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September 24, 2026

Landing a brook trout is a rare treat for an angler because it means he’s worked hard for a rare, beautiful fish.

Brookies are mountain treasures

Robert Satterwhite

When it comes to beauty, few fish match the beauty of a brook trout. […]

Declining stocks of menhaden, a tremendously important baitfish along the Atlantic coast, has caused a change in the way the little fish is managed.

Feds’ historic vote will protect Atlantic menhaden

Jerry Dilsaver

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted on Dec. 14 for a historic reduction in the harvest of menhaden, an oily little baitfish that fishermen and biologists often call the “most important fish in the sea.” […]

With less than two weeks left before the season closes, fishermen out of Grand Strand ports, especially Georgetown, are mopping up on big grouper.

Last-chance grouper bite is great out of Georgetown

Jeff Burleson

The last opportunity to take home some tasty grouper is facing South Carolina fishermen, as the annual season closure begins on New Year’s Day. […]

Basic flies used by trout anglers include the Elk Hair caddis.

Winter fishers must adapt

Robert Satterwhite

Successful winter trout fishing requires a variety of approaches, using anything from dry flies to nymphs to streamers, depending on the weather and stream conditions. […]

Two of Capt. Charlie Beadon’s clients show off the kind of redfish biting on mud flats around Hilton Head Island.

Slot-sized reds schooled up and biting around Hilton Head Island

Brian Cope

Bull redfish have been a willing target of many anglers for the past few months along the South Carolina coast, but if it’s slot-sized redfish you’re after, the backwaters of Hilton Head Island are the place to be. […]

: Dalton Reames shows off the kind of healthy speckled trout that Bulls Bay anglers are catching regularly.

Speckled trout bite great in Bulls Bay

Brian Cope

Last year’s mild winter was a nice reprieve for South Carolina’s speckled trout after cold-water kills in back-to-back brutal winters wiped out a lot of specks. […]

Chuck Arkell of Paddle Creek in Wake Forest puts a Native Multisport through its paces.

Have kayak, will travel and catch fish

Jerry Dilsaver

Anglers these days often ask questions about fishing from kayaks. […]

Lake Norman anglers are catching striped bass mixed with spotted bass and suspended in deep water.

Spots, stripers warm up Lake Norman December fishing

Craig Holt

Spotted bass and stripers are the main targets at Lake Norman this month for guide Craig Price of Denver. […]

The Little Tennessee River in Macon and Swain counties is one of North Carolina’s top-drawer smallmouth bass streams.

The ‘other’ mountain fish

Robert Satterwhite

North Carolina mountain streams aren’t just about trout fishing. Many of the larger streams also have healthy populations of smallmouth bass. […]

Striped bass aren’t slowed down by cold water, in fact, they are much more active when the water temperature drops to 50 degrees or lower.

Have a holiday striper

Davy Hite

I make my living fishing for bass, and I certainly love to fish for them, but sometimes I like to fish for other species of gamefish. I love to fish for bream, crappie and striped bass, and December is the time I fish for stripers and hybrids in Lake Murray and Clarks Hill and Wateree and even Santee Cooper. […]