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July 16, 2026

Ethan Ingle is an all-around angler, and likes mixing bass fishing gear in with his offshore tackle.

Try these tactics to catch dolphin out of Hatteras Island

The dolphin are thick off Hatteras Island, with a good mixture of peanuts and gaffers mixed in, and anglers are finding them without having to venture too far offshore. […]

The SCDNR has stocked more than 1 million stipers and hybrids in Lake Hartwell in the past month.

Over 1 million stripers, hybrids, stocked in Lake Hartwell

Brian Cope

Some 780,000 striped bass and 480,000 hybrid bass–a total of about 1.2 million fish–were stocked in Lake Hartwell during the past three weeks by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.

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Dale Turner uses the drift and bump method to catch more flounder.

Catch more flounder with this technique

Brian Cope

Flounder fishing is hot in the Murrells Inlet area right now, and while many anglers prefer to anchor down near likely holes and probe those areas with jigs or mud minnows, Dale Turner of Pawleys Island prefers to use a different tactic.

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Capt. Dennis Barbour poses with a nice flounder he caught along the southern coast of North Carolina.

How to catch more flounder at low tide

Brian Cope

The inshore creeks and inlets between Little River and Sunset Beach are hot spots for flounder this time of year, and one trick to catching them is finding isolated pockets of water at dead low tide.

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This image taken by photographer Sarah Santiny on Memorial Day morning appears to show a big school of speckled trout patrolling the surf on Grand Isle. What do you think — specks or not? Comment below.

Epic photo shows specks in the surf

Patrick Bonin

Professional photographer Sarah Santiny never goes too far without her trusty camera, and her Memorial Day trip to the beach on Louisiana’s Grand Isle was no exception.

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When it gets hot, downsize baits when the bite isn’t going well (left to right): Cajun Sleigh spoons, Gulp shrimp, MirrOdines. and Flats Intruder spoons.

Slow down and fish small

Jerry Dilsaver

Have you had one of those days when you could see fish feeding but couldn’t get them to bite anything? If you answered “No,” please call me to go fishing; I want to know what you’re using. For the rest of us, I’m going to offer a few ideas that have worked in the past.

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This speckled trout is a keeper, but just barely. If you are in doubt, it’s always safer to throw it back.

Portable rulers you carry

Brian Cope

It’s an early June morning, and while you know the sweltering heat will come soon, now it’s relatively cool, and you’re hoping for a quick limit so you can get back to the dock before the sun gets too high. And BAM! just like that, you’re into them.

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Catch more bream like these by following this tip.

Catch more summer bream with this one tip

Brian Cope

Night crawlers have caught untold numbers of bream for anglers, and while it’s tough to say there is a right or wrong way to hook one, it’s probably fair to say that at times, one way works better than another.

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