Statewide NC Archives - Page 276 of 633

Colorado, Indiana and willow-leaf blades give spinnerbaits different actions that excel in situations that are widely different.

A spinnerbait primer

For many fishermen, spinnerbaits have taken a back seat to a lot of new lures and trends in fishing: swimbaits, umbrella rigs, vibrating jigs and swim jigs. […]

The Fat Boy

Don Shoopman

Paul Brown’s Fat Boys are still kicking, slowly twitching underwater, tantalizing and catching saltwater fish after the proven soft plastic was bought in the late 2000s. […]

Black drum in North Carolina will have creel and size restrictions for the first time as of Jan. 1, 2014.

Black drum will get creel, size limits on Jan. 1.

North Carolina Sportsman

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has voted to manage the recreational catch of black drum with size and creel limits that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014. […]

A state-record bear highlighted a record-setting season in the Upstate last month.

Upstate bear season results in record-setting harvest

Scott Keepfer

A “perfect storm” resulted in a perfect 2013 black bear season for many South Carolina hunters. The result was an all-time record harvest of 127 bears during the recent Upstate season. […]

Armadillos can destroy a field, rooting up the ground in its search for food. That makes them perfect targets for varmint hunters, since no one complains when they are shot.

Handgunning for varmints

Gordon Hutchinson

We were never overrun with those juicy targets we read about in the big sporting magazines — articles by guys who referred to their shooting cult as “varminters.” […]

ProMariner chargers can be set to charge either flooded/standard AGM batteries or gel batteries.

Battery chargers with a pulse

Allan Tarvid

The chemical process that produces electrical power in a battery can also damage it without human intervention. […]

Shannon Clark's 5-pound, 8-ounce redfish was weekend's biggest, and she and husband Rennie won the Lowcountry Redfish Cup's championship.

Carolina Beach couple knocks off championship of South Carolina redfish tour

Jerry Dilsaver

Rennie and Shannon Clark of Carolina Beach decided earlier this year to fish the Lowcountry Redfish Cup trail – there being no trail in North Carolina in 2013. […]

Be ready for a buck to show up almost as soon as you put down your call; immature bucks are especially susceptible to calling, as they can often get in and sneak off with a doe while bigger bucks fight it out.

Be prepared

Jeff Burleson

Calling to wildlife is definitely an active way to entice game into close range. The animal’s nature and mood will determine how intense the response is. […]

Choose a deer call for its versatility when it comes to making different sounds at different levels of volume.

How to choose a call

Jeff Burleson

Game calls have been around for nearly 400 years. Duck calls were among the first type readily available; they were used to entice ducks into caged enclosures. […]

Rattling with shed horns can produce life-like sparring and fighting noises.

Pick the right calls, rattling horns

Pete Rogers

Deer calls on the market today produce a variety of sounds. Look for ones with adjustable reeds that are loud and capable of making many sounds. […]