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Gear like the new MT050 gear from Cabela’s can send an OGDS sufferer into a catatonic state while he/she reads the description of the new gear.

OGDS: Are you afflicted?

I wanted to advise readers of a new – and quite possibly dangerous – disease that researchers have just uncovered in the hunting/outdoor community. […]

Capt. Stu Caulder releases a big puppy drum caught in the marshes off the Cape Fear River.

Cape Fear puppy drum really on the prowl

Jerry Dilsaver

The puppy drum in the Cape Fear region are biting more like bulldogs than puppies. […]

Wintering waterfowl like these tundra swans may not have to worry about flying into 497-foot-tall wind mills, as a Chicago-based energy company has put on hold its plans to build a 11,000-acre wind farm in Beaufort County, just two miles from the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

Wind farm project put on hold over concerns about bald eagles

Craig Holt

Invenergy LLC of Chicago, operating in North Carolina as Pantego Wind Energy, apparently has thrown in the towel on locating a controversial “wind farm” in Beaufort County, close to a major national wildlife refuge. […]

Sportsman can now purchase 2012-13 hunting and fishing licenses.

Licenses can now be purchased for 2012-13 hunting, fishing seasons

Matt Coffey

Since 1937, sportsmen across South Carolina have helped maintain and provide funding for the state’s wildlife and fisheries. If you’ve ever bought a license, gun, ammo, bow, arrows, fishing lure, rod, reel or even fueled your boat, you should pat yourself on the back because you’re supporting the S.C. Department of Natural Resources – to the tune of $172 million over the past 756 years. […]

Flybuoy, a boat out of Charleston, S.C., won the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament with this 499.3-pound blue marlin caught on the first of six competition days.

Flybuoy holds on to win Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament with opening-day marlin

From News Reports

A blue marlin caught the first morning of competition hung on through five days of competition, and the crew of the boat that caught it walked away with the first-prize money in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament on Saturday in Morehead City. […]

Josh Warren was bass fishing when hauled this huge catfish out of Lake Wylie on Sunday after it hit a jig.

Shallow-water catfish bite great at Lake Wylie thanks to high water levels

Matt Coffey

Josh Warren and his buddy Tyler Watts were out for what they thought would be just another day of bass fishing this past Sunday on Lake Wylie. […]

Maynard Edwards likes fishing Tuckertown Lake during June for shallow-water largemouths.

Tuckertown bass heat up as summer approaches

Craig Holt

Anglers who spend time on the Yadkin River impoundments talk about High Rock Lake as the gold standard of the chain’s bass fisheries, but during June, nothing is finer in Central Carolina than Tuckertown Lake. […]

Planting annual-grain food plots now will ensure the highest return on your dollar.

Time to plant food plots for dove, deer season

Matt Coffey

If you’ve been engrossed with spending time on the lake, chances are you’re missing out on one of the best times to ensure success during the coming deer season. […]

The Inspiration's 437.7-pound blue marlin took over second place in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament on Tuesday.

Inspiration moves into second place in Big Rock

From News Reports

Inspiration captain Casey Wagner, Morehead City, and angler Terry Clark, Beaufort, landed a 437.7-pound blue marlin Tuesday to grab second place in the 54th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament during the competition’s second day. […]

Jackson Lowder hoists a pair of bragging-sized Lake Wateree white perch as his father, Steve, looks on.

White perch finding some followers among Lake Wateree anglers

Brian Cope

The white perch is the bane of anglers and fisheries managers because they are not native to South Carolina, and they push out other, more desirable species. […]