Inshore Fishing
October is for everyone
October gets a lot of love in the Santee Cooper area, and not all of it has to do with fishing. […]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Paddle up a Saluda trout
The prospect of catching trout below Columbia seems far-fetched. They are native to the mountainous areas of Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and even the extreme mountain reaches of Georgia and South Carolina. […]
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Flooding in Grand Strand raises questions about local fishing
With all the flooding along South Carolina’s coast and inland, how long will it take for the fishing to get back to normal? […]
Inshore Fishing
Time for lures over bait
Ask any saltwater angler in South Carolina to choose his or her favorite fishing month, and a good many will tell you October is the one they look forward to all year. No matter what your favorite fish is, the chance of catching good numbers are high this month. […]
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Spot On! Catch spotted bass in Cape Fear River with these tips
The Cape Fear is one of the longest and most diverse rivers in North Carolina. Beginning at the tailrace below B. Everett Jordan Dam, it flows 202 miles before reaching the ocean near the town of Southport. […]
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Splash those Georgetown speckled trout
After a long, hot summer, fall has arrived on the calendar, and it true fall conditions should arrive this month. For the inshore angler with a passion for casting lures at grass lines and oyster points, the fun-filled October session is the just what the doctor ordered, because a squadron of speckled trout show up looking to stretch their stomachs on shrimp, mullet and menhaden. […]
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Kings on the throne – The fall run of king mackerel off the Cape Fear River and Oak Island, N.C.
October is a special time in the ocean around the mouth of the Cape Fear River at Southport, where king mackerel gather between and try to devour every baitfish they can, arriving the last week or so of September and increasing in numbers until mid-October, when the slowly begin to move off the beach. […]
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Spot-on fall flounder
The spot run each fall causes a lot of excitement along the Grand Strand, and few are immune to the frenzy of the tasty panfish. J Baisch of Fishful Thinking Charters in Murrells Inlet also gets excited about the annual migration, but it’s not because of what’s in front. […]
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The speck revival – Swansboro is playing host to a speckled trout revival
Fred Slann, a guide from New Bern, his friend Chris Walker of Sea Island, N.J., and a visiting writer had one of the most fantastic trout-fishing days ever 10 Octobers ago in the North River east of Beaufort. […]
Inshore Fishing
Paddle, fish but be safe
I headed out in my Old Town Predator 13 with the intention of drifting along the western shoreline of Radio Island from the turning basin inside Beaufort Inlet. […]
