Inshore Fishing
Chumming is a sheepshead key
Once located it’s not difficult to get sheepshead to bite, but finding them first is the key, and chumming can be one way to concentrate the hungry convict fish. […]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
The Badin bomber: an urban legend?
Apparently some North Carolina lakes of considerable depth generate as many legendary tales as they do fish tales. […]
Bass Fishing
Big baits for big fish
While fishermen have equated big baits with big bass for years, bass pro Davy Hite of Ninety Six takes this to a different level by using worms and soft plastics that start at 10 inches when he takes to Lake Murray’s waters after dark. […]
Bass Fishing
A ‘dam good’ shallow summer bass spot
Almost all summer fishing for bass is done in deep water, but one of guide Maynard Edwards’ favorite areas at Badin Lake is only 6 feet deep — if that. […]
Bass Fishing
After-dark electronics are particularly important
Good depth-finding equipment is critical to bass fishermen who spend time on lakes at night. […]
Bass Fishing
For hot bass action, head for Santee — the river, that is
When the summer heat slows down the bass bite on South Carolina’s lakes, anglers like Joe Dennis of Bonneau turn to cooler running water like the Santee River, where the bass are still biting aggressively. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Summer: terrestrial time
In the summer, when insect hatches are sparse, trout depend more on what falls into the water than what hatches in it. […]
Fishing
Will access remain an issue?
Recently, a friend and I decided to fish Lake Greenwood in our kayaks, targeting some boat docks for the crappie we knew would be hiding there out of the summer sun. […]
Featured
Five tips for South Carolina night-fishing trips
As summer heat and recreational boat traffic make daylight hours less than hospitable to the serious angler, many turn nocturnal in pursuit of crappie, stripers, catfish and other fish that readily bite after hours. […]
Featured
Inshore bite great around Swansboro for flounder, redfish
According to Capt. Rick Patterson of Cape Crusader Charters in Cape Carteret, summer has been good for fishing along the Crystal Coast. […]
