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Bass pro Mike Lanier understands the importance of running the tide when he's fishing coastal rivers; inshore fishermen can also profit from understanding how the tide operates.

Learn how to run the tide for better fishing success

Fishermen often use the term “fish the tide,” but there is a little confusion to what it actually means. […]

Guide Mitchell Blake has found that big, lipless crankbaits are killer lures for Pamlico Sound's "old drum."

Lipless crankbaits are latest hot lure for Pamlico Sound’s old drum

While searching for artificial alternatives, Capt. Mitchell Blake of Chocowinity found the versatility of jumbo-sized, lipless crankbaits to be the ticket for enticing full-speed strikes from the jumbo-sized red drum that inhabit the Pamlico Sound and its tributaries during their spawning season. […]

Capt. Addison Rupert catches lots of reds on the low end of the tide cycle around wooden structure like docks or bridge pilings.

Having trouble finding low-tide reds? Take these two guides’ tips

Brian Cope

Lowcountry anglers are finding the redfish bite plenty hot, even as the weather is cooling, but one question many anglers wonder is where they can find redfish at low tide. […]

Holden Poole killed this tremendous 8-point Cherokee County buck on Sept. 15, opening day of archery season in his neck of the woods.

Gaffney hunter kills huge 8-point buck on opening day of bow season

Jeff Burleson

Hunter Holden Poole of Gaffney, the founder of Rock Solid Outdoors, will never forget this past Monday, the first day of archery season for deer on his Cherokee County hunting grounds. […]

Capt. Noah Lynk said Spanish mackerel, bluefish and false albacore have been biting very aggressively just off the beach at Cape Lookout.

Nearshore trolling just off Cape Lookout has been excellent

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Noah Lynk of Harkers Island is pleasantly surprised with the excellent fishing around Cape Lookout; the bluefish and Spanish mackerel are supposed to be there this month, but the false albacore have arrived a little early. […]

Lots of nice king mackerel, including plenty at 25 pounds or better, have shown up just off the beach from Georgetown north to the Grand Strand.

Kings following mullet run just beyond breakers from Georgetown north

Jeff Burleson

For the past 10 days, anglers cruising along the beachfront of South Carolina’s northern coastline have been noticing a different crowd of visitors hanging on the outside edge of the breakers. […]

Do your inshore scouting on the low end of the tide cycle to learn where fish-holding structure is located and where there will be sufficient water to fish.

Do your scouting on low tide to learn where you need to be, guide says

Jeff Burleson

Inshore saltwater fishing offers a myriad of opportunities to catch fish during all phases of the tide, and while serious anglers may log 20 hours a week and have just about every oyster bed, sand bar and navigable channel in their home waters memorized, fishermen who don’t get on the water as often and aren’t as familiar with the territory can get a quick education from technology and Mother Nature’s lunar fluctuations. […]

Bobby Davidson's enormous Moore County buck has a 4x4 main-frame rack with twin split G-2s.

Moore County produces huge buck for archery pro

Jeff Burleson

Bobby Davidson of Sanford has travelled all over the country to kill big bucks as a pro staffer for Mathews Archery – Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, Missouri – so who would have thought that his biggest buck of his life would come from family farm in Moore County? […]

Elissa, Lainey and Zachary Rosenberg celebrate with Dr. Jason Rosenberg after taking an 11-foot-11, 472-pound alligator near Georgetown.

SC hunters take two 11-foot alligators shortly after opening of season

Jeff Burleson

Hunters across the Palmetto State flooded its swamps and marshes on the opening weekend of alligator season, and two lucky parties’ seasons ended about as quickly as they began. […]

Brad Duke of Butner killed this huge 9-point Granville County buck in full velvet on Sept. 13, almost 11 months after he suffered serious injuries in a tree-stand fall.

Butner man arrows huge Granville County buck

Craig Holt

A Butner man who suffered serious injuries in a fall from a tree stand last year got a measure of revenge on the buck he was hunting that day. And what revenge it was! […]