October 2015 Archives - Carolina Sportsman

Bass are much more active during the fall when temperatures are dropping than in early spring.

Jerk a knot in him – follow this expert’s tips on jerkbait fishing in the fall

When you talk to bass fishermen about fishing a jerkbait, they talk about the early spring, prespawn period when the water is cold. […]

Paddlers can pile all kinds of stuff into their kayaks, but an emergency signalling device, food and water, and a knife are have-to-have items.

The stuff we really need

Bill Howard

Let’s face it. Kayakers are on par with just about anyone when it comes to “stuff”. The late George Carlin did a comedy routine about stuff; it was spot on. […]

Stanley’s Ribbit Runt

Don Shoopman

Ann Thomasson Wilson knows a good artificial lure when she sees one. […]

Modern fish finders offer nearly photographic images of what’s under your boat, but if you are letting the computer decide what it shows, you aren’t getting everything out of your investment.

High-tech developments haven’t changed sonar basics

Allan Tarvid

Current-generation sonar units show the underwater world with a level of realism fishermen could only dream of 30 or 40 years ago. […]

Tight-lining with multiple rods in shallow water, especially around grass, is not an easy technique, but Whitey Outlaw said it will put fall slabs in the boat.

Three steps to finding crappie around brush

Terry Madewell

Guide Buster Rush uses a three-step process to find crappie around brush piles in Lake Marion. The process goes from the most common in October to the most snag-prone last step. […]

A shot through the heart-lung area will be almost always fatal to a deer, but because a deer shot through his boiler room will not expire immediately, finding and following a blood trail is a hunter’s responsibility.

Every time a hunter leaves home to go after some venison, freezer, he or she should always expect that the hunt is going to be successful, and they had better be prepared to track their quarry under any conditions. […]

Big, slab crappie bite as consistently during the fall on Lake Marion as they do during the spring spawn.

Deep-water crappie tools

Terry Madewell

Both Whitey Outlaw and Buster Rush rely on electronics to help them target crappie holding around cover in deep water. […]

Coastal piers offer great king mackerel fishing

Jerry Dilsaver

Fishermen try their luck for king mackerel from almost every pier along the North Carolina coast. On Oak Island, the meat of the pier king season runs from roughly the first of May to the end of October. […]

The author shows off the kind of king mackerel that fishermen expect to catch off Oak Island in the fall.

Fall kings make U.S. Open wide open

Jerry Dilsaver

North Carolina has two migratory groups of king mackerel, scomberomorus cavalla, one considered an offshore group that moves to the warm waters near the beach in spring, summer and fall and then retreats to warmer offshore waters near the Gulf Stream during the winter, and the coastal migrators that migrate up an down the coast, from Florida to Virginia related to water temperature and abundance and absence of forage fish for food. […]