Hunting
Predator control: Safeguard the nest
Over the next 60 days, the turkey population will receive its annual hit from the thousands of hunters out there looking to fill their tags. […]
March 2015
Inshore Fishing
Fishing weedless
It is usually important to keep your redfish baits and lures near the bottom, but guide Rick Patterson said in late winter and early spring there is a marine vegetation growing in almost all of the bays and creeks that will keep your hooks fouled. […]
Fishing
Pro-Drive X Series Boats
Pro-Drive builds boats and motors to be used as a unit. The Pro-Drive team of designers and builders all use shallow-water boats and drives for their hunting and fishing adventures, so they’ve learned from experience what works and what doesn’t. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Know when the jig is up — or down
Tackle-shop owner Mark Danque of Chapin said one tactic that a lot of crappie tournament anglers use is something every serious crappie angler can do to improve their catches, helping them quickly and accurately target crappie when they mark fish on their graph. […]
Hunting
Open things up to improve your turkey-hunting odds
With turkey season on the immediate horizon, it is time to do some last-minute habitat alterations to improve hunting while staying within the law. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Double up for shad
Using a two-jig tandem rig for shad is the way to go in the tailrace of the Cooper River in the early springtime. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Use this unique weedless lure fix
Guide Richard Andrews uses a unique way to create a weedless jighead for fishing creeks along the lower Roanoke River that are infested with bottom snags, usually cypress knees. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Expect more, bigger stripers this year
Fishermen had a great 2014 catching stripers on the Roanoke River, and the great spawn in 2011 should continue the good fishing this year. […]
Hog Hunting
Nice teeth ya got there, piggy
The length of its tusks and its weight are the measurements most huntres use to determine whether or not a hog is of trophy status. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Trophies galore
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission defines a trophy brown trout as any fish weighing 2 1/2 pounds or more or measuring 18 inches or longer — according to the N.C. Angler Recognition Program. […]