Featured
Key on bream beds for some great bass action
Panfish anglers are not the only ones who were waiting for this week’s full moon to push bream up on their spawning beds. […]
Fishing
Featured
Lake Wateree’s white perch are putting on some kind of a show
Sensational white perch action has cranked up at Lake Wateree, with big catches of huge perch being made across the lake. Sumter’s Chuck Porter said this heralds the beginning of a run of big, white perch through June. […]
Featured
Stripers have reached Weldon area in good numbers
Veterans of past Roanoke River striped bass runs said they expected the species’ annual spawning migration to be about a month late this year because of an unusually cool spring, and it appears they are correct. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Don’t miss May’s offering
May is an ideal time to be on a mountain trout stream. Wildflowers are in bloom, dogwoods and rhododendron are flowering and a multitude of mayfly, caddis and stonefly hatches are coming off — more hatches than any other time of the season. […]
Freshwater Fishing
If it swims, it’s biting
There are times when almost anything worth catching is biting, and May is one of those months at Santee Cooper. […]
Featured
Cobia make a big splash showing up off Grand Strand
Motorcycles are not the only new arrivals making noise this week along the Grand Strand. […]
Bass Fishing
The swimbait displacement
It’s taken a while for North Carolina fishermen to become part of the swimbait craze. Maybe it was their introduction. […]
Redfish
Be stealthy and keep your distance
During the spring, redfish, trout and flounder step up to the plate and really begin to gather up the groceries. […]
Bass Fishing
I thought it was water, but it’s ‘snot’
A major problem for anglers at Tuckertown Lake isn’t finicky fish but a disgusting, smelly, lure-fouling substance that covers most of the shoreline wood and rocks and the lake’s bottom. […]
Inshore Fishing
Look for black submarines
Nearshore waters fill up this month, with big pods of baitfish bringing in predators by the thousands. From bluefish to Spanish mackerel, the action can pick up in shallow-water places just outside of the breakers. […]