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June 26, 2026

In suburbs, deer can be managed

Few issues are more contentious than how to manage whitetail deer in suburban areas. […]

Bass will bite aggressively in June across much of North Carolina, having recovered from the spawn and needing to replenish their energy.

June just busts out all over for bass

I probably like to fish for bass in June about as much as I do at any time of the year. I do fish to my strength, and it’s a great month to fish a crankbait, but I really think that June is, overall, the best month to fish for bass in North Carolina. […]

Joe Cobb won the April 10 Lake Jocassee Trout Tournament with this 4.58-pound rainbow.

Camden man wins Federation crown

Glenn Corley

Jay Keith of Camden came from behind to win The Bass Federation’s national championship in late April on Tennessee’s Watts Bar Lake. […]

A lower daily creel limit and larger minimum size limit should help the Santee Cooper lakes produce more trophy largemouth bass.

New bass regs are positive for lakes

Terry Madewell

New regulations governing bass fishing on the Santee Cooper lakes went into effect on March 31, 2010. […]

Nichols has tips for Able

Jeff Dennis

Capt. Mike Able Jr. grew up fishing in Mount Pleasant and has been running Able Minded Charters (843-475-7696) for five years. […]

A crankbait is a tremendous tool for catching bass that have recovered from the spawn and moved out to deeper water. In June, bass are often found in schools, so catching one can mean catching several from the same spot.

Crank your way to a great June bag

Davy Hite

I love to fish crankbaits — I’ve fished them a lot in tournaments as a search bait, to help me find fish, but in June, I fish them not only as a search bait, they’re the baits that do most of my catching. […]

May is the primary month to get warm-season food plots planted; the chances of a cold-weather kill are almost nill, and your seeds get a head-start on competing weeds.

Plant warm-season food plots soon

Jeff Burleson

Warm-season food plots are already established by many habitat managers, with the exception of a choice few chasing Thanksgiving’s main squeeze, the tom turkey. […]

With the removal of the Dillsboro Dam, the Tuckasegee River has an uninterrupted flow from Cullowhee to Fontana Lake.

Dam removal expected to enhance fishing on Tuckasegee River

Robert Satterwhite

The historic Dillsboro Dam in Jackson County has been demolished, creating approximately 32 miles of free-flowing water on the Tuckasegee River from Cullowhee to Fontana Reservoir. […]

May is an excellent month to catch blue catfish at Santee Cooper. Drifting different kinds of cut bait is a tried-and-true tactic.

Take your pick; it will be biting

Terry Madewell

If there’s any month of the year when you can expect just about everything to be biting on the Santee Cooper lakes, it would be May. […]

Tanner Lindler of Lexington shows off his winning catch of 5.08 pounds in the St. Andrews’ Junior Bass Federation tournament on Lake Murray.

Schindledecker wins Santee BFL

Glenn Corley

With a 5-bass limit weighing 23.3 pounds, Brad Schindledecker of Monks Corner won the FLW Bass Fishing League’s South Carolina Division Tournament at Santee Cooper on March 20. […]