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July 16, 2026

Find black drum near the bottom in the fall, and you’ll likely catch speckled trout a few feet above them in the same general area.

Find indicator species

As large schools of shrimp invade Murrells Inlet, many species of fish will show up to fatten up before winter arrives. […]

Lake Greenwood has so many boat docks along its shoreline, shooting jigs back under them is a tremendous fall tactic for crappie.

Take a shot at fall crappie

Phillip Gentry

Braxton Wall and his father, Rod, may prefer tight-line or long-line trolling for crappie during tournaments, but Braxton readily admits trolling isn’t as much fun as shooting docks. […]

Rod Wall thinks his son, Braxton, is a definite asset when the two fish crappie tournaments as a team.

Life on the trail

Phillip Gentry

Fishing any fishing tournament series can be taxing on an adult’s time. For a teenager, it gets even worse. […]

Rod Wall said current flow is also a factor in how and where crappie will situate themselves on Greenwood, but of more concern is the timing of the drawdown that Santee-Cooper is using.

Greenwood’s water levels are cause of concern

Phillip Gentry

Water characteristics at Lake Greenwood can be a sore subject to crappie anglers. […]

Lake Norman anglers can't do without a Sabiki rig when it comes to catching every species of gamefish imaginable.

Sabiki rigs working over various Lake Norman species

Craig Holt

Lake Norman, like many other reservoirs in North Carolina, has seen major changes in its fish species. […]

Brian Hudson, Ricky Moore and Ryan Hardee boated this 95-pound wahoo while fishing for king mackerel out of Beaufort Inlet on Oct. 3.

Huge wahoo was big surprise for king mackerel fishermen

Dusty Wilson

Three fishermen made the right call when they left the nearshore waters of Beaufort Inlet after trolling for king mackerel on Oct. 3 to head offshore to a piece of livebottom, a spot that produced the fish of a lifetime: a 6-foot wahoo that destroyed a trolled menhaden and strained the scales at 95 pounds. […]

Plenty of big redfish are being caught just off the beaches of lower Brunswick County around schools of menhaden.

Big reds and inshore triple have lower Brunswick County fishermen in heaven

Jerry Dilsaver

There’s been more than enough rain along the Brunswick County coast this fall to put a damper on inshore fishing, but so far, it hasn’t. […]

A planned two-week paddle from one end of South Carolina to the other required quite a bit of gear.

Paddling the whole state

Phillip Gentry

At some point after joining the plastic armada, every Palmetto Paddler casts an eye toward the map and dreams of an excursion that dates back to the time when the Cherokee Indians ruled this part of the country. […]

Catching mountain trout with in-line spinners

Robert Satterwhite

Spinner fishing is an effective alternative to fly fishing when trout aren’t rising to a dry-fly pattern or hitting nymphs. A spinner often will elicit a strike even when trout aren’t hitting live bait.

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