March 2019 Archives - Carolina Sportsman

Painting a crankbait, even with a state-of-the-art airbrush paint, is a process that takes many, many steps and coats of paint to give the bait a perfect finish.

Tie on a Black Label balsa crankbait

Mississippi pro’s hand-crafted balsa crankbaits are square-billed, bass-catching creations. […]

Bless the Santee Cooper bass spawn

Experienced bass anglers at Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie begin looking for big bass moving into shallower water by late February. […]

Tiny, colorful brook trout are among the most beautiful of all trout in North America, and they aren’t even a true trout, but a member of the char family.

Enjoying those beautiful brookies

Robert Satterwhite

For thousands of years, brook trout had mountain streams to themselves. […]

Jerkbaits can give speckled trout fits

Chris Bush

Jerkbaits are great lures for catching speckled trout. Anglers should keep in mind that not all jerkbaits are created equal. […]

Preseason scouting for Carolina turkey hunters

Marty Shaffner

Before turkey season arrives, do plenty of scouting to learn areas birds are roosting, feeding, and strutting to get a leg up on tagging that first tom. […]

Jason Dew (bow) and Randall Soles catch two largemouth bass at Sutton Lake.

Sutton Lake’s roller-coaster bass bite

Mike Marsh

After Hurricane Florence breached the dike at Sutton Lake last fall, the Cape Fear River entered the lake and the power plant shut down temporarily. Will 2019 be a good year or bad year for the lake’s bass? Only time will tell. […]

Shearon Harris bass fall for Chatterbaits in February

Craig Holt

Chatterbaits, aka bladed jigs, are killer lures as bass start to stir this month in North Carolina’s top trophy lake, Shearon Harris. […]

Don’t forget rivers for great crappie fishing

Dusty Wilson

Crappie in river systems across the Carolinas get a bit of a jump on their reservoir-bound brethren as spring approaches. Don’t wait too late to fill your cooler this month. […]