May 2012 Archives - Page 3 of 7 - Carolina Sportsman

A long-needed cup of legislative coffee

It’s great, for a change, to see politicians actually getting down to the business of helping protect South Carolina’s wildlife and fisheries resources. […]

Ivan Morris said Lake Gaston’s bass are in transition around the spawn in May.

Lake of the month: Lake Gaston

Craig Holt

Lake Gaston may be the premier largemouth bass lake shared by North Carolina and Virginia. […]

May brings out the best that Lake Murray has to offer.

Lake of the Month: Lake Murray

Jeff Samsel

Folks who fully embrace a mindset of “You can’t have you cake and eat it, too” haven’t spent time fishing at Lake Murray. […]

Striper fishermen can spread out the live baits they slow-troll on free lines by using side planers or planer boards.

Badin striper hotspots

Phillip Gentry

As a rule, Badin stripers will move further toward the dam as the season progresses. Rodney Crisco recommends trying these spots: […]

Never lose your dog again by equiping it with Garmin’s Astro tracking system.

Dog tracking made easy

Allan Tarvid

A few years back I had a scare I don’t ever want to repeat. I was hunting pheasants with Brit, a Brittany I acquired through the PAWS rescue group in Austin, Texas, when she disappeared. […]

Mark Crawford finds numbers of fish on the lower end of Clarks Hill Lake, but he looks up the lake, toward the Lake Russell tailrace, when he’s after a big fish.

Trophy fishing

Phillip Gentry

The choice between numbers and size is an easy one for Mark Crawford when he’s targeting big fish in a striped bass tournament. […]

Spring redfish action really takes off this month in South Carolina marshes as all kinds of baitfish and crabs make a big appearance.

Reds put the feed bag on

Bryan Bowers

May is perhaps one of the most-welcome months for chasing redfish. The weather is warm but not too hot to enjoy, and redfish resume a more predictable feeding behavior. […]

Because of their physical habitat needs, stripers are often squeezed by hot water with low dissolved oxygen levels during the summer, resulting in fish kills.

Summer fish kills are as perplexing as they are disturbing to witness. A typical reservoir may have uniform temperatures throughout the lake, from top to bottom, for only a short time in the spring and again in the fall. […]

The Ruger SR40c

Gordon Hutchinson

A recent concealed carry class included a newlywed couple. The young woman was an attractive emergency room nurse with a winning smile, long brown hair and a dad who was a retired federal law enforcement officer. […]

A long-time landmark for anglers in the McCormick area, the Palmetto Angler was recently added to William Sasser’s fold of fishing services.

Place your baits

Phillip Gentry

Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when striped bass and hybrid bass were first stocked in Clarks Hill, a day of striper fishing started shortly after the previous day ended, with anglers setting out in the wee hours of the morning to catch enough bait for a day’s fishing. […]