Hunting
Reserve a South Carolina preserve to cure your quail fever
Public hunting preserves dot the South Carolina landscape, giving everyone access to quail hunts within reasonable driving distances. […]
November 2015
Bass Fishing
A-rig tackle needs more backbone
Veteran bass fisherman J.T. Palmore prefers to use a 7-foot-6 extra-heavy baitcasting rod with a fast, light tip when fishing an Alabama rig. […]
Inshore Fishing
Don’t waste time retying; have extra rods on hand when specks go crazy
Whether you are fishing inshore and offshore waters, fish will be associated with some sort of structure. […]
Bass Fishing
Should the Alabama rig be allowed in bass tournaments?
Chuck Murray, president of the North Carolina chapter of the Bass Nation Federation and a guide on Lake Gaston, supports B.A.S.S., which ruled several years ago that an Alabama rig could not be used on its Elite tournament trail. […]
Bass Fishing
Low lake levels on the Santee Cooper reservoirs this fall will concentrate bass
Guide Chris Heinning said that November on Lake Marion is an excellent time to catch largemouth bass feeding up for the winter, and a lower lake level doesn’t hurt. […]
Bass Fishing
Shiners are great baits for fall bass on Lake Marion
Fishermen would do well to take a “shine” to bass through November and into the winter on Lake Marion. The use of live bait, specifically shiners, produces both quality and quantity of largemouth bass. […]
Inshore Fishing
Shrimp fill the bill when bait thieves are run off by the cold
Brandon Sauls believes that live shrimp will trigger bites from speckled trout, even when nothing else works. While he’ll often catch specks on lures or minnows, shrimp are their preferred food and well worth the effort and expense to get. […]
Inshore Fishing
Know your state line and state limits
The border between the Carolinas runs northwest to southeast angle across the Calabash River and Intracoastal Waterway, marshes and creeks from just west of Calabash to just east of the north jetty at Little River Inlet. […]
Deer Hunting
Age bucks correctly without doing any ground checking
As deer age, their bodies show it, so looking at their bodies instead of their racks will allow you to get a good estimate of how old a buck is. […]
Sidebars
Let your decoy spread rock and roll, but not all the time
Adding motion to a decoy spread is one of the best ways to make 100 duck-looking chunks of plastic appear to be alive. […]