The Carolinas Archives - Page 153 of 191

Guide Jerry Neely catches February crappie on Lake Wylie by tight-lining jigs or minnows along creek channels.

Get that jig to a Wylie crappie in February

Jerry Neely prefers to tight-line for crappie in Lake Wylie during February, and he catches them anywhere from 16 to 25 feet deep. […]

Winter weather doesn’t bother black drum too much, especially in the ICW near Little River, S.C.

Paint Little River black, as in drum

Jeff Burleson

During the dead of winter, anglers can expect a strong inshore bite, specifically in the section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway around Little River, just a few yards south of the North Carolina-South Carolina border. […]

The banana lily provides food and cover to waterfowl throughout the entire year, and establishes itself well in beaver ponds.

This plant is beaver swamp magic for waterfowl

Submitted Story

Banana water lily is the plant that changed my hunting luck way back in 1980. I never really expected the ducks to flock to it like they have in the years since I planted it. It is amazing how many waterfowl it feeds each year, both during and after the waterfowl season. […]

Shorter, wider bow limbs are more rigid than wider, narrow limbs, and they distribute stress better to produce a more-consistent, stable shooting platform.

A crossbow that fills all the bills

Sammy Romano

Slightly more than a year ago, I heard rumblings that Matt McPherson and his engineers at Mission Crossbows were working on a revolutionary design that would set the bar higher for the entire industry. […]

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a TowBoatUS captain after his vessel capsized near the Pungo River.

TowBoatUS captain missing after vessel capsizes near Pungo River

From News Reports

The Coast Guard and other agencies are searching for a man in the Pungo River near Hobucken Thursday. […]

Not fly fishing, not bait fishing, spinning is happy medium

Robert Satterwhite

Die-hard fly fishers, some of them, are scornful of bait fishers, portraying them as low-brow fish killers who consume every trout they catch. Bait fishers, some of them, are equally scornful of fly fishers, considering them elitists who catch fish not to eat but to release. […]

Darryl Fox killed this "high-elevation buck" and won the December Bag-A-Buck contest.

Weaverville hunter kills trophy buck, wins December Bag-A-Buck

Dan Kibler

Darryl Fox of Weaverville, N.C., had no idea he was going to kill the biggest buck of his life last fall. A teacher and baseball coach at North Buncombe High School, he didn’t get to do everything he usually does leading up to deer season, or even get in the woods during archery season, because of the sickness and death of his father last year. […]

Ballon tires help the Wheeleez kayak cart transport paddleboats from truck or trailer to ramp and water with ease.

New gear reviews

Phillip Gentry

This Wheeleez kayak cart will make transport of your kayak or canoe through soft sand or dirt almost easy. The cart features inflatable Wheeleez balloon wheels designed to disperse heavy loads over a large surface area for easy portage across adverse terrain and a durable aluminum frame with dual kickstand collapses to fit into most kayak hatches. […]

How to recognize productive water when trout fishing

L. Woodrow Ross

Choosing where to fish is as important as your fly selection; fishermen need to learn to “read the water.” […]

Trout will hit a variety of nymph patterns if the weighted flies are kept near the bottom of a stream.

“High stick” technique

L. Woodrow Ross

1. Angler casts well above fish, keeps rod tip down as nymph falls to bottom of streambed. […]