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Cover: January 2016 (SC) – Redfish
Lake Moultrie will be pumping out slab crappie this month, but you can also head to the Charleston area for hot redfish action. […]
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Get on the red train – Let a big redfish take you for a ride this winter in North Carolina’s nearshore and inshore waters
About 20 years ago, North Carolina’s winter and early spring inshore fishing was a losing proposition. Cold weather chased sportfish from sounds, bays and rivers to the warmer ocean waters, leaving inshore anglers to oil and respool reels, remove rust and repair rods while waiting for spring. […]
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Artificial alternative – There’s an alternative to live bait for High Rock Lake’s winter stripers
Being a self-effacing guy, Maynard Edwards smiled when he recalled how once upon a January he stumbled across a new way to catch striped bass at High Rock Lake. […]
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Thaw out Badin slabs – Cold weather doesn’t stop hot crappie fishing on North Carolina’s Badin Lake this month
To say that a January morning is brisk can be an understatement, but with any luck, the frost will give way to sunshine and biting fish. At Badin Lake on the Yadkin River chain, hungry and healthy crappie will most likely be holding tight to baitfish schools, hovering over deep-water creeks and coves, where long-line trolling a dragnet of jigs is the most efficient way to fill your 20-fish limit. […]
Fishing
It’s show time!
If you’re reading this, you’ve made it to the end of 2015 and should be thinking about your fishing, hunting and other outdoor exploits for the coming year. […]
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Cover: January 2016 (NC) – Blues
Find out why you should head to Lake Wylie for trophy blue cats and how you can get in on the winter redfish action along the coast. […]
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Several boating access areas and game lands closed due to high water
Due to high water conditions on the Cape Fear River and Lumber River, both in the southeastern portion of the state, the NCWRC has closed several boating access areas. […]
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Lake Wateree stripers easy pickings while trolling with live bait
You’ll notice a couple of changes in this issue of South Carolina Sportsman, changes we hope you’ll like as we try to improve the magazine and bring more content that readers want. […]
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Catch a tagged hybrid striped bass on Lake Norman, get $100
Who wouldn’t like to get paid for catching a fish? Thanks to a hybrid striped bass study being conducted by the NCWRC, anglers fishing on Lake Norman can get $100 if they catch certain tagged fish and report the tag data to the agency. […]
Inshore Fishing
Honors for that big fish
Anglers are among the most well-known stretchers of the truth in the land — or water, as the case may be. For some reason, everyone has had the biggest fish of their life break off right at the boat with no evidence to prove otherwise. […]
