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July 7, 2026

Guide Bryant DeHart shows off the kind of quality speckled trout he catches in the waters around Roanoke Island.

Speck-ulating around Roanoke Island

In the first gray light of the morning, guide Bryan DeHart of Manteo eased into the middle of a marsh, within casting distance of a bulkhead with a hulk of a house behind it. […]

The Little River jetties are hot areas for redfish and speckled trout that are following baitfish and shrimp out toward the ocean.

Run for the Border!

Jerry Dilsaver

Sometimes the area on either side of the North Carolina-South Carolina border seems to be an outpost for weather that would be expected several hundred miles farther south. […]

Dan Tanner, Dan Floyd and guide Don Drose show off some nice stripers caught on a trip to Lake Marion. These fish were among around 100 caught before noon.

Cooler weather puts Lake Marion stripers on the feed

Terry Madewell

Catching big numbers of stripers at Lake Marion has been the norm for guides and most experienced striper fishermen, but catching keep-sized fish has been an issue. […]

Sheepshead have responded to cooler weather by tying on the feed bag in Charleston area waters.

Sheepshead bite has been fantastic in Charleston waters

Brian Cope

Scott Hammond of Haddrell’s Point Tackle suspects there has been a was a jailbreak recently, because the sheepshead bite around Charleston is on fire. […]

Redfish in the North Inlet area have put on the feed bag and are hitting artificial baits aggressively, even topwater plugs.

North Inlet redfish bite has taken off

Jeff Burleson

With many sportsmen drawn to the woods and duck blinds, diehard fishermen along the coast know they have will have fewer boats to contend with during a sizzling-hot redfish bite in North Inlet. […]

John H. Kerr Reservoir produces lively catfishing for anglers even in winter.

Cooler weather has catfish action cranking up on Kerr Lake

Craig Holt

Anglers looking to catch magnum-sized freshwater fish should think about visiting John H. Kerr Reservoir (aka Buggs Island) for blue and flathead catfish. […]

Artificial baits are especially effective on speckled trout in Charleston-area river.

In the fall, South Carolina’s estuary system can compete with any other across the nation, and with almost endless opportunities available for the angler, Charleston’s inshore fishing venue is nearly unmatched when it comes to speckled trout. […]

Speckled trout fishing has been great in the Cape Fear River and around the Masonboro Inlet jetties.

Trout fishing on Cape Fear coast has been speck-tacular

Jerry Dilsaver

This has been a fall to catch speckled trout, and the action along the Cape Fear coast is as good as anywhere. Catching fish is expected and filling limits with many releases is the norm. It doesn’t get much better than this. […]

Santee guide Steve English said few anglers try to distinguish between black and white crappie, but whichever fish you choose, the cooler weather has more and bigger crappie coming over the side of the boat.

Crappie fishing at Santee Cooper is all black and white

Phillip Gentry

Because the habits of black and white crappie in the Santee Cooper lakes are so similar, few fishermen give much thought to trying to distinguish between the two species, much less trying to catch one fish more than the other. […]

An ancient fish weir on the Tuckasegee River, built by Native Americans, destroyed by flood in 1940 and rebuilt, is a marker of the beauty of the country before it was settled by Europeans.

Time travel: weir wonder

Robert Satterwhite

I fantasize about time travel, being able to go back in the time before Europeans came to this country, when it was populated by indigenous people, when forests were full, game was abundant and streams were clean and full of fish. […]