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May 1, 2026

Red drum are also plentiful in the New River’s creeks and, best of all, will hit some of the same lures and baits trout anglers use.

Sonlite Specks

Craig Holt

Jacksonville residents once knew Charles Howard as “the flower man.” […]

Flounder regulations in North Carolina have undergone a dizzying array of changes in a few short year.

Pounded Flounder

Mike Marsh

Flounder are the most popular sportfish in saltwater.

But their increasing popularity, as the target of a recreational outing and as a tasty food fish, has been keeping the flounder populations depressed in North Carolina. […]

One aspect about Kerr Lake spring largemouths is their beautiful coloration. Some anglers believe the green-and-white comes from living in the sweet-gum trees during high-water and spawning periods.

Three Easy Pieces

Tim Mead

Long before I moved to North Carolina, I had heard of Buggs Island lake. […]

Cover: March 2007 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

What’s the immediate future hold for your favorite offshore species? Read on to find out. […]

Cover: March 2007 (SC) – Freshwater

South Carolina Sportsman

Follow this guide to have the bass-fishing trip of your life this month on Santee-Cooper. […]

It makes more sense to Lauer, a former Hatteras fishing guide, to make the short drive to an Edisto Creek rather than gassing up a boat to go search for specks.

One day last year I laid an open box of 17 MirrOLures — no two alike — in front of Ken Lauer and asked him to select one for the trout fishing we were planning the next morning in the Edisto River basin. […]

Ned Connelly nets an American or white shad at Lock and Dam. No. 1. Now he has catfish bait that’ll work well.

Cape Fear’s No. 1 Spot

Mike Marsh

Jackie Blanchard made a half-circle into the parking lot at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boating-and-picnic area at Lock and Dam No. 1 at King’s Bluff in Bladen County. […]

Tremendous brown trout, such as this 7-pounder, draw anglers to Jocassee.

Deep Bites

Richard Bernabe

The first thing you notice after arriving at Lake Jocassee is that it’s no ordinary southern impoundment. […]

Greenwood veteran angler Bill Brookshire uses a 7- to 8-foot-long fly rod to fish vertically for crappies at boat docks each spring.

Karaoke Crappie

Phillip Gentry

Surveying the landscape, seeing the boat docks, bridges, river arms, and just the general atmosphere of Lake Greenwood, even a novice angler can tell this is a place to catch fish. […]

Alex White and his dad, Bob, of Hickory, N.C., found redfish by using hardbaits.

Hardheads for Reds

Walt Rhodes

Standing on the bow of the flats boat, I felt like a ready-made hamburger under the heat lamp after the lunch crowd was long gone. […]