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B’s in Your Bonnet
After anchoring up in one of his favorite fishing holes in Charleston Harbor, Capt. Rick Hiott set about baiting and fan-casting rods around the stern of his center-console boat. […]
Articles by Phillip Gentry
Fishing
On ‘Broad’-way: Upstate river has it all
The Broad River enters the state of South Carolina as a narrow, rapidly flowing, whitewater stream just north of Gaffney and merges with the Saluda River within casting distance of the I-126 Bridge in downtown Columbia, where it flows into the historic Congaree River. […]
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Artificial bait that outperforms the real thing
When Berkley’s line of Gulp! products hit the market several years ago, the line that caught the angling world’s attention was that it “outfished live bait” — a pretty strong statement. […]
Fishing
Botany Bay has plenty for paddlers
In 2008, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources acquired Botany Bay Plantation, a 4,630-acre tract of land on the northern boundary of Edisto Island adjacent to the North Edisto River. […]
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Night Time = Right Time
The first day of June marks a turning point for fishermen who call Lake Murray home. […]
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Flat-Out Ambushed
The cast went far and long across the mouth of the small gutter creek flowing from the marsh and dumping into Murrells Inlet. To the right side of the gutter, J. Baisch of Fishful Thinking Guide Service had nosed his center-console boat up into the grass and was standing on the rear deck, methodically casting and retrieving. […]
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Deep Blue Dolphin
After a 3:45 a.m. wake-up call and a 4:30 departure from the dock, it was a 3-hour run to the blue water. On the long ride out, daylight broke, and not long into the first pull of the morning, a buzz-like lightning went through the boat as the captain and crew — all of whom have keen eyesight above and beyond that of mortal men — spotted “something” following the baits.
Freshwater Fishing
Set sail on the Saluda’s ‘Kayak Corridor’
On May 8, 2009, the 13.55-mile Greenville Hospital System Swamp Rabbit Tram Trail was opened for business. […]
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Pushin’, Pullin’ & Rockin’
Trolling has become one of the most-effective tactics to catch numbers of crappie and big slabs, but even among trollers, two schools of thought exist as to which presentation is best. […]
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Night Shift
During the early 1970s, while actors Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight and Ned Beatty were paddling around the Jocassee and Tallulah gorges filming Deliverance, a 13-year-old outdoorsman by the name of James Couch was busily fishing the nearby Whitewater, Horsepasture, and Thompson Rivers. […]