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. […]
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. […]
Black-powder hunters used to be burdened with carrying all types of gear into the field for the inevitable misfire and cleaning. […]
Among his many talents, Roger Metz is a great storyteller. He tells this story of a black-powder 2005 deer hunt in Chester County. It has a happy ending for everyone except the deer — and Metz’s brother, Paul. […]
Although a live shrimp under a popping cork is probably the best bait for speckled trout from May through September, most shrimp leave North Carolina’s inland waters after the first big fall cold fronts. […]
Deer hunters looking for a way to increase the availability of food on their land without spending enormous amounts of time and money on corn and sweet potatoes can start a food- plot program, and it doesn’t have to be real expensive, either. […]
Many anglers have been fishing with someone, casting identical lures, with one angler catching fish and the other catching nothing. […]
If more deer knew the old English proverb, “Curiosity killed the cat”, a few more might survive each hunting season. […]
If deer couldn’t smell, they would have been hunted to extinction thousands of years ago. They rely on a keen sense of smell to find food, communicate with other deer and avoid dangerous situations. […]
October gets a lot of love in the Santee Cooper area, and not all of it has to do with fishing. […]
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