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June 4, 2026

Fishermen are finding fall flounder in the bays and marsh creeks behind Bear and Brown’s islands, and fishing should be increasingly good through October.

Swansboro area is hot spot for flounder as October approaches

Fall flounder fishermen usually look to inshore waters as flatfish migrate toward the ocean, following baitfish that head out, anticipating the first rush of cold weather that’s a harbinger of winter. […]

Renn Guthrie killed this trophy 8-point buck on Sept. 12 in Calhoun County.

Teen girl gets leg up on boys with trophy 8-pointer

Dan Kibler

Renn Guthrie, a junior at Orangeburg Prep, has got something most of her male classmates can only dream about: a trophy buck.

Guthrie, 16, took a big 8-pointer the afternoon of Sept. 12 in Calhoun County while hunting with her father, Jimmy, who had seen the buck shortly after the season opened.
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Chunky white perch are always hungry at Lake Norman, but fishing has been especially good lately.

White perch going to town at Lake Norman

Craig Holt

If you want to catch white perch, catfish or possibly a spotted bass, Lake Norman is a good bet. […]

Lake Hartwell’s channel cats are feasting on stinkbait

Matt Coffey

Channel catfish are some of the best-eating fish on the table, especially cut in small chunks, fried golden brown and served with a side of cole slaw. If you have fresh catfish on your mind, Lake Hartwell is the place to catch them right now.

According to Bill Plumley of Capt. Bill’s Fishing Adventures, the channel cats have been tearing it up on Lake Hartwell lately.
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Derek Weathers killed this 195-pound 9-point trophy in a Dorchester County bean field.

Hunter does his homework, scores on Dorchester County trophy

Terry Madewell

Derek Weathers of St. George in Dorchester County has been out of school for a while, but the 30-year-old deer hunter still does plenty of homework. […]

This 3-pound bass, caught by guide Joel Richardson, was a member of a "wolfpack" of a half-dozen fish that attacked a topwater plug on Belews Lake on Wednesday.

Belews Lake guide is real fan of Wolfpack

Dan Kibler

The “real” Wolfpack – the N.C. State kind – will be playing football this Saturday in Raleigh against The Citadel. […]

Bonnie Collier took this 12-point, 21 1/2-inch wide buck near her home in Henderson.

Henderson woman arrows a real wide load

Craig Holt

Bonnie Collier of Henderson had hunted deer only during gun season for three years, so with restrictions on crossbow hunting eliminated, she decided to expand her season, and it paid off almost immediately. […]

Tim Roth, Scott Morin, Travis Smith, Chris Farrell, and Donald Caldwell (standing) pose beside a massive 13-foot-3 alligator that "crashed" their annual "boys weekend out" at Lake Moultrie on Sept. 9.

Spartanburg-area hunters harvest 13-foot-3 Lake Moultrie alligator

Phillip Gentry

What was touted as a weekend outing for a group of Spartanburg-area alligator hunters turned into a big adventure when the group of five men – Travis Smith and Tim Roth from Pauline, Scott Morin and Donald Caldwell from Woodruff and Chris Farrell from Boiling Springs – ended up harvesting a massive, 13-foot-3 alligator from Lake Moultrie on Sunday, Sept. 9. […]

Mike Miller arrowed this 10-pointer at a Scotland County swamp, then found it near a snake-infested creek.

Snaky Scotland County swamp produces big 10-point buck

Craig Holt

Scouting, eyeball observations and determined tracking through a snake-infested swamp allowed veteran bowhunter Mark Miller to kill a 10-point buck in Scotland County on Sept. 10. […]

Drew Reeser (right) "guided" his 92-year-old grandfather, George Madewell (left) to this 35-pound Lake Wateree blue catfish.

Wateree catfish moving back into creeks, coves

Terry Madewell

The annual fall transition from the main-river channel to the shallow waters of creeks and large coves is “on” for the blue catfish in Lake Wateree. […]