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May 1, 2026

Fishing for striped bass at Lake Hickory is the best during the fall when water temperatures range between 60 and 65 degrees.

Search for Stripers

Dark and foggy with an annoying drizzle — just the type of conditions that make driving along the highway a chore but just the perfect type of weather for hooking a trophy striper. […]

Ray Bean of Cary drops a drum into his ice box. Most Cape Hatteras red drum anglers use four-wheel-drive vehicles to find the best places to chunk bottom rigs and cut mullets at reds each fall.

To do well at most endeavors takes preparation. Of course, good luck doesn’t hurt. But as legendary Major League baseball-owner Branch Rickey once said, “Luck is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration.” […]

Capt. Rod Bierstedt said using dead baits allows him to troll a little faster than with live baits and he can cover more area.

60-foot Kings

Dan Kibler

The number “60” is a magical one, and not just because Babe Ruth made it famous in 1927. […]

A cooler of specks can be the result when anglers find a hot spot and use floats with shrimp. The best technique is to cast upcurrent and allow the water’s movement to carry the bait, often a shrimp, across the strike zone.

Southern Spectacular

Jerry Dilsaver

The float slowly drifted into the growing current riffle off the stern of Capt. Andy Fisher’s boat and promptly disappeared. […]

Mitchell Frye landed this nice redfish at the Waccamaw River’s transition zone.

Transfer to transition zones

Jeff Burleson

Saltwater anglers typically seek super salty waters of sounds and estuaries for the best chances at inshore catches. […]

Beat brush piles for bass

Davy Hite

One of the things successful bass fishermen notice is patterns change as the seasons change — but for a number of different reasons. […]

Care of fly reels after an angler has decided to end his year’s fishing involves removing lines, washing reels, wetting lines then drying and working them with dressing to keep equipment in good working order.

Be reel careful this year

Richard Bernabe

I love cold-weather fly fishing, especially at South Carolina’s mountain rivers and streams. I love the cold air, the challenging fishing conditions, and the lack of crowds. […]

River catfishing is basically simple and a lot of fun for one person or a boatload of anglers.

Cool Cats

Terry Madewell

Catfishing has become a year-round sport for many South Carolina anglers. […]

Ideal fall water temperatures for kings are 68 to 69 degrees. Temps usually drop a degree for each 10 feet of depth.

Kings of Thanksgiving

Walt Rhodes

The Pilgrims had it right when they gave thanks in November. […]

A recent study confirms eating seafood decreases the risks of heart disease.

Study affirms seafood to be a healthy food choice

From News Reports

Americans can decrease their risk for heart disease by substituting seafood for other animal proteins, according to the National Academies of Science (NAS), Institute of Medicine. […]