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July 26, 2026

Winter weather shouldn’t hinder trout anglers who prepare well and use correct nymph-fishing techniques.

Winter trout: a deep subject

By some estimates, trout take 80 to 90 percent of their food below the water’s surface. […]

Warmth heats up baitfish and predators, especially in shallow waters, as Bryan Rich displays with a nice striped bass.

Ever passed by a boat ramp during an unseasonably warm winter day and seen several boat trailers in the parking lot? Did you think the owners were joy riding to awaken a winterized boat? Maybe, maybe not? […]

Finding stripers with a depth-finder, then using a jigging spoon, can produce some spectacular fishing days during the winter.

Dance with a jig for stripers

Davy Hite

When I was a kid, my buddies and I got into a habit — we’d go deer hunting in October, November and December, and in January, February and March, we’d go striper fishing. […]

Striped bass usually have unbroken lateral lines, while hybrids often have broken lines on their sides.

Another Day In Paradise

Richard Bernabe

Lake Hartwell offers plenty of action for striped bass along with opportunities to land big hybrids. […]

Any dry fly that imitates natural foods found in South Carolina’s delayed-harvest streams in winter and that fish are feeding upon will work well.

Don’t Put Off Fun

Richard Bernabe

My fishing partner slowly waded into the Chattooga River’s cold rushing water and pulled his knit cap down over his ears. […]

Although anglers occasionally land huge Jocassee trout, veteran angler Steve McDonald of Greenville said such fish today aren’t common.

It’s Snowing Trout!

Scott Keepfer

If the weather gets wintry, nothing heats up anglers better than trolling for lunker trout at Lake Jocassee. […]

Redfish provide the most-consistent winter inshore saltwater fishing in South Carolina.

Ice Clear Winter Reds

Walt Rhodes

Funneling down the back of my neck, cold February air provided more of a morning jolt than the hot cup of coffee I was cradling. […]

Jeff Coble, of Manson, N.C., won the inaugural ESPN Outdoors Bassmasters Series Championship and secured the final spot in the 2006 CITGO Bassmaster Classic.

Teamwork Pays Off for Coble; Wins Bassmaster Series Championship and Final Classic Berth

From News Reports

KISSIMMEE, Fla.— Though Jeff Coble of Manson, N.C. was the clear-cut winner of the inaugural ESPN Outdoors Bassmaster Series Championship on Saturday, he’s thanking another competitor for helping him clinch the win. […]

Coble Wins Bassmaster Series Championship and Final Classic Berth; S.C. Anglers Finish Ninth Overall, plus Second and Fifth Non-boater

From News Reports

This 84-inch, 308-pound bluefin tuna, caught by Capt. John Quattlebaum and the crew of the QB's Sea Witch, was the first bluefin tuna ever sold in Brunswick County.

Bluefin Tunas Move South; Strong Showing at Frying Pan Shoals

Jerry Dilsaver

There had been talk, rumors and rumblings of bluefin tuna around Frying Pan Shoals and Cape Fear for a while, but when Capt. John “QB” Quattlebaum and his crew on QB’s Sea Witch brought an 84-inch, 308 pounder to the dock on January 16, all the speculation quickly turned to fact. […]