November 2014 Archives - Page 3 of 7

Walking a few extra minutes can get you away from other fishermen on the Davidson River and its tributaries and may wind up getting you a few more trout.

Get away from the crowd

Chris Burrows

The Davidson is an incredibly popular river to fish. On pretty days, anglers can get a little close for comfort. […]

To attract does, bucks deposit scent in their scrapes and on overhanging limbs known as “licking branches.”

Make your breaks with mock scrapes

Craig Holt

Creating “mock” scrapes during the rut is a deer-hunting tactic many hunters practice. […]

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. […]