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The four major rivers that all meet just upstream from Georgetown, S.C., feature enough brackish water to attract spring redfish.

Georgetown’s rivers can be redfish havens

By May, spring fishing is going full bore inshore and offshore, and that includes fishermen who barely think about anything except redfish. […]

Guide Preston Harden said May is a great month to do battle with a really nice striped bass on Lake Hartwell.

Lake Hartwell bass fishing is hot

Pat Robertson

“Fishing really gets cranked up on Hartwell in May,” said Harden, who runs Bucktail Guide Service from his Commerce, Ga., home. “I might be partial, but I think it is the best striper/hybrid fishing lake there is. We are just getting hot with schools of fish everywhere now — and Hartwell has some really big stripers.” […]

Big cobia invade the waters around Cape Lookout in May as they prepare to spawn in June.

Cape Lookout cobia set for a May arrival in nearshore waters

Craig Holt

For anglers who want to catch potentially huge, tenacious, great-tasting saltwater fish in nearshore waters along North Carolina’s central coast, cobias fill the bill, especially in May. […]

Shellcrackers will readily hit night crawlers or red worms fished on small hooks.

The timin’s right for Lake Tillery’s shellcrackers

Tony Garitta

The song Good Timin’ by Jimmy Jones didn’t have shellcracker fishing in mind, but the lyrics certainly apply. “A timin’ is the thing, it’s true. Good timin’ brought me to you.” […]

Grouper like this nice scamp are well within reach of most Murrells Inlet boats when the season opens on May 1.

Grouper season welcomed back

Jeff Burleson

Grouper are popular throughout the world, usually occupying a big niche in seafood restaurants. While they are highly recognized on the dinner menu, few anglers ever make it onto an offshore boat to see one of these fish face to face. If they did, they would surely remember how much energy it took to winch them out of deep water. […]

Stanley Farmer has killed his share of gobblers over the years, but this one was really special, and not just because of the seven beards.

Rockingham County hunter bags 7-bearded gobbler

Jerry Dilsaver

Stanley Farmer of Stoneville, N.C. was expecting to see a gobbler and probably get a shot when he headed to a series of connected food plots on a Rockingham County, N.C. farm shortly after lunch on April 17, but the long-time turkey hunter wasn’t prepared for either the show he was treated to, or the trophy turkey with seven beards he bagged around 1:30 p.m. […]

Cale Helms caught this big bass at Tuckertown Lake on April 12, 2018.

College student decks huge Tuckertown largemouth

Dan Kibler

Last week, Cale Helms found himself with a day-off from classes during his last semester at Wingate University and a club tournament this coming weekend. Just one problem: his Phoenix bass boat was in the shop. […]

Johnny Pippin (right) called these two jakes into range for his son Finn, who killed the two birds with a single shot.

South Carolina kindergartener decks two jakes with one shot

Dan Kibler

You could excuse Finn Pippin of Cope, S.C., for being a little too excited to shoot the first turkey gobbler that came within shotgun range this season. […]

The NCWRC has extended the application period for alligator hunts to June 1 for the 2018 season.

Alligator hunting application deadline extended to June 1 for N.C.

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is extending the application period by one month for permitted American alligator hunts for the September 1 to October 1, 2018 season. Cities, towns and villages within the North Carolina Alligator Management Plan’s designated Alligator Management Unit 1 (Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Hyde, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico and Pender counties) now have until June 1, 2018 to submit an application. […]

The 41st annual Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament state championship will be held April 28, 2018 by the NCWRC.

Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament State Championship is April 28

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will host the 41st annual Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament state championship on April 28 at the John F. Lentz Hunter Education Complex in Ellerbe in Richmond County. […]