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Catch the action in the attached video as Capt. John Koonce fishes the Stono River behind John’s Island for some late fall speckled trout.

Speckled trout bite hanging on in Charleston’s Stono River

For late fall anglers, speckled trout represent a highly prized target. but they can be especially fickle as the weather starts to turn colder. […]

Fishermen targeting speckled trout inshore from Wilmington to Topsail have had plenty of success.

Inshore fishing continued to be excellent around Wilmington

Jerry Dilsaver

The varied action that has made this fall such a great time to fish along the Cape Fear coast continues even as cooler weather moves in. […]

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Improve critical shallow habitat in fishing ponds

Jeff Burleson

Everybody loves a good fishing pond, and the winter drawdown provides more than just a mechanism to balance the predator-prey relationships. […]

Fishing lures and rod-and-reel combos are always popular Christmas gifts for sportsmen.

Wise sportsman’s gifts

Jerry Dilsaver

Wow, it has been a year already, and it’s time for more gift ideas for those outdoor folks in your lives. Hopefully, you’ll find a few suggestions that will be helpful again. […]

Winter weather shouldn’t keep kayaking anglers from enjoying a day of paddling. With the wide variety of paddle-friendly clothing, it’s easy to dress for success on the water.

Dress the part this month

Phillip Gentry

Last December, the mercury hovered right around the 40-degree mark for several days. […]

Guide Jerry Hill has turned his attention from Badin Lake to High Rock Lake, where he says the average size of fish is much better.

Rock for Rocks — How to catch striped bass on Badin Lake

Dan Kibler

For years, Jerry Hill lived and fished — and guided fishermen for striped bass — on Badin Lake. He moved up Rt. 8 from one end of Davidson County to the other two years ago, settling on High Rock Lake, and now he’s doing most of his fishing on High Rock — but not because of proximity. […]

LED trailer lights are illuminated by clusters of tiny light sources that deliver colors sharp and brilliant enough to make conventional incandescent lights look pale in comparison.

Time to consider changing to LEDs

Allan Tarvid

The lights on your trailer are your boat’s first line of defense against collisions. […]

Big blue catfish don’t appear to understand the concept of hibernating in the winter. They thrive on baitfish that are dying from the cold and can be caught on a variety of cut baits.

Having and beating those ‘winter blues’

David Sweat

With winter upon us and cold weather as harsh and brittle as a dried twig, most outdoors-minded people are enjoying warm, cozy fireplaces, while the true fishermen are challenging the cold.

Putting on their cold-weather survival gear and attaching the enclosures around the cockpit of their boats, they continue doing what they do the best: catching catfish on the Santee Cooper lakes.

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This 445-pound yellowfin tuna is the biggest of the species ever landed, but it has been disqualified from world-record discussion because IGFA rules were broken.

Giant California yellowfin tuna battle for world record

Jerry Dilsaver

Two huge yellowfin tuna – the two biggest ever – have been caught in the past couple of months, but only one is being considered for a new world record. John Petruescu caught a 445-pound yellowfin just before sunrise on Dec. 9 while fishing on the Excel, a long-range charterboat out of San Diego, Calif., Although his fish surpassed the existing world record by a full 40 pounds, it was will not be considered as a possible world record because the boat’s captain grabbed the fishing rod twice during the fight, disqualifying it under the rules of the International Game Fish Association (IGFA). […]