May 2014 Archives - Carolina Sportsman

Don’t hate the postspawn

Many bass fishermen dread the time immediately after bass spawn, referred to as the “post-spawn period.” While there are challenges, there are several really good patterns that emerge. […]

Time for a herring high

Davy Hite

We have had a cold winter and a very up-and-down spring, but there’s one thing that South Carolina bass fishermen can count on this month: May is the month of the herring bite. […]

Smithwick Elite 8 Suspending Rogue

Don Shoopman

It wasn’t too long ago that the Elite 8, the eight best college basketball teams in the country playing in the NCAA’s “Big Dance,” were thrilling fans and television audiences in a hopeful waltz to the Final Four and, ultimately, to the title game at the center of every bracket in the U.S. […]

Marine batteries 101

Allan Tarvid

Learning that all batteries are not created equal can be an expensive lesson. Power your trolling motor with batteries designed to start your engine and they will last for weeks rather than years. […]

Don’t miss May’s offering

Robert Satterwhite

May is an ideal time to be on a mountain trout stream. Wildflowers are in bloom, dogwoods and rhododendron are flowering and a multitude of mayfly, caddis and stonefly hatches are coming off — more hatches than any other time of the season. […]

If it swims, it’s biting

Terry Madewell

There are times when almost anything worth catching is biting, and May is one of those months at Santee Cooper. […]

The story of the “Homer” color

Craig Holt

Bass fishermen are creatures not so much of habit but of expedience. Another way of saying that is, “If it works, don’t mess with it.” […]

Shellcracker particulars

Terry Madewell

The shellcracker, also known as the redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), is native to the southeastern United States but can be found all over North America. […]