May 2013 Archives - Page 6 of 8 - Carolina Sportsman

Cover: May 2013 (SC) – Bass

Lake Keowee can be tough, but a game plan will get you closer to spotted bass. Also, cobia prowl Cape Romain Reef this month. […]

Bigeye tuna can dive as deep as 3,000 feet but will also feed at the surface and warm themselves in the sun.

Get The Point – ‘The Point’ off North Carolina’s Outer Banks is a bigeye tuna hotspot in May

Bob Goldstein

Bigeye tuna occupy the offshore waters off North Carolina’s Outer Banks from spring through the summer, but most of the action is from the second week in May through June. […]

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Cover: May 2013 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

Lake Keowee can be tough, but a game plan will get you closer to catching nice spotted bass. Also, cobia prowl Cape Romain Reef this month. […]

Fontana Lake is North Carolina’s top walleye destination.

Southern Fried Walleye – Post-spawn walleye are a May Day staple on North Carolina’s Fontana Lake

Phillip Gentry

Few people associate North Carolina with a fish that practically defines the word “fishing” in the Great Lakes and upper Midwest. […]

The author caught this spunky largemouth bass in the upper reaches of the Ashepoo River in Colleton County.

Something for Everyone – Freshwater, saltwater fish abound along Colleton County’s Ashepoo River

Brian Cope

Originating under the moss-draped trees of the black-water swamps outside Walterboro in Colleton County, the Ashepoo River flows approximately 42 miles before emptying into St. Helena Sound. […]

Guide Steve English said crappie movements around the Santee Cooper lakes are largely controlled by changing water temperatures.

Catch ’em when they’re deep – After the spawn, Santee Cooper’s crappie will still bite; you’ve just got to look for them in deep water.

Jeff Burleson

As the sun cooks the waters over Berkeley County, America’s tastiest freshwater favorite continues to offer anglers an outlet for their prized flesh. […]

Redfish are relative homebodies; until they’re large enough to spawn, they rarely leave a basic area.

Lowcountry 411 – Take these tips and catch Lowcountry redfish all the time, anytime.

John Gribb

Redfish are easy.Some freshwater anglers, especially those who focus on cold-water trout, disdainfully quip that “Catching bass is easy; anyone can catch one.” […]

Guide Richard Andrews spends each April and part of May at the Roanoke River and knows how to catch stripers.

Stripers on a platter – Water conditions are right in second half of Roanoke River striper run for great topwater action

Craig Holt

Perhaps no fishing technique provides more excitement and satisfaction than using topwater lures. […]

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