June 2017 Archives - Carolina Sportsman

Californian ‘Bub’ Tosh caught this nice bass on a Sanshouo soft plastic last year during a bass tournament in Japan. He finished seventh in the BATNET Classic.

The Sanshouo

Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits’ (GYCB) latest hot lure, the Sanshouo, almost didn’t make it off the cutting room floor. […]

Combining Humminbird’s 360 Imaging with Minn Kota’s Ultrex motor lets you cast to fish, cover and structure within 150 feet around your boat and concentrate on your presentation while the motor holds you in place.

Seat of your pants sonar

Sonar fishfinders have always helped us find fish and fish-holding structure, but helping us precisely target fish has been another story. Early on, bulb-type flashers supported vertical jigging. […]

Ravin’s 2017 model crossbows offer hunters plenty of the latest technology for great arrow speeds and pinpoint accuracy.

Fly with these Ravins

Sammy Romano

In this day and age, the archery industry has become extremely competitive and overcrowded, with new manufacturers constantly entering the marketplace. […]

Keeping a fish you’ve landed at least partially in the water will lead to a better chance for a successful release.

More and more people are taking up the fine sport of trout fishing, but unfortunately, we aren’t adding new trout streams or growing more trout. Even remote, backcountry trout streams are getting more fishing pressure than ever. […]

Crappie may be deeper as summer approaches, but fishing can be as consistent and productive as in the spring.

Deep doesn’t mean bad

Terry Madewell

Summer setting up on Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie is not necessarily a negative for Santee Cooper anglers. We’ll have to adapt to fishing different patterns, some of which will involve deeper water than we fished during the spring. […]

It takes a big planer board to effectively pull an extremely large bait, but small baits in shallow, clear-water situations are best used behind a small planer board.

Match planer board size to bait size

Terry Madewell

Planer boards are made in a wide variety of sizes because of the varying needs of anglers for specific species and circumstances. Selecting the right one for the job at hand is crucial. […]

Zakk Royce fights a big Lake Gaston catfish hooked on a bait pulled along the bottom behind a planer board.

Catfish pros recognize planer board uses

Terry Madewell

Guide Zakk Royce took the principles of using planer boards in striper fishing that he learned from a buddy and applied it to catfishing, and it has significantly improved his success. […]

Floating a live bait or lure under a cork allows anglers to put baits in places where it’s tough to troll or cast.

Float a bait past a flounder; sometimes, it’s the only way to reach them

Jeff Burleson

Flounder are voracious feeders that will find the best places to set up to gain an advantage on their prey, and since they can hide in precarious positions, anglers need to look at alternative methods to get baits in their wheelhouses. […]

Flounder will move as the tide moves and changes, and fishermen need to move with them to keep the bite going.

Trolling is a great way to kick-start a flounder trip

Jeff Burleson

During the spring and summer, flounder are one of the most-abundant fish in the estuaries along South Carolina’s coastline. They can be caught anywhere from jetties and nearshore reefs to every flooded channel, bay and grass flat, but they will not stay in one place for very long. […]

South Carolina’s Marine Artificial Reef Program has 38 artificial reef sides off its coast to fill with steel, concrete and old boat hulls to promote marine life and add to the public’s fishing opportunities.

Artificial reef programs benefits marine life

Phillip Gentry

Artificial reefs are man-made structures laid on the sea floor that provide a foundation for the establishment of productive habitat for marine life. They attract fish and other marine organisms from many levels of the food chain. […]