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August 31, 2026

Wilderness Systems Tarpon 130X

This performance driven Tarpon kayak has the speediness and exceptional stability of the original Tarpon, but has been updated with modern visuals and abundant features. […]

Fishing with a bow is challenging, especially when done from a kayak.

Fishing with a bow is fun and challenging

Bill Howard

Fishing with a bow is a lot like hunting, and it’s especially challenging when it’s done from a kayak. […]

Spanish mackerel are one of the first major gamefish to show up in the waters off Brunswick County each spring, usually around the full moon in April.

The Spanish mackerel moon

Dan Kibler

Hunter McCray isn’t about to give some kind of amazing scientific explanation of why Spanish mackerel suddenly show up off the coast of Brunswick County every April around the full moon. […]

Back-pumping of water through the intakes at Jocassee Dam can turn on big trout like this rainbow.

Lake Jocassee offers one of the most-unique fishing opportunities in South Carolina or any other state — mountain trout fishing in a reservoir — and April is one of the best months to land a trophy trout. […]

April can be a fantastic month to target sheepshead before they leave the nearshore reefs and return to Murrells Inlet.

Herd Murrells Inlet reef sheep

Jeff Burleson

Every winter, when the water cools, it shakes things up for fishermen along the eastern seaboard, especially around Murrells Inlet, when the inshore waters turn into ghost towns and many fish, including the snaggle-toothed sheepshead, head to the ocean to make a living. […]

Encasing chunks of blue crab in a panty hose will keep bait usable for several fish.

Little River reds feeling crabby

Jeff Burleson

Redfish are South Carolinas most-treasured fish, year-round residents that are always worthwhile opponents for inshore anglers. As the dogwoods begin to bloom in April, they become extremely discriminating in their food choices because of a flood of molting blue crabs that usually lasts two to three weeks. […]

James Grimes’ 6-pound speckled trout is a big one for anywhere on North Carolina’s coast, but the New River holds some much bigger.

Next state-record might be a New River speck

Craig Holt

Although the New River has a reputation for yielding giant spotted seatrout, the state-record trout of 12 pounds, 4 ounces came from Wrightsville Beach and has held up for 55 years. […]

Soft-plastic lures like this Billy Bay Halo Shad will produce speckled trout around the New River’s artificial reef.

New River’s artificial reef is prime spring fishing spot

Craig Holt

After four years, the New River’s artificial reef is cranking out good numbers of seatrout and other gamefish and plenty in trophy sizes. […]

Carrying plenty of extra bait to use for chum will help produce more black sea bass around nearshore structure.

Chum for better catches of black sea bass

Jeff Burleson

Black sea bass are voracious predators and will outcompete anything else in their size-class, especially over the winter and early spring. They cover up any available reef structure that harbors baitfish, but quite often, they will hover over certain sections of the structure. […]