March 2014 Archives - Page 4 of 6

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

Dress for success

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

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. […]

Terry Hiers and two very happy hunters pose with a trio of Blackwater gobblers. Hiers believes that overall woodsmanship is the most-important factor in hunting turkeys, but he’s not opposed to using some unique calls when the situation presents itself.

Unusual calls and fighting purrs

Terry Madewell

Terry Hiers is an expert with most any call made, but he does have some he saves for specific situations. […]

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. […]