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June 28, 2026

The old days of having to buy new units to take advantages of new functionality are long gone, since modern electronics are fully upgradable.

Software updates

Brand-new, highly desirable sonar and GPS features are announced at least once each product year by the makers of marine and outdoor electronics. […]

Catfishing is typically great this month.

Cool kids: stripers, catfish

Terry Madewell

The weather will be cool in December, but the fishing at Santee Cooper typically get’s hot for at least a couple of species: striper and catfish. […]

Floating a river or large creek can put a hunter in range of some wonderful duck hunting.

Although float trips have no season, the period from Thanksgiving through the end of the year is the perfect time to plan a trip with a buddy, put the kayak in the back of the truck and float a stretch of moving water. […]

The Tuckasegee River has four miles of water in the state’s delayed-harvest program, which allows trout to be creeled only during the summer.

Don’t delay, fish today

Robert Satterwhite

Winter fishing is often iffy in the mountains. Get out on a stream on one of those rare, warm sunny days, and you’ll likely hit a Blue-Winged Olive or midge hatch, and the trout will be hitting. […]

Plan your duck-hunting season so you don’t overpressure any areas; that will ensuring good hunting in future seasons.

Plan your duck season

Jeff Burleson

Thanksgiving weekend closed out the short, teaser sessions that primed the valves and got every waterfowl hunter excited about bagging a limit of ducks in the Carolinas’ flooded country. […]

A degenerative eye condition that robbed him of his sight doesn’t keep Rhett Connelley of Orangeburg from enjoying shrimping.

Not caught in the net

Bryan Bowers

Everyone faces obstacles in life, some greater than others. Often, overcoming them is a matter of having the passion to do or achieve something in spite of the difficulties. […]

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