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Guide Buddy Edge and a Clarks Hill striper that tried to eat a live blueback herring.

Clarks Hill stripers ready for weather to cool, action to heat up

It won’t be long before Guide Buddy Edge of McCormick is ready to put a hurting on the striped and hybrid bass in Thurmond (Clarks Hill) Lake.
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Buzzbaits and other topwater baits fished around secondary points and rip-rapped banks have been the ticket for good, early-morning bass action.

Low water no sweat for Lake Wylie bass fishermen

Dan Kibler

Eric Weir of Big E’s Guide Service readily admits that the low-water conditions at Lake Wylie can be a big daunting – but he also said that they’ve contributed greatly to some excellent bass fishing this past week.
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Team Hooligan, captained by Joe Winslow of Sunset Beach, landed a two-fish aggregate of 84 pounds, 6 ounces to win the Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour Championship and a check for $112,500.

Tar Heel Fishermen Dominate Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour Championship

Jerry Dilsaver

BILOXI, Miss. – November 4 – While they juggled the positioning from their seedings at the start of the day, three fishing teams hailing from North Carolina gave their own rendition of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Chase at the Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour Championship as Team Hooligan surged from third place into the lead, bumping Team M&M’s/Wild Ride and Team Collins each down a spot to second and third places respectively.
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Capt. Jeff Yates with a nice speckled trout that hit a DOA shrimp fished 25 yards downcurrent from a gutter than drains the marsh.

Live or fake, shrimp are costing lots of specks their lives

Dan Kibler

Can fishing really be this easy?
Just hook up a live shrimp, flick it toward the edge of the marsh grass and hang on?
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Big redfish have invaded Winyah Bay

Dan Kibler

Lots of big, bull redfish have shown up in Winyah Bay over the past week, according to Capt. Steve Hedrick of Reel EZ Guide Service in Georgetown, and the result has been some excellent action for fishermen drifting live bait.
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Black sea bass, a favorite of Carolina fishermen, are one of three species that will be affected by Amemdments 15A and 15B to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan for the South Atlantic.

Public Hearings Scheduled for Snapper Grouper Management

From News Reports

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a series of public hearings beginning in November to solicit public comment on two amendments to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan for the South Atlantic. […]

A section of the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County shows effects of the summer’s drought. During normal weather conditions, these rocks would be covered by the stream’s flowing water.

Low water presents challenges

Robert Satterwhite

Trout streams flowing through North Carolina’s mountains are at the lowest levels they’ve been in years, the result of a persistent drought that has affected this region and the entire state during 2007. […]

Capt. Chris Bellamy wades at a low-tide channel that fish have to move through to enter and leave a southeastern coastal creek. The water level at high tide at this creek is about 4 feet deeper than shown by this photo.

Tides and fish wait for no angler

Jerry Dilsaver

Most coastal fishermen understand that tides rise and fall each day and times change, but they rarely take the time to learn enough to really understand the tides. […]