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July 1, 2026

Striper fishermen on the Santee Cooper lakes catch plenty of nice fish in May using live shad or herring, but drifting cut baits can also put some nice blue catfish in your cooler at the end of the day.

Everything is biting at Santee right now

May is one of my favorite months to fish the Santee Cooper reservoirs, and while it’s mostly because of the great fishing, it’s also because of the typically great weather. […]

Bedding bream are so aggressive they often strike baits that are too big to swallow.

Kayak fishing for bream

Phillip Gentry

Walk into a restaurant across most of the Carolinas, ask for a Coke, and you might be asked “What kind of Coke?” […]

Slip-bobber rigs do the job

Brian Cope

Slip corks aren’t just for bream fishing. They’re good for saltwater fishing too, even for big fish. […]

Blue corn tortilla chips and sour cream accent a tamale pie.

Leftover turkey has life with this recipe

Jerry Dilsaver

Regular readers of this column know there is always one turkey recipe each spring to go with the turkey season. Only once before have I added a second turkey recipe, but I’m going to do it again. It’s a turkey pie, cooked in a cast-iron pan, that can be cooked in the oven or taken outside to the grill in the warming May weather. It makes a lot, too, so there will be plenty for lunches for a few days. […]

Land managers can count on a lush, warm-season food plot to provide plenty of nutrition for wildlife.

How effective are warm season food plots?

Jeff Burleson

Lots of natural food sources are available for wildlife this time of year, but food plots will still bring them in by the herd. […]

May across the Carolinas is a banner month for catching plenty of bass, including some big ones, in shallow water.

Three great baits for bass in May

Davy Hite

I am a Taurus bull, so I really love to get on the water in May and chase bass. It is a great fishing month, because there are a lot of fish on the bank that are easy to catch. We’ve finally got stable weather across the Carolinas, and even though some of the months earlier in the year might be better for catching your personal biggest fish, May is probably the most fun for me to go fishing. […]

The Speed Scremer features “arms” that provide maximum action bass just can’t resist.

Creme Speed Scremers

Don Shoopman

Dusty Anders of Deville was excited when he called an outdoor writer in early February.

The 50-year-old firefighter, an avid bass angler and part-time fishing guide, had just boated an 8-pound bass on one of his favorite new soft plastics. […]

Modern carbon arrows that look like wooden ones and are fletched with feathers are a major improvement over wooden alternatives.

For tradition’s sake, try one

Sammy Romano

Modern advancements in technology have made it easier than ever to be a successful archer. Tools such as compound bows with high let- offs, electronic rangefinders, magnified fiber-optic bow sights, fall-away arrow rests and many other advancements have changed our sport forever. […]

Sections of North Carolina’s Tuckasegee River are great spring destination for fishermen interested in taking trout on fly rods.

Spring trout are mountain blessings

Robert Satterwhite

Beginning around the middle of March and continuing through May, mountain streams start warming up, browns, rainbows and brook trout become active and hungry, and mountain anglers enjoy some of the best trout fishing of the year. […]

Guide Joe Dennis caught this big stringer of bluegill on crickets, his favorite baits for these aggressive fish.

Bream bonanza is at hand

Terry Madewell

The flooded cypress and gum tree forests and the abundance of shallow vegetation of Santee Cooper is Ground Zero for some of the best panfish action in South Carolina. Bull bream and super-sized shellcrackers abound, and anglers armed with the basic techniques of how, when and where to fish for this dynamic duo have an opportunity to limit on either species or a combination of both. […]