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October 30, 2026

Capt. Joe Dennis shows off a mixed stinger of big bluegill and shellcrackeres, typical of what he catches in the Santee and Cooper rivers this month.

You can beat the heat

With hot weather beating down, one of the keys to success will be the ability to diversify your fishing and take advantage of what’s biting. […]

A home-built kayak trailer like this one was the inspiration for Billy Lewis of Liberty to begin construction of a means to transport his fleet of plastic fishing boats.

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. […]

Night crawlers and other large worms are great live baits for mountain trout in streams where live bait is legal.

Live-bait options abound

Robert Satterwhite

I grew up fishing with live bait, catching trout in the upper reaches of Paddy Creek in western Burke County and bream in the large pools in the lower sections, using fat red worms collected from cow patties in the pastures near my home. […]

August is prime time to start thinking about planting cool-season food plots.

Start thinking about fall

Jeff Burleson

Even though August is often regarded as the hottest month, it is okay to begin thinking about deer season. […]

Red drum are affected by high water temperatures during the summer; they will try to conserve energy whenever possible.

Go slow, go small

Jerry Dilsaver

Sort of like the Christmas song, but in a totally different way, “The weather outside is frightful.” Yes, it is, but unlike the snow and freezing temperatures in the song’s lyrics, the current weather is hot and humid. […]

Redfish are suckers for shrimp fished on the bottom or suspended above it on a cork rig.

Stay on shrimp in August

Brian Cope

It’s no surprise that it’s hot. It’s August, so sweltering days are the norm, and a lot of anglers opt to stay indoors and wait for the fall bite. But ask Capt. Rob Bennett of Johns Island’s Lowcountry Inshore Charters about fishing this month, and you will get a different response. […]

Backlashes

Does love of money put wildlife at risk?

Craig Holt

On a long-ago hunt with my dad, I saw my first framed $1 bill in a Caswell County country store. Above the bill was written: “In God we trust. All others pay cash.” […]

Bluegill will gather in areas where mayflies are hatching, providing excellent fishing opportunities.

Do the mayfly dance

Davy Hite

I love to fish for bass at night this month, but when I do fish during the daytime, there’s one thing I really look for and pay attention to, and that’s mayflies. […]

Guide Matt Frazier travels often from the Foothills to fish the shallows around Fort Fisher in his kayak.

Call it the “kayak coast”

Bill Howard

North Carolina’s coastal waters provide a perfect kayak and canoe angling environment, if you know where to go. […]

When Bassmaster Elite Series phenom Brandon Palaniuk needs a lure that crashes into cover and provokes reaction strikes, he turns to the Arashi Rattling Square line of lures.

Storm Arashi Rattling Square 3 and Square 5

Don Shoopman

After a day of prefishing in late May for a Bassmaster Open on Tennessee’s Douglas Lake, one of the tour’s up-and-coming bass pros was eager to talk about a crankbait he used on his way to finishing 14th this year in this year’s Bassmaster Classic. […]