September 2013 Archives - Carolina Sportsman

When Davy Hite needs to search for bass schooling on blueback herring, he opts for a soft jerkbait like a Trigger-X Drop Dead Minnow.

It’s blueback-bass again

I look forward to September every year, and not just for the dove hunts and the opening of deer season. […]

The Flip’n OUT will tempt big bass, as some tournament anglers testing prototypes learned.

Mister Twister Flip’n OUT

The Mister Twister Flip’n OUT, the latest in soft plastic creature baits, were scheduled to go on the market the first week of August. […]

Dave Wolak catches plenty of big fish on his three jig trailers.

Playing the jig game

Dustin Wilks

One of the benefits to filming a television show and working with professional fishermen is you get to learn their secrets. […]

A new documentary highlights positives of gun ownership.

“Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire”

Gordon Hutchinson

Kris Koenig introduced himself to me as “the only national public television producer I know of with a concealed carry permit.” […]

Combining the wonders of GPS navigation and your MotorGuide trolling motor is now possible with the introduction of the company’s Xi5.

X marks the spot

Allan Tarvid

The new MotorGuide Xi5 wireless trolling motor is obviously designed to take on Minn Kota’s successful Terrova, and MotorGuide took the time and trouble to do it right. […]

Dan Turner and Dan Floyd show off a pair of keeper-sized stripers from Santee Cooper, where the fishery is in full recovery mode.

A good-tasting ‘stake’

Terry Madewell

Striper fishing on Lake Marion or Lake Moultrie has been closed since June, and won’t open until October, but there has been much work behind the scenes this summer. […]

Mark Patterson catches redfish, flounder and speckled trout in the bays and creeks south of Fort Fisher in his kayak; the area is considered one of North Carolina’s best for paddling-fishermen.

Fort Fisher State Recreation Area is part of the N.C. State Parks System (www.ncparks.gov). It consists of the remains of Fort Fisher from the U.S. Civil War, approximately six miles of beach and the backwater bays at the southern end of Pleasure Island in New Hanover County. […]

White Oak Hunt Club in Williamsburg Co., S.C., manages for trophy bucks on 6,000 acres, planting food plots, doing prescribed burnings and restricting buck harvest.

Wildlife Habitat Improvement Series: SC’s White Oak Hunt Club

Jeff Burleson

In the heart of Williamsburg County’s agriculture belt is an elite hunting organization, White Oak Hunt Club. Founded in 2000 by Grier Copeland and Will Carter, White Oak prides itself as one of the premier hunting clubs in the Carolinas. […]

The N.C. Kayak Fishing Association holds monthly meetings, as well as several outings and fishing tournaments.

A place for paddlers

Jerry Dilsaver

The North Carolina Kayak Fishing Association (NCKFA) was founded in 2008 by Greensboro’s Mark Patterson as an Internet-based organization for kayak fishermen to discuss their interests, exchange information and ideas and plan fishing trips with others of the same interest. […]