Inshore Fishing

Redfish: Let’s handle with care

If you’ve been living along the coast for the past few decades, you have been witness to the steady, incoming current that is bringing more people, more boats and loads more fishing pressure. […]

Freshwater Fishing

Winter arrives at high country

Winter comes to the mountains in muted shades of gray, green and brown.

Except for evergreens, trees have been stripped of their leaves, leaving only bare, twiggy branches. It’s a stark and different kind of beauty here in the winter. […]

Fishing

Fishing for sportsmen’s gifts

Last December I wrote a column about Christmas gifts for sportsmen and the response was overwhelming. Wives, family members and girl friends stopped by the Sportsman booth during January and February boat shows to thank me for the suggestions and to ask I be sure to do it again. […]

Backlashes

Hamilton pushes Camo Coalition

Richard “Dick” Hamilton, former executive director of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, wasted no time in putting his talents to use for N.C. wildlife after being forced out of the WRC.

Since Oct. 1, he’s been working with the N.C. Wildlife Federation, helping that group form its “Camouflage Coalition.” […]

Fishing

Make the most from low water

This year has been one of the driest on record in South Carolina and across much of the Southeast, but if you’re a fisherman, you can find a silver lining in that dark cloud. […]