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April 30, 2026

Buster and Russell Rush have something for fishermen who don’t think you can catch crappie in hot weather – this stringer of Lake Wateree slabs.

Double-hook minnows for better crappie results

Buster and Russell Rush prefer live minnows when fishing for crappie at Lake Wateree during the summer, but they do employ a unique double-hook technique for the baitfish. […]

Don't let the high temperatures keep you off the water: The redfish are biting like crazy.

Redfishing remains as hot as the weather in Charleston area

Dan Kibler

With much of South Carolina suffering through 100-degree heat the past several days, has the fishing crawled to a halt as fish and fishermen look for shade? […]

Big flounder are the ticket inshore near Wrightsville Beach, even in hot weather.

Doormats providing action for anglers

Craig Holt

Flounder fishing has hit its stride up and down the North Carolina coast, and anglers are having good luck with artificial lures as well as tried-and-true live-bait rigs. […]

Reeling up a snowy grouper from 400 or 500 feet is best handled by using an electric reel.

Deep Drop-ng for grouper

Mike Marsh

Anthony Ng is one of the top grouper fishermen in North Carolina, targeting many species of colorful tasty bottomfish at all depths of the water column. […]

The author shows off a nice redfish taken on a summertime kayaking adventure — the kind of fishing trip getting more and more commonplace.

Give a redfish a good paddling

Phillip Gentry

Once it was determined that the alligators weren’t going to hang around for long, everyone was excited. […]

Learn how to hook a shark in Bulls Bay, along with plenty of other information to make your time afield successful, in the South Carolina Sportsman August issue that is now available.

August issue of South Carolina Sportsman now available

Dan Kibler

Whitetail deer can be found in all 46 of South Carolina’s counties, but the hunting in some areas is obviously better than others. […]

Grab the August issue of North Carolina Sportsman to learn about the upcoming deer season, along with plenty of tips to make your fishing trips more successful.

August issue of North Carolina Sportsman now available

Dan Kibler

Where can you find whitetail deer in North Carolina? […]

This angler landed a 7-pound flounder while fishing with Capt. Keith Logan of Holden Beach.

Reds, flounder action sizzles while it’s hot

Craig Holt

With daytime heat indices soaring into the triple digits across North Carolina, the Tar Heel coast is one of the hottest places to be — except in the early morning hours before the sun rises and ocean breezes keep things cool. […]

Broad River redfish will hang close to the edge of the marsh grass as the tide starts to drop, hoping to intercept an easy meal carried by the current.

Go for the Broad River fly slam

Bryan Bowers

As tough and enjoyable as catching an inshore slam can be, some folks like to take it up even a notch higher; enter the inshore slam on a fly. […]

Joie McCutchen dangled a nightcrawler under a slip bobber for this shellcracker.

Giving the Wateree River bream the slip

Brian Cope

Slip bobbers are essential when bream-fishing the Wateree River. They make casting into tight cover easier, and casting to tight cover is sometimes the key to starting a fight with a bull bream. […]