If you want to get kids involved in the outdoors, taking them flounder gigging is a great way to do it. It’s summertime, and kids love staying up late this time of year. And with no school to prepare for each morning, most parents are okay with late bedtimes for them. And nighttime is the perfect time for gigging flounder. […]
An angler’s first saltwater fishing trip is always something special. But, 15-year-old Kyle Crissler of Jacksonville, Ark. took it to another level while surf fishing with his friend, Matthew Usrey, and his dad, Robert Usrey, on Portsmouth Island on June 27th. While hoping to catch a shark, Kyle intercepted a tarpon over 6 feet long instead. […]
When Larry Youngblood of Walterboro landed a slot-sized redfish in Rantowles Creek earlier this week, his excitement quickly waned when he noticed a tag protruding from the fish’s body. […]
The Carolinas aren’t dubbed the “sub-tropics” without reason. For most of the summer, temperatures across the two states hover in the 90s and sometimes reach 100 degrees. […]
It gets mighty hot on the Carolinas’ coast in July. Fishing during the day can be a sweltering experience, especially if there is little or no wind blowing. An alternative is to go flounder-gigging at night to beat the heat. […]
When he headed to the end of Avon Fishing Pier on North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday, J.R. Clate of Scottsdale, Va., wasn’t expecting to see a dolphin, but he was glad that he wound up landing a colorful, 33-inch fish, only the second caught from the pier and one of less than a dozen on record from all North Carolina piers. […]
Carolina Sportsman Magazine editor Dan Kibler headed to the coast this week for a trip with Capt. Dale Collins of Fish Or Die Charters out of Swansboro. […]
Flounder are voracious feeders that will find the best places to set up to gain an advantage on their prey, and since they can hide in precarious positions, anglers need to look at alternative methods to get baits in their wheelhouses. […]
During the spring and summer, flounder are one of the most-abundant fish in the estuaries along South Carolina’s coastline. They can be caught anywhere from jetties and nearshore reefs to every flooded channel, bay and grass flat, but they will not stay in one place for very long. […]
Mature and immature male reds may “drum” when caught, making a sound similar to a small pig grunting. […]
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