March 2014 Archives - Page 4 of 6

Tight-lining, or fishing with lures dropped straight down, is a favorite of spring crappie anglers.

Any color is good — as long as it’s blue

Successful crappie fishing at Jordan Lake in March can hinge on having a jig in the color fish prefer that day. […]

A flutter hook is a great way to rig a long, thin soft-plastic bait weedless.

Rigging a flutter hook

A weighted hook, aka flutter hook, is a great way to rig any number of soft-plastic baits such as a Fluke, jerk shad, or trick work. A long, thin weight that is molded on the shank of the hook gives the rig weight and imparts action. […]

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. […]

March is a great time to catch big bass on the Santee Cooper lakes; this hawg came from Lake Moultrie.

March is ‘moving’ month

Terry Madewell

March is a month when a lot of big things are happening on the Santee Cooper lakes. […]

Noland Creek is one of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park’s fine trout streams.

Noland is a Smoky jewel

Robert Satterwhite

Noland Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Swain County is typical of hundreds of prime trout streams that crisscross the park: remote, scenic and full of trout. […]

When it comes to bass fishing, kayaks have an advantage over powerboats, especially when chasing fish in hard-to-reach places.

Paddle up a lunker bass

Phillip Gentry

With the announcement in January that the Bassmaster Classic will be returning to South Carolina in 2015, a lot of anglers are gearing up for bass fishing. […]

The Engel live-bait cooler system will allow fishermen to collect bait in one area and transfer it to a boat’s livewell or directly to the fishing site.

Big Rock’s show stoppers

Jerry Dilsaver

It used to be that the ICAST (International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades) show held each July was the place fishermen got their first look at new products that would separate them from their hard-earned money. […]

No-till drilling devices are often available for short-term rental for land managers wishing to use them to plant food plots.

Consider no-till drilling

Jeff Burleson

Hunters are always looking for a new way to improve their opportunities. From planting fields of green to charring the woods with a routine prescribed burn, there are many ways to manipulate the land to improve conditions that are beneficial to wildlife. […]