Inshore Fishing
ROAD TRIP!!!
Kayak fishing clubs are becoming increasingly popular across the country, and South Carolina has several that are about as active as clubs get. […]
Paddling Palmetto
Inshore Fishing
Paddling the whole state
At some point after joining the plastic armada, every Palmetto Paddler casts an eye toward the map and dreams of an excursion that dates back to the time when the Cherokee Indians ruled this part of the country. […]
Inshore Fishing
Paddling to the top rung
For most fans of the plastic angling armada, July 17, 2014, came and went with little if any fanfare, but it was a day worth remembering. On that day, out of more than 700 products and accessories entered by 253 companies in the New Product Showcase at ICAST, the American Sportfishing Association’s industry trade show, the product that was named “Best of Show” was a kayak. […]
Inshore Fishing
Hitting the road in style
The appeal of fishing from a paddle boat is not just about the paddle anymore. It may have started off that way, but the evolution of the plastic armada has, for some, gone from the simplicity of throwing a paddle and a fishing rod into a lightweight boat and fishing anywhere the imagination could wander to seeing how complex an angler can make a human-powered watercraft. […]
Inshore Fishing
Back to the beginning
Palmetto Paddling made it’s debut in the April, 2011 issue of South Carolina Sportsman, and in slightly more than four years, we’ve covered everything you can do in a kayak, from deer and turkey hunting to freshwater fishing, saltwater fishing and boat-rigging. […]
Inshore Fishing
The open ocean beckons
As a student in high school, Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea was required reading. Without sounding unappreciative of classic literature, who wouldn’t love to be pulled around in a small boat by a massive blue marlin? […]
Freshwater Fishing
Paddle to slab central
From mid-March until the end of April, one of the certainties about freshwater fishing is that shallow stumps, brush piles and flats will be holding scores of black and white crappie in the midst of their spawn. […]
Bass Fishing
Paddle up a lunker bass
With the announcement in January that the Bassmaster Classic will be returning to South Carolina in 2015, a lot of anglers are gearing up for bass fishing. […]
Inshore Fishing
Stop paddling and fish!
Palmetto Paddlers have one thing in common — human-powered means of locomotion. Regardless of how you get there, boat positioning — which doesn’t always include coming to a complete stop — can mean the difference between getting on the fish and being out in dead space. […]
Inshore Fishing
Paddling is ‘charged up’
The rise in popularity of kayaks in the angling world was originally thought to be a traditional movement, similar to hunters who put down their guns and picked up recurve bows. […]