May 2012 Archives - Carolina Sportsman

The fight is over as this white marlin is held at the transom by the mate, who will remove the hook and release the fish.

Banking on Billfish

At the edge of the Gulf Stream, 30 miles out of Oregon Inlet, Jimmy Hillsman struggled to fit the last dolphin into the fishbox. […]

This cobia might be close to the boat, but he’s only just begun to fight — something a lot of fishermen learn quite by accident, to their regret.

Calling Calibogue Cobia

Bryan Bowers

One of the most-anticipated events for fisherman in the Lowcountry is the annual spring cobia migration. Cobia start to show up in mid-April and hang around through most of June. […]

With fuel prices so high, more and more fishermen are choosing to stay closer to port.

The Spanish Armada

Dan Kibler

It’s a long run from Little River Inlet to the bluewater where the tuna, dolphin, wahoo and billfish swim, and with fuel prices moving. […]

Dates for North Carolina’s spring turkey season are set to ensure that the first peak of the breeding (and gobbling) is finished before hunters are in the woods.

The Lull Ain’t Dull

Craig Holt

Being enraptured by the pursuit of wild turkeys is akin to enslavement by alcohol, cocaine, tobacco, gambling, golf or strange women. […]

Guide Marcus Leach casts on the Chattooga.

Trout Triple Play

L. Woodrow Ross

With turkey season in its final days, it’s a perfect time to plan some great trout fishing. […]

The western side of Badin Lake is what locals refer to as "The Whitney side" and the eastern side is known as the "Beaverdam arm" for Beaverdam Creek.

Badin’s Spring Formal

Phillip Gentry

In the eyes of a striped bass fisherman, there is no more repulsive sight than to be out on the water and find the floating carcasses of your favorite quarry. […]

Stripers and hybrids head to South Carolina’s Clarks Hill Lake in the spring.

Where and how, not why

Phillip Gentry

William Sasser, a veteran fishing guide on Clarks Hill Lake, just shrugged his shoulders and remained pretty much speechless.

The list of items that Sasser doesn’t have much to say about is definitely a short one, but ask him why May is such a good time to catch striped bass and their hybridized cousins on the sprawling, 70,000-acre reservoir, and the instantly likeable angler goes silent. […]