March 2017 Archives - Carolina Sportsman

The Crappie Ammo BBs are loaded with the scent.

Get the edge on slabs with Crappie Ammo

After one bait was put on the market in late January, people who go after crappie won’t be fishing for the tasty panfish so much as hunting for them with Crappie Ammo. […]

New C-MAP cartography products combine C-MAP data with GoFree Insight Genesis data, including bottom contour, hardness transitions and even the recent locations of weed beds.

C-MAP lets you customize inland and coastal mapping

Allan Tarvid

A bass club member I used to know was hilariously secretive about his tournament fishing. As we watched from the headquarters dock, he would circle around the far side of a lake before returning to weigh-in to hide where he’d been fishing. […]

Choose the correct arrow rest for your bow

Sammy Romano

One of the most important components of any archery setup is the arrow rest. […]

Even though many streams are closed for stocking in March, there’s plenty of trout water still open for anglers in both Carolinas.

March still offers options

Robert Satterwhite

Prime spring fishing is just around the corner, as mountain streams begin warming up, and brown trout, rainbow trout and brook trout become active and hungry, eager to gobble up the abundant spring hatches. It’s a time when anglers enjoy some of the best trout fishing of the year. […]

You might have to hunt for them a little bit, but largemouth bass should be moving into the shallows at Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, preparing to spawn in March.

It’s Santee shallow time

Terry Madewell

February brought hope of better fishing. but March brings the coveted promise of exceptional fishing on the Santee Cooper lakes. Despite Mother Nature’s typical, short-lived, cold-front disruptions, bass and crappie are going to make their shallow water move in March. […]

Joey Murphy often winds up making some interesting moves to get into position to call to a turkey gobbler.

Put the sneak on a gobbler

Terry Madewell

Custom call-maker Joey Murphy of Linwood, N.C., said some gobblers haven’t read the ‘how-to’ books on turkey hunting. They frequently play by a different set of rules. […]

Power Pole’s addition of drift paddles has given a shallow water anchoring system new life for deeper water fishing.

Power Pole attachment will keep the wind at bay for crappie trollers

Phillip Gentry

Crappie pro Matthew Outlaw said his favorite tactic in any season entails tight- lining combinations of jigs and minnows along channel breaks and over the tops and sides of submerged timber and brush. […]

Patterning your shotgun

Pete Rogers

One of the most-overlooked aspects of hunting with a smoothbore is the act of getting a good pattern for your shotgun. […]

Scratching in the leaves while calling quietly is a great tactic to give an approaching gobbler a sense of security.

When things gets tough, scratch out a tom

Terry Madewell

Hunters love it when a turkey plan comes together right off the get-go, but sometimes a wary old gobbler will tease you with booming gobbles, but sit tight on his turf. Instead of scratching your noggin for answers, just simply scratch…literally. […]

This nice redfish would be a keeper in North Carolina waters, but an inch or two too long to keep in South Carolina waters.

Keep up with inshore fishing regs when you fish along the North Carolina-South Carolina border

Jerry Dilsaver

Fishing the area around Little River Inlet is unique, if only because you can cross the North Carolina-South Carolina border several times in a day’s trip, and because there isn’t a reciprocal licensing agreement between the states and because of regulation differences, things can get interesting. […]