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Cover: May 2018

The Carolinas have so many great places to catch flounder, it’s hard to name just one, so we picked four spots you shouldn’t miss. […]

Mercury’s V-6 four-stroke outboards

Carolina Sportsman

Mercury Marine decided that its 75- to 150-horsepower FourStroke outboards were so successful, the company has debuted a line of bigger engines with the same features. […]

Sheepshead fishing is part fun, part frustration, and one of the frustrations comes from the fish’s ability to steal your bait before you know it. The main bait of choice among sheepshead anglers is a live fiddler crab. And catching the crabs, keeping them alive, and constantly rebaiting with them is no fun, and it’s time-consuming. […]

May across the Carolinas is a banner month for catching plenty of bass, including some big ones, in shallow water.

Three great baits for bass in May

Davy Hite

I am a Taurus bull, so I really love to get on the water in May and chase bass. It is a great fishing month, because there are a lot of fish on the bank that are easy to catch. We’ve finally got stable weather across the Carolinas, and even though some of the months earlier in the year might be better for catching your personal biggest fish, May is probably the most fun for me to go fishing. […]

The Speed Scremer features “arms” that provide maximum action bass just can’t resist.

Creme Speed Scremers

Don Shoopman

Dusty Anders of Deville was excited when he called an outdoor writer in early February.

The 50-year-old firefighter, an avid bass angler and part-time fishing guide, had just boated an 8-pound bass on one of his favorite new soft plastics. […]

Lake Wylie is home to a great population of nice blue catfish, as guide Rodger Taylor (right) can attest.

Follow Lake Wylie’s blue catfish

Pat Robertson

Guide Rodger Taylor of Rock Hill, S.C., said that catching blue catfish on Lake Wylie this month can be great. But you need to be flexible. […]

Modern carbon arrows that look like wooden ones and are fletched with feathers are a major improvement over wooden alternatives.

For tradition’s sake, try one

Sammy Romano

Modern advancements in technology have made it easier than ever to be a successful archer. Tools such as compound bows with high let- offs, electronic rangefinders, magnified fiber-optic bow sights, fall-away arrow rests and many other advancements have changed our sport forever. […]

Aquatic vegetation definitely holds fish, like this big bass caught among this thick grass.

How do you feel about fishing around aquatic weeds?

Brian Cope

Fishing around aquatic vegetation has always been a bit of a two-way street for anglers. On one hand, the shade and cover hold fish, but on the other hand, the vegetation can foul lures and trolling motors. […]

Pick a MirrOlure by size and shape to match baitfish in an area. From top, 14, 17 and 27 sizes.

Match the hatch

Jerry Dilsaver

Guides Lee Parsons and Mark Dickson emphasize choosing lures that are the same body shape, size and color of the dominant forage in an area. Several of the Catch 2000 lures, plus the 52M and MR, TT and MirrOmullet, have the general body shape as a mullet, and all topwater MirrOlures have mullet shapes. […]

You can’t retrieve a MirrOlure too slowly; most strikes come when the bait is not moving.

No need for speed; slow is good

Jerry Dilsaver

Lee Parsons emphasizes that many fishermen fish too fast, especially with stickbaits like MirrOlures. His retrieve includes plenty of twitches and pauses, with current providing most of the forward movement. The idea is not to see how much water can be covered, but to entice fish to strike. […]