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April 30, 2026

Capt. Tom Siwarski with a fine speckled trout from Cape Romain.

Beating the wind for Cape Romain specks

Finding speckled trout in the huge expanse of Bulls Bay and Cape Romain is not that difficult – there are enough of them around. […]

Capt. Jamie Hough with a fine redfish from the marshes behind Capers Island.

Redfish acting crabby in marshes north of Charleston

Dan Kibler

Capt. Jamie Hough of Flat Spot Charters in Charleston has been making a regular pilgrimage up the ICW toward Capers and Price Inlets over the past three weeks – with good reason. […]

The 114 pound wahoo that Billy Brock, Sr. caught on Oct. 15 kept the SIB Fishing Team chasing it for almost 4 hours.

Near Record Wahoo Caught Oct. 15

Jerry Dilsaver

October 15 was a good day for Billy Brock, Sr. Unlike some folks who were rushing to get their taxes in before the extension expired, he was reaping the dividends of being more timely in dealing with the IRS.
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North Carolina Sportsman publisher Ty Conti, Sportsman Magazines national sales director Marc Hilzim and DownEast Guide Service's Brian Harrington display half of a four-hour trip's catch of speckled trout, including Conti's 7-pounder. These fish all hit live shrimp

Speck bite torrid, sizes huge at Crystal Coastal creeks

Craig Holt

MOREHEAD CITY — Big numbers of spotted sea trout and some of the heftiest individual specimens of the last five years are available to anglers now (October) and will be available through November in the marshes, creeks and rivers behind Morehead City and Beaufort. […]

Deer hunters will be able to hunt whitetails with any weapon from mid-October to the end of the season, starting in 2009, if a proposal by the WRC’s commissioners is approved.

WRC Staff at Odds With Commissioners’ Proposals

Craig Holt

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s commissioners are at odds with the professional staff’s proposals for deer-season and bag limits for 2009-10.
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Rod Thomas shows off a nice Winyah Bay speckled trout.

Winyah Bay specks tearing up artificials

Dan Kibler

Winyah Bay has been full of fresh water in recent weeks – runoff from late-summer tropical storms – but that hasn’t hurt the fishing.
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The EJW Outdoors Big King and Big Buck Classics are going on through December 31 and January 1. Many Tar Heel sportsmen feel the best time to bag the winning king or buck is between now and then.

Seasons Peaking for EJW Outdoors Big King and Big Buck Classics

Jerry Dilsaver

The old saying, “There’s no time like the present,” has a special ring to it right now! […]

As Steve Sanetti of the National Shooting Sports Foundation points out in this op-ed piece, hunters are the leading 'green' Americans.

Hunter Green

From News Reports

Today’s green movement uses certain buzzwords — organic, locavore, renewable — to the wry amusement of 15 million to 20 million of us who’ve actually lived the eco-friendly lifestyle that these words describe.
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Malcolm Condie caught this pending state record, 193 pound tarpon on September 17 at Sea View Pier on Topsail Island.

Pending State Record Tarpon Landed at Topsail Island Pier

Jerry Dilsaver

On September 17, Malcolm Condie, of Broad Creek, enjoyed a day of fishing from Sea View Pier at North Topsail that he won’t soon forget.
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This 35-pound Lake Wylie flathead catfish hit a piece of cut bream for guide Chris Nichols.

Wylie starting to spit out big flatheads

Dan Kibler

Guide Chris Nichols has never known Lake Wylie to be a great lake for flathead catfish – at least not until this summer.
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