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July 11, 2026

Structure around marinas and docks offers protected, deeper water — standard winter habitat for black drum.

Top tips for catching more black drum

Concentrating on docks and marinas will help you land more black drum during the winter months in the Cape Fear region. […]

Native shrimp, according to guide Jot Owens, are much preferred by black drum and red drum than store-bought, imported farm-raised shrimp.

Shrimp science: native shrimp rules!

Jeff Burleson

From Bubba’s shrimp rant on the famous blockbuster movie, Forest Gump, without a doubt, there are endless ways to prepare shrimp for the dinner table. […]

Make your own Santee rig

Phillip Gentry

Trolling over heavy cover is a recipe for breakoffs. To combat this, anglers on Santee Cooper designed a special rig employing a slinky weight and crappie float to keep the weight on the bottom but the hook out of cover. […]

CCA SC's Topwater Action Campaign has focused a lot of effort on recycling oyster shell and rebuilding oyster reefs along the South Carolina coast.

CCA-SC’s Topwater Action Campaign making big strides

Pat Robertson

A campaign begun five years ago by the Coastal Conservation Association in South Carolina is making strides in improving water quality, increasing oyster production and enhancing fisheries along the coast. […]

Guide Noah Lynk, other fishermen and biologists found no evidence of a cold-stun trout stun or kill during last week's extremely cold weather.

NCDMF to fishermen: Our trout dodged cold-weather bullet

Jerry Dilsaver

As the bitter cold bore down on North Carolina last week, many fishermen and fishery managers braced for a disaster, worried about another cold-stun kill of speckled trout like the one that devastated the fishery in January 2011. […]

Anglers who use double-nymph patterns at the Davidson River can experience outstanding winter trout fishing.

Davidson River trout fishing great with double-nymph rigs

Craig Holt

Although many people think of winter as a downtime for fishing, North Carolina trout fishermen know the cold months offer excellent opportunities in mountain rivers and streams. […]

Many kayak anglers mount a depth finder on the side of the craft where they direct most of their casts.

Paddling is ‘charged up’

Phillip Gentry

The rise in popularity of kayaks in the angling world was originally thought to be a traditional movement, similar to hunters who put down their guns and picked up recurve bows. […]

A Hilton Head guide said the speckled trout bite is still great in local waters.

Great speckled trout fishing continues in Hilton Head waters

Brian Cope

Anglers are having a field day with speckled trout and redfish in Hilton Head’s inshore waters, according to Capt. Kent Bird of Megabite Fishing Charters, who said said the trout fishing in the past year has been the best he has ever seen. […]

Capt. Jimmy Price of Southport is a popular seminar speaker at shows across the state.

Make sure you ‘show’ up

Jerry Dilsaver

Hopefully everyone enjoyed the Christmas holidays and was able to spend some time with family, friends and loved ones. […]

Gerald Granier's Dec. 31 speckled trout, which weighed four pounds, nine ounces, broke by a full pound the record for the Mount Pleasant Pier.

Mount Pleasant Pier has new record speckled trout

Jerry Dilsaver

Gerald Granier of Round O closed out 2013 the right way by catching a speckled trout that’s the biggest ever taken off the Mount Pleasant Pier. […]