May 2014 Archives - Page 6 of 7 - Carolina Sportsman

The Broad River and Port Royal Sound may hold more cobia in May and June than any other fishing destination, perhaps in the world.

Cobia combination

The Broad River and springtime cobia are subjects so intertwined that fishermen rarely reference one without mentioning the other. […]

Lake Tillery holds one of the best populations of shellcrackers of any large lake in North Carolina.

It’s time to box up Lake Tillery’s ’crackers

Tony Garitta

Rusty and Rosco Bowers of Albemarle got hooked on fishing during their high-school years, but not in the manner conceived by the tackle industry’s “Hooked on Fishing” program. […]

Backlashes

Netters in end game that they asked for

Craig Holt

The premise of the 1950s television show “You Asked For It” was to create stories people wanted to see, such as William Tell shooting the apple off his son’s head or a politician not telling a lie (I made up the second one). […]

Fishermen who learn and understand how to fish a highlands reservoir have a good opportunity to catch huge bass.

Hawg hangout – The spring spawn offers fishermen their best chance of the year at doing battle with a big Lake Jocassee bass

Phillip Gentry

For more than 20 year Monty McGuffin of Westminster has been prowling the woods and waters of the Upstate and beyond as host of The Carolina Outdoorsman television Show. […]

Josh Hooks puts a big Shearon Harris bass into his boat. Even though the spawn is largely over, Harris bass still tend to be chubs.

Lunker city

Craig Holt

Ask a Triangle-area bass fisherman what North Carolina lake he’d fish if he had one day on earth to throw a Texas-rigged worm, and nine of 10 probably would choose the smallest major impoundment within driving distance of Raleigh. […]

Guide Brad Taylor mines Lake Murray’s depths this month for a lot of big, bragging-sized shellcrackers.

Shellcracker game at Lake Murray

Terry Madewell

Perhaps the most underrated and overlooked fisheries at Lake Murray is the shellcracker. […]

Brian Shinn lifts a hefty Tuckertown Lake largemouth bass.

Uncover Tuckertown’s bass secrets – Don’t let Tuckertown Lake’s size fool you; it fishes plenty big for largemouth bass this month

Craig Holt

The first stop one day last May was Rick’s Restaurant in Denton. It’s a place where loggers, retirees, office workers, telephone linemen, cops, truckers and yes, fishermen, gather for the finest country breakfast in the southern half of Davidson County: scrambled eggs, ham, sausage or bacon, flapjacks, plenty of biscuits or buttered toast, jam, and waitresses who make sure to keep your mug filled with steaming coffee. […]