Features from August 2025

Columns - August 2025

  • Air fryer grouper
    Making a delicious grouper meal is easy with an air fryer and blackened seasoning.
  • August is for anglers
    A wide variety of saltwater species are available to anglers in the Carolinas this month.
  • August is full of options
    The month of August offers numerous options for hunters and anglers throughout the Carolinas.
  • Dog days, big bites
    Anglers can expect good fishing from numerous species of fish this month on the Santee Cooper lakes.
  • Escape to smallie waters in August
    The Broad River and the New River are great places to escape the August heat while catching some top-notch smallmouth bass.
  • Paddling the Great Pee Dee
    A kayak fishing trip on the Great Pee Dee River offers stunning scenery and great fishing for multiple species.
  • PCP 101: fill it up
    Shooting PCP (precharged pneumatic) powered air guns offers many advantages.
  • Rewards for roughing it
    Getting off the grid offers many rewards, especially when the off-grid time involves some suffering.

Outdoor Update - August 2025

Hot Spots - August 2025

  • Coastal mixed bag
    Anglers along North Carolina’s coast have numerous options throughout August.
  • Fontana Bassin’
    Fontana Lake offers excellent bass fishing throughout the summer.
  • Jocassee’s summer trout
    Escape the sweltering heat at Lake Jocassee, where the trout fishing is unbeatable, even in the heat of summer.
  • Myrtle Beach Mixture
    Myrtle Beach anglers can expect to catch a mixed bag of inshore species during August.
  • Panfishing the Pee Dee
    The Pee Dee River is a great place to catch your share of bream throughout August.
  • White perch wonderland
    Stock up for your next fish fry with Lake Waccamaw’s white perch.