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June 24, 2026

What’s the reason to fish in a king mackerel tournament? This junior angler at the 2005 Swansboro Rotary Memorial Bluewater Tournament knows — it’s fun.

Dueling king tours — your pick?

In past issues, at times I’ve talked about what might be going on with tournaments, especially king mackerel tournaments. […]

Now’s a good time to take inventory of the tackle you’ll be using during the spring so you can catalog lures you need to purchase at January and February boat-and-tackle shows.

Find colors of the season now

David Fritts

January is a difficult month for most fishermen in North Carolina. It’s really cold here, so the fishing can be very slow. […]

Backlashes

Will Navy ever stop being so good to us?

Craig Holt

“Cap’n, I wish you’d stop being so good to me.” — Paul Newman, as “Cool Hand Luke,” to a prison warden. […]

Anglers can find plenty of trout, including some tremendous brown trout, in western S.C. waters.

South Carolina’s Top 5 mountain trout streams

Richard Bernabe

When anglers from other parts of the country consider South Carolina, mountain trout fishing isn’t what immediately comes to mind. […]

Brush piles are good spots to hunt crappie during the winter months and, come spring, will hold a largemouth bass or two.

Brush up on crappie this winter

Davy Hite

By trade and profession, I’m a bass fisherman, but that doesn’t mean bass are the only fish I like to catch. […]

The red drum is probably the most-sought saltwater gamefish from North Carolina to Texas and many states, including South Carolina, have hatcheries to rear and release redfish.

Managing the mighty redfish

Jeff Burleson

The red drum, red fish, or spot-tailed bass is the most-targeted coastal sport fish from North Carolina around the Florida peninsula to the Texas coast. […]