November 2014 Archives - Carolina Sportsman

A kayak owner prepares to install a hatch-style cat bag.

Take paddling precautions

The kings and Spanish mackerel were hitting strong over the past week, likely the last good run for the year. The ocean was tame, making for an easy surf entry and paddle on the kayak. […]

A jerkbait like an X-Rap can be a real weapon in November and December when bass suspend around schools of baitfish.

For November bass anglers, it’s time to fish, or cut bait

Davy Hite

November is a month of choice for bass fishermen around South Carolina. Things can go one of two ways. You can either plan to fish through the rest of the fall and into the winter, or you can put your tackle away and concentrate on deer hunting until New Year’s, and maybe duck hunting for a month after that. […]

The new Arashi Wake Crank provides an alluring wobble right at the surface of the water, driving bass into biting.

Arashi Wake Crank a bass magnet

Don Shoopman

An Idaho outdoorsman had plenty of time to talk about some keys to his success this year as an Elite Series angler as part of a four-year career that has earned him $517,632. […]

Charging your trolling motor batteries as you run can extend your fishing time and the lives of your batteries.

Battery charging on the run

Allan Tarvid

From the Complaints You Will Never Hear department: “I fished in the wind all day and still have too darned much power left in my trolling motor batteries!” […]

Guide Kevin Davis caught this nice striper from Lake Marion last November.

November great month for stripers, crappie, and largemouth at Santee Cooper

Terry Madewell

Despite the cooling weather in November, the fishing action seems to just simply get better for a variety of species on the Santee Cooper lakes. […]

Tips for perfect fly presentation

Chris Burrows

Wade upstream, not downstream. In heavily stocked rivers with little or no wild-trout population, hatchery fish can be taken by wading downstream. The smarter spawned and wild trout are not quite as susceptible. […]

Ronald Nixon’s Orange County buck was one of North Carolina’s best in 2013-14. It scored almost 165 non-typical inches.

That .06 of a deer must have been difficult to kill

Craig Holt

Here are some facts about North Carolina’s deer harvest in 2013-14 and from the 2012-13 Hunter Harvest surveys compiled by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]

A big, Texas-rigged worm (left) is a great lure to fish around sunken brush piles.

Baits for brush piles

Brian Cope

So you’ve got your brush piles set up and now it’s time to reap the benefits of your labor. What are the best lures to use around brush piles? […]

A syringe can help deflate the swim bladder from a fish that’s been brought quickly out of deep water and can’t swim back down.

Fizzing a fish

Walt Bowen

When bass decides to move from deep to shallower water, they will do it gradually, in small increments, so their internal swim bladders can adjust to the change in water pressure. […]

Lake Monticello is a pump-back lake that has a largely undeveloped shoreline and holds plenty of big catfish.

Monticello particulars

Terry Madewell

Lake Monticello is about 6 miles long and covers around 6,700 acres. It was created in 1978 as a pumped storage facility managed by South Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G) to provide cooling water for a single-unit nuclear reactor; its outflow goes directly into Parr Reservoir. […]