Features from November 2020
- Do buck limits work? In the Carolinas, you bet they do.
- When the going gets tough, a lot of deer hunters quit; the ones that perserver are often rewarded
- Specks in South Carolina’s Lowcountry waters are a real treat throughout the month of November.
- Don’t forget to pack small jigging spoons when you head to Kerr Lake for fall crappie.
- When are the Carolinas’ peak times for white-tailed deer breeding?
- Colder weather leads to different tactics for Carolina duck hunters
Columns - November 2020
- A hunting license enables outdoorsmen to chase a long list of game species throughout the year.
- Anglers who hang up their fishing gear when the cold weather of late fall/early winter arrives are missing out on some of the best trout fishing of the year.
- Break up that post-Thanksgiving, leftover-turkey blahs with some grouper.
- Head upriver to find some redfish in calm brackish water that's out of the wind.
- In November, bass anglers should scale down their lures, and the Mini Mop Jig is one of the best to use this time of year.
- November is a great time to catch bass in the Carolinas, and kayaks are the perfect craft to do it from.
- Cooling weather brings out big fish at the Santee Cooper lakes throughout the month of November.
- If you're looking for the finest traditional bows available, look no further than Black Widow.
Outdoor Update - November 2020
- Joe Albea had a dream better than two decades ago to broadcast a television show for hunters and fishermen in North Carolina.
- The Coastal Conservation Association-South Carolina has helped out the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ ground-breaking cobia research with a donation of 20 acoustic transmitters and four receivers.
- Natalie Garrett of Rougemont, N.C. is the Carolina Sportsman Bag-A-Buck winner for Aug-Sept 2020 thanks to a 130-inch, 9-point buck she killed with her crossbow on Sept. 13, 2020.
- Bass fishermen who frequent Lake Norman’s 32,500 acres in North Carolina’s Foothills might notice something a little different about the largemouth bass they catch a few years down the road.
- I remember, years ago, talking to Scott Van Horn, a crackerjack fisheries biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, about a crappie study being done on B. Everett Jordan Lake.
Hot Spots - November 2020
- Expect great speckled trout action in Adams Creek, ICW this month
- Stripers show up in Albemarle Sound to overwinter before their spring spawning run.
- Speckled trout of all sizes -- including some gators -- are biting strong along North Carolina's southeastern coast as the water continues to cool.
- Go deep for big Lake Moultrie bream in November.
- As the water continues to cool in the lowcountry, downsizing your lures and working them slowly is a good bet for catching specks and reds.
- Fall is in full swing this month, with inshore and offshore targets firing off on all cylinders, and anglers searching for that ever-so-popular flaky, white flesh can still catch a limit of flounder in Murrells Inlet’s famous waters.
- Look for High Rock crappie around brush in November.