Inshore Fishing
Pedal, paddle or pole?
When the chance to contribute a kayaking column in South Carolina Sportsman presented itself, I jumped at the opportunity. […]
November 2013
High Tides and Tall Tails
Learn to feel the warmth
November is a great month, actually one of the best, to be fishing along the North Carolina coast. However, many fishermen consider it to be the last of the fall months with great fishing and are ready to hang up their rods about halfway through. […]
Greener Pastures
How to get the ‘wet’ out
For many Americans living in the southeast, the thought of building a modern-day ark was becoming a real possibility this year. […]
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Fired up ducks – Three waterfowl impoundments draw ducks, hunters to North Carolina’s Holly Shelter Game Lands
Lodge Road is usually a quiet stretch, cut straight as an arrow through thick, Pender County pocosin habitat. Pickup trucks make the dust rise on the days when Holly Shelter Game Land is open for big- and small-game hunting. […]
Bass Fishing
Cool weather bass fishing techniques for hot fishing on Shearon Harris
Bass fishing in November is usually an afterthought for most sportsmen, who are focused on whitetail deer. […]
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Wahoo, blackfin tuna, kings are on the November menu for South Carolina bluewater fishermen.
By November, the tourist action has slowed down in Murrells Inlet and the surrounding Grand Strand, but the offshore fishing action is fast and furious. […]
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Trout before Thanksgiving – Line up a shrimp buffet for North Edisto’s trout before turkey day arrives.
On a steel-gray, November afternoon, Rob Bennett of Lowcountry Inshore Charters cruised the lower section of the North Edisto River, checking areas where he’d been catching speckled trout to see which one best fit the level of the rising tide. […]
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No frills, but plenty of fish – Camp in a tent, a camper or a cabin, and get close to plenty of fish on the South Core Banks.
Have you imagined yourself on a nearly deserted island where there with no roads, lights or restaurants? Where the crime rate is zero? Where rush hour traffic might consist of two vehicles heading slowly down the beach a mile or more apart? […]
Backlashes
Park Service is not sportsman’s friend
If uncertainty once existed about the National Park Service’s course to nurture animal and plant life at public venues — acknowledging the need to protect some birds and turtles at Cape Hatteras National Seashore — the federal agency erased all doubt recently in Florida. […]
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‘Fantasy Island’ for bowhunters – Bulls Island is really ‘fantasy island’ for adventuresome bowhunters
Imagine spending six days on a jungle island; deer-hunting when you have a hankerin’, fishing when you feel like it, and sitting by a campfire at night eating and drinking like some banana republic royalty. […]