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June 25, 2026

This polished carbon-steel pipe was sprayed with heavy salt-content water for 60 hours. The left side, which was left “in the white,” had serious corrosion that will result in pitting of the surface. The right side was coated once with revolutionary new Smith & Wesson Protectant and Lubricant before beginning the test.

New protectant perfect for duck marsh

With teal season beginning this month, and the full-fledged duck season only a little while behind it, the annual trek to the salt marshes of our coastline will begin. […]

Anglers should always wet their hands before they come in contact with a trout because dry hands can remove a trout’s protective slime coating.

Techniques for catch-and-release

Robert Satterwhite

Delayed-harvest streams revert to catch-and-release rules October 1 with two streams joining the popular fishing program, bringing the total of delayed-harvest streams to 20 in 14 western counties. […]

Long points, road beds, creek-channel breaks and brush are good places to seek largemouths during September.

September is a moving month

David Fritts

There’s one good thing about September. Only the first part of it is as bad as August. That’s the way a lot of bass fisherman feel, and I’m one of them. […]

Denton’s James Nance took the big-fish award at the June 21 Wal-Mart BFL North Carolina Division tournament at High Rock Lake with this 7-pound, 2-ounce bass.

Lexington angler has Wright stuff

Tony Garitta

Lexington’s David Wright won the June 21 Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League North Carolina Division tournament with a five-fish tournament limit weighing 23-12 to outdistance his closest competitor by more than 5 pounds. […]

Understanding the differences between the three most popular types of marine batteries can save you money and ensure better battery performance.

Not all batteries are created equal

Allan Tarvid

Many fishermen and boaters call any sealed, maintenance-free marine battery a gel battery, and that isn’t correct. […]

Backlashes

Circle-hook fight and D.C. gun vote

Craig Holt

We published a story during August about red drum fishing at Ocracoke. […]

Steve Phillips won two Carolina Anglers Team Tour events on Lake Wateree earlier this summer, fishing by himself.

Aiken, Barfield get weekend wins

Pat Robertson

Barton Aiken of Greenville worked Spook-type topwater lures and Flukes on June 21 to catch a 5-fish limit on Lake Hartwell and win the final qualifier of the Bassmaster Weekend Series South Carolina West/Georgia East Division 7. […]

A Senko or floating worm is a great bait when you’re faced with catching bass that are suspended — often schooled up — and following schools of herring or shad.

You can catch suspended bass

Davy Hite

Fishing for bass in many of our South Carolina lakes this month poses a problem. The water is super clear, because we’ve gone through a dry summer, but the weather is starting to cool, and the nights are getting longer. […]

Robert Danis broke the Folly Beach Fishing Pier record on May 24 with this 7-pound Spanish mackerel.

Piers are a great angling option

Jeff Dennis

My last column signed off with a salute to the 75th anniversary of the South Carolina State Parks program and mentioned fishing piers that are part of two of the coastal state parks. […]

An upstream cast and a dead drift is the primary technique for effectively fishing a nymph during the late summer and fall — much more productive than hoping to catch trout on a dry fly.

Autumn means nymphs for trout

Richard Bernabe

A vast majority of the food a trout eats is below the water’s surface. As fly anglers, we love the sight of a trout taking a fly on top. […]