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June 27, 2026

Fishing lures and rod-and-reel combos are always popular Christmas gifts for sportsmen.

Wise sportsman’s gifts

Wow, it has been a year already, and it’s time for more gift ideas for those outdoor folks in your lives. Hopefully, you’ll find a few suggestions that will be helpful again. […]

Winter weather shouldn’t keep kayaking anglers from enjoying a day of paddling. With the wide variety of paddle-friendly clothing, it’s easy to dress for success on the water.

Dress the part this month

Phillip Gentry

Last December, the mercury hovered right around the 40-degree mark for several days. […]

Other than a lunker bass, a fisherman can’t ask for anything better for Christmas than one of Lew’s new BB1N baitcasting reels.

Going back to reel basics

David Fritts

More than 25 years ago, when I started to get the reputation for catching a few fish on crankbaits, one of the tools I carried with me wherever I fished was a Lew’s BB1N baitcasting reel. […]

Guide Mark Dickson shows off the kind of winter speckled trout the marshes north of Myrtle Beach.

Winter ‘Strand’ is grand

Bryan Bowers

Hot summer days, laying out on the beach, playing golf or stopping by one of the many roadside distractions — those are things that come to mind when Myrtle Beach is mentioned. […]

South Carolina winters are often mild enough to keep bass active and keyed in on crawfish, one of their favorite foods.

Hook a holiday jig fish

Davy Hite

I make my living bass fishing, but I love to fish for other species during my offseason, and December is probably my favorite month to fish in the offseason. […]

James Blankenship of Lexington finished third in the BFL Super Tournament on High Rock Lake.

Cherry makes Classic field

Tony Garitta

Hank Cherry of Maiden has received a last-minute invitation to the 2013 Bassmaster Classic by winning the Bassmaster Southern Open on Alabama’s Lewis Smith Lake by one ounce. […]

Rusty Turner of the Greenwood Bassmasters No. 1 won big-fish honors in the South Carolina BASS Federation’s Six-Man Tournament on Lake Hartwell with this 5.45-pound largemouth.

Gaffney No. 3 is No. 1

Glenn Corley

The Gaffney Bassmasters No. 3 took bragging rights at the Oct. 12-13 South Carolina B.A.S.S. Federation’s Six-Man Tournament on Lake Hartwell. […]

Backlashes

Chatham church knows the best gift

Craig Holt

With the Christmas season here, we thought true meanings might be a timely topic. […]

All of the electronics anglers depend on require breakers, so knowing how to replace or reset these breakers is important.

Locating those pesky breakers and fuses

Allan Tarvid

The first thing that springs to mind when an electrical accessory stops working is a blown fuse or popped circuit breaker. In a new boat this usually means pressing the circuit breaker button next to the accessory’s switch or popping the cover off a box near the console and checking the fuse or breaker that protects the now powerless accessory. […]

An ancient fish weir on the Tuckasegee River, built by Native Americans, destroyed by flood in 1940 and rebuilt, is a marker of the beauty of the country before it was settled by Europeans.

Time travel: weir wonder

Robert Satterwhite

I fantasize about time travel, being able to go back in the time before Europeans came to this country, when it was populated by indigenous people, when forests were full, game was abundant and streams were clean and full of fish. […]