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Making an accurate cast requires releasing the spool or bail at just the right fraction of a second.

Ping pong for more bass?

I got a ping-pong table a couple of weeks ago. I’ll challenge anybody — I’ve even smoked my mother-in-law a time or two already. Anyway, I love to play ping-pong almost as much as I love to fish. […]

The new Arashi Wake Crank provides an alluring wobble right at the surface of the water, driving bass into biting.

Arashi Wake Crank a bass magnet

Don Shoopman

An Idaho outdoorsman had plenty of time to talk about some keys to his success this year as an Elite Series angler as part of a four-year career that has earned him $517,632. […]

All in-stock short-sleeve T-shirts in stock are currently 25 percent off, plus camo logo long sleeve T-shirts are 15 percent off. Use promo code CAMOTOGO to get your discount, plus a free Sportsman decal.

Sportsman Store offering big holiday savings

North Carolina Sportsman

Black Friday is still days away, but if you’re on the lookout for great gift ideas for sportsmen and sportswomen on your list, head to the Sportsman Store now for savings on popular clothing and accessories that are sure to be a hit on Christmas morning. […]

Dates for the recreational season for black sea bass will change on Dec. 8 to be closer to the vermilion snapper season.

Regulations changed on AJs, black sea bass in South Atlantic

Jerry Dilsaver

Anglers who target several popular species of bottomfish will see a few changes that become effective on Dec. 8 after a federal fisheries management board changed when the annual season begins and several other harvest details. […]

Next time you’re at the target range, try out some of the relatively new exploding targets. They add a great boom to your practice.

Making things go boom

Gordon Hutchinson

In all its infinite wisdom, the U.S. Army determined after basic training at Ft. Polk, La., that I needed to be bussed to Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. — a multi-use base about 50 miles from St. Louis — where I would receive advanced individual training (AIT) in my Army skill. […]

Pistols like the Glock 17 and 26 in 9mm can legally now be used for hunting in North Carolina.

Regulation changes allow hunters to take more handguns into the woods

Taylor Pardue

A change in the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s 2014-2015 regulations is allowing allows hunters to carry a wider variety of handguns into the deer woods. […]

Plenty of newer lures on the market will catch speckled trout, but maybe not as well as "old reliables" like a MirrOlure.

Don’t forget the “old reliable” lures when it comes to targeting speckled trout

Jeff Burleson

Ever since James Heddon first debuted his fishing lures to the public, the way people catch their finned fare will never be the same. […]

Charging your trolling motor batteries as you run can extend your fishing time and the lives of your batteries.

Battery charging on the run

Allan Tarvid

From the Complaints You Will Never Hear department: “I fished in the wind all day and still have too darned much power left in my trolling motor batteries!” […]

Sgt. John Valles killed this nice buck on a Combat Warriors-sponsored hunt in Warren County and later won the October Bag-A-Buck contest.

Army veteran wins October Bag-A-Buck contest

Dan Kibler

Staff Sgt. John Valles of the U.S. Army had a chance to go on his first deer hunt with Combat Warriors Inc. in late October as a guest of the Embro Hunting Club in Warren County. […]

Ivy Oates killed two nice bucks on Oct. 19, one of which she entered in South Carolina Sportsman's Bag-A-Buck Contest. She was drawn as the October contest winner.

Rock Hill teen wins October Bag-A-Buck contest

Dan Kibler

Oct. 19 was a Sunday that 16-year-old Ivy Oates of Rock Hill will not soon forget. The junior at Rock Hill High School killed her first buck, a 5-pointer, around 5 p.m., right after climbing into a ladder stand on property in Lancaster County she was hunting with her father, Danny. […]