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May 1, 2026

Capt. John Ward of Affinity Charters said the trout bite may be returning to normal, if anyone knows what that is for South Carolina.

Bouncing back

Before 2018, anglers had become so accustomed to mild winters along the South Carolina coast and the huge bonanza of speckled trout the good weather allowed, it was almost taken for granted. […]

Plenty of big catfish swim in South Carolina’s Santee Cooper lakes, and fall is prime time to target them.

Anglers from throughout the Carolinas make an annual trek to the Santee Cooper lakes in search of trophy catfish, and these enormous cats make it worth the trouble with explosive bites and drag-screaming surges. […]

Get bow season off to a good start

Pete Rogers

Finally, after a long layoff, hunters are getting back into the woods, but many who venture into the sweltering deer stands of early archery season are doing so unprepared. […]

Hunters took 6,753 deer on South Carolina’s Wildlife Management Areas during the 2017-18 season, an increase of 2 percent over the previous season.

Public targets

Terry Madewell

Those hunters in the Carolinas who don’t have access to private land or a club membership have more than three million acres of public land at their fingertips. Here’s the ones you should visit when the time for deer, ducks and doves, arrives. […]

Oregon Inlet is tuna central

Jerry Dilsaver

Oregon Inlet anglers have access to some of the hottest tuna fishing found anywhere in the Carolinas. […]

Metal-free mackerel

Jeff Burleson

After another hot Carolina summer, the fall fishing season finally arrives this month in all corners. From slab crappie gulping shiners at Lake Moultrie to gator trout crushing Flukes around Little River, cooling conditions ignite a feeding frenzy in freshwater and saltwater environments. […]

Whether he’s feeding white perch to Lake Gaston’s trophy catfish or eating them himself, catfish guide Zakk Royce knows there’s plenty of perch to go round.

Solve the perch equation

Phillip Gentry

For those of you who are live-bait fisherman, have you ever been so proud of the job you did catching, storing and presenting the bait that you thought, “That looks so good, I’d eat it myself?” […]

Find the dove buffet

Jeff Burleson

With an estimated population of 275 million in North America, the mourning dove is one of the most-abundant and recognizable birds in the land. In the South, Labor Day weekend brings hunters from all walks of life into fields for the opening day of the dove season. […]

Jason Ray killed this 142-inch, 10-point buck on Dec. 7, 2017, in North Carolina’s Rutherford County, where the herd is expanding.

Carolina Deer Preview 2018

Dan Kibler

If you haven’t started thinking about deer hunting yet, you’re already way behind. […]

Lake Wateree stripers are on a feeding ramage in August.

Hot Wateree stripers

Terry Madewell

South Carolina’s Lake Wateree has been a put-and-take striper fishery since the 1980s, and for most of that time, it has been a prime striped bass destination. But fishing success moderated for several years, but over the past several years the lake has again revived into a strong striper fishery. […]