Netting a fish is an important part of fishing, and many folks don’t put a lot of thought into how to do it properly. But many of those same folks also do it wrong, and doing it wrong results in losing fish. […]
The new striper regulations implemented on the Santee Cooper lakes this past June have received rave reviews from fishermen, guides and landing operators around Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie. This has created a lot of optimism for the striper fishing season that reopens Oct. 1. […]
A 58-pound channel catfish was caught from Lake Moultrie in 1964, setting state and world records that still stand today. While the Santee Cooper lakes provide excellent fishing for numbers of channel catfish, the sizes are no longer extreme and are not typically considered trophy size, even for channel catfish. […]
Mustang’s latest PFD […]
Plenty of brackish-water creeks are easily located along the coast of both Carolinas, and any bridge crossings in areas where water salinity is right for speckled trout and redfish are subject to hold them in October. […]
Wading is a great tactic when targeting flounder, but it is often overlooked by east coast anglers. […]
Flounder are gregarious fish. If they bit like redfish, you’d regularly see a lot more flounder in magazines and on social media. […]
It is not often that a recreational trip to procure fish begins well after dark. However, guide Allen Jernigan met a friend, Tony Rhodes, at a ramp in Sneads Ferry, N.C., at 9:30 p.m. […]
Like skinning a cat, there is more than one way to rig a live shrimp to catch speckled trout. The old standby is a length of leader beneath a stemmed popping cork, sometimes referred to as a rattling cork. Even with a popping cork, some anglers prefer to use a standard J-hook, while other may opt for a Kahle hook or circle hook and still others a jighead. […]
Speckled trout eat shrimp throughout their life, starting as fry and continuing through the gator years.
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