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July 11, 2026

Tight-line trolling from the bow (above) and long-line trolling from the stern both have specific applications for crappie fishermen.

Tight-line or long-line? What’s the difference?

Newcomers to crappie fishing often hear about tight-lining and long-lining when crappie fishermen in the Carolinas discuss trolling techniques. […]

South Carolina’s Lake Secession and North Carolina’s Shearon Harris Lake are both sleeper picks for crappie fishing in the fall.

Fall Sleepers: Harris and Secession

Phillip Gentry

When asked to pick a sleeper lake for fall crappie in North Carolina, Ed Duke recommended Shearon Harris, just southeast of Jordan. Duke said the lake is not big by reservoir standards, around 4,000 acres, and it’s not really deep, which makes it easier to fish that other lakes. […]

Guide Leroy Suggs primarily uses blueback herring for Santee Cooper stripers until menhaden move into Lake Moultrie.

Fall forage shift is key to your best catches of Santee Cooper stripers

Terry Madewell

Guide Leroy Suggs said fishing around forage is always the key to striper fishing, but he also looks for a seasonal change in forage types to impact fishing, usually in a positive manner. […]

Guide Linwood Thornhill said he gets better results when he can find an isolated school of stripers away from other boats.

Finding isolated schools of stripers leads to best Santee Cooper action

Terry Madewell

Guide Linwood Thornhill said his goal is to get some distance between his boat and others chasing stripers when possible. His experience has taught him that a thoughtful and isolated approach to the schooling action is best. […]

When fishing from a kayak in the nearshore ocean, try to fish with at least one other fisherman for safety purposes.

Kayak safety for ocean fishing

Jerry Dilsaver

Part of the fun of tackling big fish from a kayak is fishing with your friends and reliving the experience when telling the story. The first part, fishing with friends, is a key part of safety and the second, reliving the experience when telling the story, means having a safe and successful trip. […]

Capt. Rod "Ponytail" Thomas is catching bull redfish in the Georgetown, S.C. area, and takes great care to release them properly.

VIDEO: How to revive a sluggish redfish

Brian Cope

It’s bull redfish time across the Carolinas. Anglers are catching them from the piers, the beaches, and while fishing from boats. While some anglers target these trophy fish this time of year, others catch them while going after slot-sized fish. Anglers fishing for sharks also hook a bull redfish from time to time. […]

Manufacturer’s repair kits are a great place to start when kayak anglers prepare for those “What ifs?” that so often pop up on trips.

Prepare for repairs

Phillip Gentry

Afew years ago, while on an extended fishing trip to the coast with some buddies, the chain assembly on my kayak’s pedal-drive system broke. Facing two more days of long runs to the fishing grounds from the put-in, the three of us set out to find some suitable hardware to make repairs, lest the two of them should have to tow my sizeable craft or leave me sitting on the dock. […]

Visit Anderson is hosting the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship Oct. 19-21 at Lake Hartwell. The top three finishers will qualify for the 2018 Bassmaster Championship, which will be on Lake Hartwell next March.

Lake Hartwell hosting B.A.S.S. Nation Championship next weekend

From Bassmaster.com

Amateur bass anglers from the U.S. and nine foreign nations will compete next week on Lake Hartwell in a tournament that will be the ultimate test of their fishing skills. […]

Spinning tackle is the choice for most inshore saltwater anglers because of its ease of use with light line and lures.

Try a baitcasting outfit

Brian Cope

For serious inshore anglers across the Carolinas, spinning gear is king. Search a dozen boats pulling into any coastal ramp in either state, and you’d be hard pressed to find a baitcasting outfit. But that’s not true in other parts of the country. […]

Team USA took the silver medal in the XIII Black Bass World Championships in South Africa.

Team USA snags silver medal in Black Bass World Championship

From News Reports

Thanks to FLW Fishing for this report-

South Africa raced to the top on the third and final day of the XIII Black Bass World Championships to earn the gold medal of world bass fishing while the United States surged to silver. […]