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June 21, 2026

Guide Joel Richardson said the bass fishing at Randleman Reservoir has been as hot as the August weather.

Even the heat can’t stop Randleman bass from biting

No matter how sweltering the heat is in August, one Piedmont lake features a bass bite that just won’t quit, come morning, afternoon or evening. […]

Black drum of all sizes are suckers for live shrimp or pieces of fresh-cut shrimp.

Black drum bite remains great in waters around Ocean Isle

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Mark Stacy of Ocean Isle Fishing Charters said much of the fishing in the creeks and marshes of lower Brunswick County has been unpredictable this summer, but the black drum bite has been freakishly consistent. […]

The Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians has opened in Cherokee.

Fly-fishing museum has opened in Cherokee

North Carolina Sportsman

The Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians opened last week in Cherokee, giving visitors a chance to learn about the history of fly-fishing in the Southeast. […]

Brian McCoy of Mooresville has been named Volunteer of the Year by conservation group Delta Waterfowl.

Mooresville man is named Delta Waterfowl’s Volunteer of the Year

North Carolina Sportsman

Brian McCoy of Mooresville has been named Delta Waterfowl’s 2015 Volunteer of the Year from a field of seven finalists during a month-long, online vote. […]

Guide William Sasser said the crawfish/hydrilla on Clarks Hill Lake bite for striped bass, hybrids and catfish has been a little late this summer, but has finally come on and is one of the most consistent of the year.

Clarks Hill’s “crawfish bite” for stripers, hybrids has finally kicked in

Phillip Gentry

Fishing weed lines is a no-brainer up north, but few anglers realize that sprawling Clarks Hill Reservoir on the Savannah River along the South Carolina/Georgia border also has plenty of weeds, in the form of hydrilla, that attract tons of fish – particularly striped bass and hybrids. […]

Chris Lambert's entry of his Spartanburg County buck, killed last October, was drawn as the grand-prize winner in last year's Bag-A-Buck contest.

Bag-A-Buck contest is back!

South Carolina Sportsman

The Bag-A-Buck contest is returning to South Carolina Sportsman and SouthCarolinaSportsman.com for its 10th year, with monthly prizes and a grand-prize for sportsmen who submit photos of deer they take during the coming season. […]

Using a double-dropper rig, a dry fly in tandem with a nymph, is an effective way to target summer trout in mountain streams.

Tandem rigs will double your pleasure when fishing for mountain trout

Craig Holt

Mountain trout don’t act that differently from other freshwater species. They try to hang out in an area protected from the current, and they don’t want to have to work that hard to feed. […]

Fishermen will be able to catch fewer gag grouper in the South Atlantic next year, but the allowable catch will rise every year after that through 2019.

Gag grouper catch will dip, then rise; wreckfish catch will rise, then dip

South Carolina Sportsman

NOAA Fisheries has announced annual catch-limit changes for commercial and recreational sectors of gag grouper and wreckfish in the South Atlantic management area, based on population assessments. […]

Drifting a nightcrawler downstream has been a great tactic for doing battle with Cane Creek rainbow trout.

Beat the heat; drift a crawler for a Cane Creek rainbow

Brian Cope

Anglers looking for a respite from the heat while still catching fish are finding all they can ask for on Cane Creek. […]

State wildlife and marine fisheries officials are looking for the individual who bludgeoned a protected sea turtle to death the last week of July.

NC looking for information about sea turtle that died after being bludgeoned

North Carolina Sportsman

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries are seeking information leading to the arrest of the individual who bludgeoned a protected loggerhead sea turtle to death the last week of July. […]