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June 6, 2026

The first three nights North Carolina's inshore waters were open to large-mesh gill nets, only two endangered sea turtles were encountered.

Gill nets back in North Carolina waters; few turtle interactions are recorded

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ decision not to reopen some inside waters to gill-netting until Sept. 30 seems to have been the right move, with only two turtle encounters the first three nights and good catches of flounder. […]

Bob Matthews has been catching plenty of largemouth bass from the Santee River in recent weeks.

Santee River largemouths loving stable water for a change

Terry Madewell

After a summer of continuous flooding and unstable water, the Santee River has stabilized, but the bass fishing is anything but stable. According to one local expert it’s sensational. […]

Hank Cherry of Maiden capped the BASS All-Star Week by winning his first BASS Elite tournament.

Maiden bass pro Cherry caps rookie season with BASS win

Tony Garitta

Maiden’s Hank Cherry won the Sept. 27-29 BASS Evan Williams Bourbon Championship on Michigan’s Muskegon Lake, with a 5-fish catch of smallmouth bass weighing 17-8 to beat out Michigan bass whiz Kevin VanDam, who had 14-14. […]

Cory Christensen killed this 155-inch Berkeley County buck the afternoon of Sept. 29.

Bonneau hunter kills huge Berkeley County buck

Dan Kibler

A late-September goose hunt kept Cory Christensen from killing a huge buck near his home in Bonneau – for a day, that is. […]

Boating-access and day-use areas belonging to the USACE are remaining open for the near future thanks in part to resources already allocated by the federal government to those properties.

Corps properties on Savannah River lakes remaining open during government shutdown

Phillip Gentry

While national parks, wildlife refuges and national forests across the country have been closed by the government shutdown, properties belonging to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are holding their own, at least for the immediate future, keeping access to Lake Hartwell, Lake Russell and Clarks Hill (Thurmond) Lake open to the public. […]

Guide Rick Patterson shows off a couple of flounder from a trip in which he "never left the docks."

Cape Carteret guide targeting flounder around docks as they head toward the ocean

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Rick Patterson of Cape Crusader Charters isn’t a travel agent, but he sure keeps up with the travel schedules of flounder in the fall. […]

Sindy Orvig of Mount Pleasant won a brief battle with this 40-inch redfish on a Charleston Harbor trip with Capt. Jim Dodge

Bull redfish bite picking up in Charleston Harbor

Brian Cope

Capt. Jim Dodge of Charleston said the bull redfish bite is on in Charleston Harbor, but you’d never know it to see him putting his bait on the hook. […]

Tyson's Creek Baptist Church held a two-day deer hunt for 56 wheelchair-bound and disabled hunters this past weekend.

Chatham County church sponsors hunt for 56 disabled hunters

Craig Holt

Alan Brackett never dreamed he’d be hunting whitetail deer from a wheelchair this season, but he joined 55 other physically-challenged hunters Sept. 27-28 for guided hunts in Chatham County and took a 9-point buck that was the weekend’s biggest. […]

Charleston’s Justin Carter hopes his experience catching redfish and trout in the Lowcountry will help him catch Australian bream in the upcoming Hobie World Kayak Fishing Championships later this month.

Charleston kayak-fishing guide will fish in world championships

Phillip Gentry

The Hobie Fishing World Championships are recognized as the Super Bowl or World Series of kayak angling, and this year, South Carolina’s own Justin Carter will be competing. […]

All hunting and fishing activities on federal properties, including waterfowl hunts on Lake Mattamuskeet NWR, have been suspended by the federal government shutdown.

Hunting, fishing suspended on federal properties in North Carolina during shutdown

Craig Holt

The Oct. 1 shutdown of the federal government has forced the closure of all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and National Park Service offices in North Carolina, shutting down hunting- and fishing-related activites on all federal properties in North Carolina. […]