Inshore Fishing
Trout talk
Did you know that trout talk?
Speckled trout are not a member of the trout family (salmonidae), but of the drum family (sciaenidae), and they make drumming noises just like red drum and black drum. […]
Fishing
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Lake Wateree crappie action is really breaking loose
Crappie season has literally boomed in the past few days at Lake Wateree after a very slow start to the season. […]
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Bill to protect Santee Cooper blue cats draws ire of Upstate politician
A bill introduced in January that would establish a daily creel limit and change the size limit on blue catfish at the Santee Cooper lakes has made it through the S.C. House and has moved to the S.C. Senate in early March, setting up a possible confrontation between commercial and recreational fishermen on Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie and pay-pond owners in the Upstate who rely on the lakes to acquire fish for their ponds. […]
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New Bern has been center of great speckled trout bite
Even though it’s catch-and-release only for another two months, the speckled trout fishing around New Bern has been tremendous for the past two weeks, according to Capt. Joe Ward of Flydaddy Charters. […]
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White bass spawning run at full swing out of Lake Greenwood
Lake Greenwood’s white bass are making their annual migration up the Saluda and Reedy rivers, and fishermen are catching limits from the mouth of those rivers as far up as navigable water will allow. […]
Freshwater Fishing
April action is wide open
April is one of the most eagerly anticipated months on the Santee Cooper lakes, and with good reason. […]
Fishing
Fly-fishing patterns are constantly changing
Fly patterns constantly evolve as fly tiers originate new patterns and modify standard ones in an endless effort to find something that looks irresistible to a trout. […]
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Red drum starting to perk up in creeks in lower end of Brunswick County
Red drum bite in the creeks of southern Brunswick County all year, but Capt. Mark Stacy of Ocean Isle Fishing Charters in Ocean Isle said they are starting to warm up and feed more aggressively. […]
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Shad run in Cape Fear River is in full gear
The shad run is in high gear on the Cape Fear River, and Capt. Allen Cain of Sightfish NC is boating big numbers of American shad on fly and ultralight tackle at Lock and Dam No.1 near Rieglewood. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass spawn producing plenty of big fish at Saluda Lake
South Carolina’s oldest lake, Saluda Lake on the Greenville County/Pickens County border, may also be its best kept secret when it comes to trophy bass fishing, and a late spawn that’s just cranking up may be one of the reasons. […]
