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June 7, 2026

Ralph Hollifield Jr. (left) and Chris Chimiak have had non-stop action catching crappie at High Rock Lake lately; they've just been on the small side.

Huge numbers of crappie biting around docks at High Rock, but size is lacking

Granted, the crappie biting at High Rock Lake these days are little bitty, with most measuring less than the legal length of eight inches. […]

Deep brush piles are producing some great crappie from Lake Moultrie.

Fish deep brush for whopper-sized Lake Moultrie slabs

Terry Madewell

Guide Kevin Davis out of Blacks Camp on Lake Moultrie said he has put clients on five crappie weighing more than three pounds each in the past two weeks. […]

The Ruffed Grouse Society is asking the U.S. Forest Service to consider changing its wildlife-unfriendly policy on not cutting timber in Pisgah and Nantahala national forests.

Ruffed Grouse Society wants U.S. Forest Service to change timber-management practices

Craig Holt

With the U.S. Forest Service offering a window for public comments to its Nantahala/Pisgah Forest Plan Revision, the Ruffed Grouse Society of North Carolina is asking for help in persuading the agency to make a sea change in how it manages a million acres of public land in western North Carolina. […]

Redfish, like this one caught by Joe Stegner, have been biting for Charleston-area anglers over the past several weeks.

Inshore and offshore bite has been great around Charleston

Brian Cope

December has brought inconsistent weather to the Lowcountry, but Scott Hammond of Haddrell’s Point Tackle in Charleston said fishing has been strong for a number of species, both inshore and offshore. […]

Crappie fishing has picked up at Jordan Lake, and cooling weather will only make it better as winter approaches.

Jordan Lake crappie working over baits fished in New Hope channel

Craig Holt

Cold weather is often difficult in freshwater because many fish species go into a lockdown mode as their metabolism slows. Not so for crappie, and not at Jordan Lake. […]

Redfish are starting to gang up into their huge winter schools in the Sneads Ferry area.

Sneads Ferry redfish starting to gang up in huge, winter schools

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Allen Jernigan of Breadman Ventures in Sneads Ferry said the rapid changes in the weather appear to be more confusing to fishermen than to redfish, which have ignored the occasional warm water and are beginning to gather into their larger, winter schools. […]

Jon Pruitt of Starr killed this huge Anderson County buck over a period of four days.

After four days, Anderson County hunter finally puts hands on big buck

Phillip Gentry

Anderson County, known for its capacity to produce trophy deer, did exactly that on Thanksgiving Day for Jon Pruitt of Starr in the form a 160-inch buck – but it was a long four days before finished the job. […]

Jennings Davis killed this huge Wilson County buck on Nov. 14 as it fed in a harvested sweet potato field.

Lucama man kills enormous Wilson County buck

Dan Kibler

North Carolina’s coastal plain doesn’t produce many enormous trophy bucks, but it certainly did three weeks ago, when Jennings Davis of Lucama in Wilson County celebrated his 75th birthday a week early by killing a tremendous buck on Nov. 14. […]

Double-crested cormorants will really be an "endangered species" when sportsmen are allowed to hunt them around the Santee Cooper lakes after waterfowl season ends.

SCDNR schedules training sessions for potential cormorant hunters

Pat Robertson

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has announced two training sessions in January and February for anyone interested in participating in a hunting season that will be held to try to diminish the impact of double-crested cormorants on forage fish and other natural resources in the Santee Cooper area. […]

Hen turkeys in North Carolina had a tough time raising their poults this past summer, according to a NCWRC survey.

Summer brood survey has bad, bad news for North Carolina turkey hunters

Craig Holt

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s annual wild turkey summer brood survey has some really bad news for turkey hunters: poult survival this past summer matched an all-time low. […]