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September 22, 2026

Joel Richardson’s favorite post-spawn places to find bass are points or shoals where the wind is blowing, plus steep, shaded shore lines.

Shakin’ the post-spawn blues

By June, most largemouth bass in North Carolina waters have ended their spawn and are in a blue funk as far as chasing lures is concerned. […]

Clayton Crawford caught this hefty flounder while trolling a soft-plastic lure.

Flatfish formula – Flounder fishing is top-drawer in June from Charleston to McClellanville waters

Terry Madewell

One of the more desirable fish along South Carolina’s coast is the flounder, appreciated by many not only for its fight, but the quality of the fish as table fare. […]

Voila! Gyotaku will leave a great impression on your kids after a fishing trip.

Preserve that special fish with gyotaku — Japanese fish rubbing

Bill Howard

Gyotaku is Japanese for ‘fish rubbing’. It is a simple and inexpensive yet beautiful project that can be used in place of taxidermy. […]

With Hartwell’s return to full pond and multitudes of fry lingering in shallow water, Lake Hartwell anglers are taking advantage of bass, especially spots, that are holding in the lake’s flooded grass on long points.

Spotted bass bite coming together on Lake Hartwell

Phillip Gentry

Even anglers who have never considered themselves very adept at bass fishing are having no trouble finding willing fish at Lake Hartwell. […]

A lawsuit filed by the owners of the Citation after its 883-pound blue marlin was disqualified in the 2010 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament was settled out of court last week.

Suit against Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament over DQ’d fish settled out of court

Jerry Dilsaver

Almost three years after the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament disqualified the largest fish ever brought to its scales, a suit brought by the boat that caught that huge fish has been settled out of court.

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Republicans in the N.C. House agreed on Wednesday to allow the latest "gamefish bill" to die in committee.

Latest ‘gamefish bill’ is effectively killed in N.C. House

Dan Kibler

Republicans in the N.C. House of Representatives on Wednesday agreed to effectively kill the latest attempt to pass a “gamefish bill” that would have ended commercial fishing for speckled trout and redfish in all North Carolina waters, and striped bass in North Carolina’s inland coastal waters. […]

Capt. Chris Mattson (left) put these two fishermen on this 60-pound-plus cobia in St. Helena Sound.

The Beaufort-area cobia bite has taken off

Brian Cope

Lowcountry anglers are loading up on cobia in St. Helena Sound, and Capt. Chris Mattson of Mattson Charter Service has caught several in the past few days that have bottomed out his 60-pound Boga Grip scales. […]

Guide Rick Patterson caught this 77-pound cobia out of Atlantic Beach.

Cobia bite is approaching full blast off Atlantic Beach

Jerry Dilsaver

Matt Lamb of Chasin’ Tails Outdoors in Atlantic Beach said cobia fishing has picked up a lot over the past week, with fish moving inside the inlets as well as along the beach, the fish fish are within range of just about anyone with a boat. […]

Walt Almond (left) and Chad Rabon won the CATT event on Lake Wateree weekend with a great limit that weighed 25.07 pounds.

Rabon, Almond cash in at Wateree with 25-pound limit

Brian Cope

Chad Rabon of Camden and Walt Almond of McBee got a big payday on May 25, winning the Carolina Anglers Tournament Trail event on Lake Wateree with a great 5-fish limit that weighed 25.07 pounds. Rabon and Almond pocketed $1,071.

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