Bass Fishing
Don’t forget soft plastics
Soft plastics are some of the most-overlooked baits that bass fishermen have in their tackle boxes once the leaves begin to turn in the fall. […]
November 2013
Bass Fishing
A spinnerbait primer
For many fishermen, spinnerbaits have taken a back seat to a lot of new lures and trends in fishing: swimbaits, umbrella rigs, vibrating jigs and swim jigs. […]
Inshore Fishing
The Fat Boy
Paul Brown’s Fat Boys are still kicking, slowly twitching underwater, tantalizing and catching saltwater fish after the proven soft plastic was bought in the late 2000s. […]
Other Hunting
Handgunning for varmints
We were never overrun with those juicy targets we read about in the big sporting magazines — articles by guys who referred to their shooting cult as “varminters.” […]
Fishing
Battery chargers with a pulse
The chemical process that produces electrical power in a battery can also damage it without human intervention. […]
Hunting
Habitat improvement series: Mecklenburg Hunting Club in the Sandhills
For 50 years, Mecklenburg Hunting Club has offered superb hunting opportunities for its 70-member cast in the middle of North Carolina’s Sandhills region. […]
Deer Hunting
How to choose a call
Game calls have been around for nearly 400 years. Duck calls were among the first type readily available; they were used to entice ducks into caged enclosures. […]
Hunting
Keep those cameras focused
Even though trail cameras have been around for decades, hunters have only recently learned how to get the most out of their surveillance equipment. […]
Bass Fishing
Know your limits
Fishermen who are interested in keeping a limit of spotted bass for the table and fish a number of Upstate lakes may find it useful to carry a scorecard to keep up with what’s legal to keep based on what body of water you’re on. […]
Ducks
Fire is friend and foe
The 2011 Juniper Road Fire burned holes in Holly Shelter’s Lodge Road Impoundment dikes; however, it did more good for ducks than bad. […]