The Carolinas Archives - Page 161 of 192

Most of the live baits that fishermen can catch in cast nets in the fall will draw strikes from flounder, but perhaps mullet are the most productive.

What’s the best way to tempt fall flounder?

Flounder gorge themselves on anything they can get inside their bellies from shrimp, mud minnows and finger mullet to small spots and croakers. But what is the best bait to use? […]

Best rigging for fall flounder

Jeff Burleson

When anglers visit a tackle shop, they find plenty of rigs labeled “flounder rigs.” […]

Planer boards work in conjunction with free lines to spread lines so they don’t get tangled behind the boat.

Freelines, planer boards are a big part of striped bass anglers’ arsenals

Phillip Gentry

Free-lining is a very natural presentation of live bait, with baits allowed to free swim behind the boat, often with enough line out to allow the bait to decide the chosen depth. Rigs can be as simple as a line with a hook on the end. Boat speed should be adequate to maintain a tight line back to the bait. […]

Laura Tucker of Manson, N.C. won the CarolinaSportsman.com October Bag-A-Buck contest with a nice 8-point buck she killed in a spot that has special meaning for her.

North Carolina huntress wins October Bag-A-Buck Contest

Dan Kibler

Laura Tucker of Manson, N.C., killed a nice 8-point buck in a very special place late in the afternoon on Oct. 27. […]

Typical rod storage options on a kayak require placing rods vertically behind the angler, often necessitating the skill to cast sidearm accurately.

Take it up a notch

Phillip Gentry

Fishing from a kayak is a work in progress. Everyone gets into the sport at different levels and skill sets, and some progress faster or slower than the rest. Developing skills is essential to advancing both your enjoyment and proficiency in catching fish from a plastic boat. […]

Using a neoprene reel cover helps protect your reels, and you can do it in style with these covers from SportFish.

Protect your fishing reels in style

Brian Cope

I had a friend show up for a fishing trip recently with two spinning reels. He couldn’t turn the handle or open the bail on either one of them. The problem? He’d failed to clean them after his last saltwater trip from two weeks earlier. […]

Weedless topwaters?

Brian Cope

Using topwater lures in a walk-the-dog fashion over oyster shell banks, especially in smaller creek mouths that meet larger channels, is a great way to catch speckled trout this time of year. […]

Skewerless wahoo kabobs

Jerry Dilsaver

The fall of 2017 has presented a few challenges for fishermen in the Carolinas, but fishing has been good when the weather has allowed. Uninvited visitors Irma, Jose and Maria, plus some fronts rolling off other tropical systems, made the waters rough at times, but fishermen are persistent and made trips when possible. […]

Capt. Rod Thomas, a/k/a Capt. Ponytail poses with a bull redfish he caught on a popping cork/swimbait combo in Winyah Bay.

VIDEO: Catch more bull redfish with this tip

Brian Cope

This time of year, anglers up and down the coast of both Carolinas can find trophy redfish much closer to shore than any other time of the year. These big bulls, which can range in size from 35 to over 50 pounds, come inshore to spawn, then head back out to the bluewater until next fall. […]

Bradford Beavers of Ridgeland, SC secured his biggest win at the 2017 Costa FLW Series Championship.

SC angler Bradford Beavers wins Costa FLW Series Championship

Brian Cope

Bradford Beavers of Ridgeville, S.C. was the only angler in the Costa FLW Series Championship on Kentucky Lake to catch a 5-fish limit on day three of the tournament, and that pushed his total weight for the event to 45 pounds, 12 ounces, which earned him his biggest win of his young career. […]