For most of his 47 years, Tom Mundy of Laurens has been trying to figure out better ways to catch fish. As a kid, he would sneak into local farm ponds, and as he grew up, he expanded his territory to include nearby Lake Greenwood. […]
Based in Morehead City, North Carolina, Rig’Em Right Waterfowl owner Matthew Cagle has developed a revolutionary way to collect and store duck decoys without the hassle of tangled lines. […]
In the fall, Blewett Falls Lake near Rockingham offers some of the best fishing of the year for big flathead catfish and hard fighting blue cats in the 10- to 20-pound range. […]
On Saturday, Oct. 6, some of the best local pier fishermen gathered at the Mount Pleasant Pier for the Cooper River Bridge Challenge tournament, put on by the Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission. […]
It all started when a school of bluefish erupted a half-mile off of Carolina Beach, N.C., Tommy Samuels, 14, stood and stared longingly at the activity when the idea struck him to grab a spinning rod and a surfboard and paddle out to the action. […]
It’s not exactly a civil war, but if you’re headed to Edisto Island to catch redfish this fall, you need to decide which side you’re on. The North Edisto and South Edisto rivers, they’re similar only by name. They fish as different as night and day. […]
People weren’t exactly lining the streets, but the two college students, the lovely young lady and the “Reel Fishhead” were just as excited as they made their way through the waters of Charleston Harbor to do a uniquely southern version of running with the bulls. […]
The images on the trail camera didn’t lie. Silhouetted against the waning moonlight were three definite shooter bucks, two of which may be destined for record-book status, based on the expansive antlers encased in velvet. […]
Thankfully, blue crabs top out in the 6- to 8-inch range and rarely exceed a pound or so in weight. If they got any bigger, you could forget going near the water during the summertime, because there is no meaner animal that lives in saltwater. […]
At almost 71,000 acres, Clarks Hill Reservoir, the largest manmade body of water east of the Mississippi River, is still surprisingly undeveloped compared to many of the other impoundments across South Carolina.
Clarks Hill, or Lake Thurmond if you prefer, was built between 1946 and 1954, just a few years before Lake Hartwell and some 30 years before Lake Russell, the other two impoundments upstream on the Savannah River system.
As a fishery, Clarks Hill has a reputation as a better-than-average destination for a number of species. Professional bass tours frequently make stops there, and a growing number of crappie and catfish tournament circuits are also becoming regular visitors. One of the more sought-after species, at least as far as recreational anglers are concerned, are striped bass. Stripers and their test-tube cousins, hybrid striped bass, were first introduced into Clarks Hill during the late 1960s. The fishery was to their liking, and the lake produced a state-record striper in 1993 that wasn’t topped for eight years. […]
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