March 2014 Archives - Carolina Sportsman

A Mop Jig and trailer, in crawfish colors, is a great combination for a big March largemouth bass.

It’s March bass madness

I look forward to March like no other month on the calendar, and it has very little to do with college basketball tournaments. […]

Bass make big moves in March

Dustin Wilks

During March, anglers can expect to catch bass on both the upper and lower ends of lakes in the Carolinas. […]

The Yamamoto Chikara is designed to run true right out of the box, and the attention to details — right down to the eyes — is stunning.

Chikara crankbaits

Don Shoopman

Bass fishermen are tying on a hot product from Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits. Surprisingly, it isn’t a soft plastic like the ever-popular Senko. In fact, it’s a hard bait with an attitude. […]

Patterning allows you to learn which shotguns throw the best pattern for turkey hunting.

Turkey patterns and cleaning tips

Gordon Hutchinson

In turkey hunting, preparation is everything.
So thinking about you guys (and gals) who get all heated up over feathers in the spring, I thought I would write about patterning — and cleaning your guns. […]

Garmin’s GPSMAP 1000 series units offer the company’s best technologies in a keypad-controlled design for those who aren’t ready for touchscreens.

Garmin catches up (and then some)

Allan Tarvid

Garmin is bringing its down- and side-scanning sonar technology to the marine electronics market, calling them DownVü and SideVü. […]

Black crappie in Jordan Lake have rebounded after a 2011 die-off and should offer fishermen a great spring this year.

Net survey shows Jordan’s crappie on the rebound

Craig Holt

Biologists Jessica Baumann and Corey Oakley of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission conducted crappie surveys using trap and gill nets in October and November 2012 after a 2011 shad die-off and resulting crappie mortality. […]

Dressing in layers is the way to stay comfortable fishing in cold weather.

Dress for success

Phillip Gentry

Learning to be comfortable in the cold boils down to dressing appropriately and functionally. […]

Riprapped banks cover plenty of Lake Wylie’s shoreline, and fishermen need to target them in March.

Riprap is big key at Wylie

Brian Cope

The large rocks that line much of Lake Wylie’s shoreline are called riprap, and plenty of it is submerged below the surface. […]

High water that’s stained to dirty is a big draw for Lake Wylie bass looking to head for the shallows.

High water is an angler’s friend

Brian Cope

March is typically a rainy month, and as part of the Catawba River system, Lake Wylie gets local rain as well as rain and melting snow from the waterways well upstream, which means anglers will get to fish their share of high water this month. […]

Limited access to the water and tourist amenities have kept Hyde County from being a go-to destination for inshore fishermen.

Hyde County fishing growing in popularity

Jerry Dilsaver

Hyde County is one of the most-unique counties along North Carolina’s coast. The bulk of the county is on the mainland, with Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks. […]