Columns
Maintain green fields for deer
For the past four months, hunters have taken thousands of photos and sat for hundreds of hours in deer stands in hoping to take a trophy deer to peg on the wall. […]
January 2018
Columns
Make 2021 your best ever fishing year
January is traditionally known as a time to make resolutions or goals for the next 12 months. So now is a great time to set your fishing goals for 2021. […]
Crappie/Bream
Go light for chilled Lake Norman crappie
Guide Gus Gustafson of Lake Norman Ventures said winter crappie fishing at Lake Norman presents a good news/bad news scenario. […]
Featured
Cape Fear cold stripers
Although there is a moratorium on possessing striped bass anywhere in the Cape Fear River system, a surprisingly good catch-and-release striper fishery exists this month around downtown Wilmington, N.C. […]
Featured
Hilton Head’s winter redfish are ganged up and biting
It’s back to school this month, but not just for kids after Christmas break. Redfish are in tight schools this time of year, and that makes them pretty easy for inshore anglers to find. […]
Crappie/Bream
Falls of Neuse Slabs loaded on brush piles, main-channel ledges
Anglers looking for cold-water crappie action will fall in love with Falls of the Neuse Lake near Durham, N.C., especially if they follow the example of Wes Jordan of Redbeard Cats Guide Service, who scans deeper water brush piles and channel edges before dropping a jig to load the boat. […]
Catfish
Lake Wylie’s winter catfish warm to January cold
Most fishermen leave Lake Wylie to duck hunters in January but for guide Rodger Taylor of Rock Hill, S.C., it is a prime month to catch a big blue catfish. […]
Crappie/Bream
These four lakes are great for cold weather crappie
January may be cold in terms of weather and water temperatures, but many crappie fishermen expect to catch quality and quantity of crappies this month. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Shimano Curado 200 K series
Shimano made some waves in the fishing industry last summer when it debuted its new Curado 200 K series baitcasting reels at the annual ICAST show, where they promptly took home the honor as the best new freshwater reel. […]
Hunting
Crosspoint Waterproof Crew Socks
The idea of waterproof, yet breathable socks sounds like an oxymoron, but thanks to the people at Showers Pass, they’re actually a reality. […]