Capt. Rick "Rod Man" Bennett of Wrightsville Beach understands a lot about fishing. He understands a lot about fishing rods, too, because he builds custom rods for everything from bluegill to blue marlin and fishes them when he guides out of his home port of Wrightsville Beach. Bennett said fishermen need to understand a number of things about rods to use them properly, including how fast or slow their actions are, and that there is a wide price range in fishing rods for a reason.

By now, almost everyone has seen reality shows where a bunch of rough-looking folks feel around on a river or lake bottom trying to catch catfish by hand. Called grabbing,  gravelling or noodling, bare-hand catfishing has become a national past time in other areas, but few realize it’s also a popular sport here in South Carolina, and it’s about to reach its seasonal peak as fish move to spawn.

With the spawn about finished, the bass are recovering and looking to fatten back up on blueback herring. Here are tips for fishing for largemouth bass on South Carolina’s Lake Russell in May. […]

May is an outstanding month for fishing on the Santee Cooper lakes, but the bream fishing is off the charts in popularity and productivity. […]

The best fishing for Lake Rhodhiss stripers takes place in May before the summer recreational traffic breaks loose. […]

Bass fishing on North Carolina’s Tuckertown Lake in May involves two phases: a slow one early in the month and an explosive one later on. […]