Inshore Fishing
Tale of the tripletail
A less frequent, but decidedly unique angling opportunity around Hilton Head is tripletail. The fish are found along the coast in most, but not all, tropical and subtropical areas. […]
Articles by Phillip Gentry
Inshore Fishing
Handle bull reds carefully, then give them the ‘plunge’
Capt. Rick Hiott, who has volunteered many hours toward conservation efforts for redfish, urges anglers to use extreme care when handling adult members of the population, as the future of the area’s redfish stocks are, quite literally, in their hands. […]
Inshore Fishing
Step up to the ‘plate’ to fund marine research
In 2004, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources unveiled a vehicle license plate available to South Carolina citizens: The Saltwater Conservation Vehicle License Plate. […]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish research at Fort Johnson
The S.C. Marine Resources Center at Fort Johnson supports several state and federal research facilities on a modern campus that is largely maintained by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. […]
Inshore Fishing
Marine gamefish tagging program
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ Marine Resources division has relaunched its volunteer tagging program with the hope of introducing a new generation of anglers to tagging and releasing marine gamefish. […]
Freshwater Fishing
East Fork reservoir basics
Often overlooked as fishing destinations, Wolf Creek Lake, Tanasee Creek Lake, Bear Creek Lake, and Cedar Cliff Lake are small impoundments of the East Fork of the Tuckaseegee River that are hardly remote by today’s standards but remain off the beaten path. […]
Inshore Fishing
Driftmaster tackles ‘yaks
Take a guy with an engineering background who has designed metal rod holders his whole life, put him in a plastic boat, and you can see the wheels begin to turn. […]
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Harvest Hilton Head’s summer slam
An angler looking to find a little bit of everything on a late-summer fishing trip could do a lot worse than setting his sights on Hilton Head Island, where great inshore fishing for traditional species exists and where the warm waters of the Atlantic bring in a wealth of scaly summer visitors. […]
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Mountain bream gems – Summer sunfish are headliners on small lakes on East Fork of Tuckasegee River in North Carolina mountains
Fishermen looking to escape the August heat and still keep their rods and reels in working condition should consider a trip to the North Carolina mountains, Jackson County in particular. […]
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Come run with the bulls – Find an underwater edge and set up for great action on Charleston Harbor bull redfish
Rick Hiott of Charleston has been guiding trips for redfish for years, and he looks forward to the late summer and early fall season when adult redfish, bull reds, converge on the large marine estuary commonly known as Charleston Harbor. […]