

Trout are a little slower to feed in cold, winter water, but they’ll often warm up enough to hit nymphs, streamers or dries.

Don’t ignore January fish

Robert Satterwhite

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. […]

Prescribed burns and other normal forestry measures are seldom undertaken on national forests, to the detriment of many wildlife species.

Forestry considerations

Walt Bowen

Due in part to pressure from environmental concerns, the U.S. Forest Service heavily curtailed timber harvest in national forests in the late 1980s. […]

Keeping your boat directly over productive structure by proper anchoring is a key to being able to load up on reef and wreck sheepshead.

Anchoring down for a good trip

Brian Cope

Capt. Rick Percy of Reel Chance Charters said a good anchor is important for sheepshead fishing. […]

Members of North Carolina’s Twin Creeks Hunting Club have the habitat and resources to produce wall-hanger bucks like this one.

Wildlife Habitat Improvement Series: Twin Creeks Hunting Club

Jeff Burleson

Nestled between Big Fishing Creek and Little Fishing Creek in northeast North Carolina lies Twin Creeks Hunting Club. With more than 7,000 acres of swamps, timberland and a conglomeration of food plots under cultivation, Twin Creeks has the perfect mix of wilderness and prime wildlife habitat to produce a wide variety of game species. […]