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Gig your doormats at night
For knowledgeable anglers, there’s always more than one way to get your doormat flounder. Flounder fishing with rod and reel is fun, but gigging at night can be awesome. […]
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Flounder research and data
Brad Floyd, a fisheries biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, said that a three-year study on flounder, and specifically flounder-gigging, revealed some interesting data. […]
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Flatfish formula – Flounder fishing is top-drawer in June from Charleston to McClellanville waters
One of the more desirable fish along South Carolina’s coast is the flounder, appreciated by many not only for its fight, but the quality of the fish as table fare. […]
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Better late than never — Cherry Grove flounder have arrived
Typically, March and April find anglers stacked in the tiny Cherry Grove estuary for the spring flounder run, but few fish have made it to the dock until now. […]
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Flounder bite on southern end of Grand Strand has cranked up
Mother Nature keeps slinging unsettled weather across South Carolina’s coastal area, yet guides in Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island report steady catches of flounder. […]
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Dredging on the horizon
Over the past several decades, Cherry Grove’s inshore waters have become more and more shallow from accumulated sediments. […]
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Is it a summer, southern or gulf flounder?
North Carolina and South Carolina are the only two states where fishermen can catch three species of flounder from the same general area. […]
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Floundering around
Though the association is rarely made, it would seem that fishing boats capable of maneuvering in just inches of water would go hand in hand with fish that can be completely submerged in just inches of water. […]
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Flatfish invasion – April flounder run gets Cherry Grove anglers hopping
Within feet of the state line, the northern end of the Grand Strand harbors a unique estuary with local and worldly significance. On a grand scale, Walter Maxwell’s 1,780-pound tiger shark — caught from a Cherry Grove pier in 1964 — remains untouched after almost 50 years, and is the only all-tackle world record from South Carolina waters. […]
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Marching Orders
There are no caissons, no buglers or regimental flags. No cities have been ransacked along the way, no crops put to the torch. Still, there’s a march to the sea every autumn along South Carolina’s coastline that’s more predictable than Gen. Sherman’s little walkabout almost 150 years ago. […]