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July 6, 2026

The striper bite is hard to come by right now, but if you can find the fish on the surface, chances are you’ll be able to pull out some decent fish.

Cloudy days bring out good topwater action at Lake Hartwell

High-sky, bluebird days are beautiful, but they don’t necessarily equate to better fishing. Take stripers on Lake Hartwell, for instance. It seems the bite has been better on overcast days. […]

The Lake Jocassee trout bite will pick up when the water really begins to cool in the mountain lake.

Lake Jocassee trout still deep, hitting live bait, but cooler water is needed

Matt Coffey

Trout on Lake Jocassee seem to be in a holding pattern, waiting for the water to turn colder. That doesn’t mean, however, that you can’t catch them.

According to Capt. Steve Pietrykowski of Fishki Business, the trout fishing is a little slow, but it’s definitely going to pick up sometime soo.
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Flounder fishing has been great around Topsail lately, with fish hitting mullet minnows fished on Carolina rigs.

Inshore fishing around Topsail still good after Sandy’s visit

Jerry Dilsaver

Hurricane Sandy sent some large waves, high tides, lots of rain and gusting winds to Topsail Island as it passed by last weekend, but it didn’t seem to bother the fish. […]

Puffer fish are a regular visitor to surf fishermen’s creels in the fall and winter after the water cools. Once you learn how to clean them, they’re great table fare.

Cleaning a ‘sea squab’

Mike Marsh

There are several ways to clean a puffer. But the end result is the same, with the body of the fish looking like a chicken drumstick, earning it the nickname “sea squab.” […]

Guide Walter White likes a surf spike with PVC pipe to hold the rod and a metal rod to stick into the sand.

Spike it in the sand

Mike Marsh

While many beginning surf fishermen use PVC tube rod holders with an angled cut in the bottom, Walter White said there are other styles that are much more efficient. […]

The Manns Harbor Bridge is one of two spans that carry traffic across Croatan Sound from the Dare County mainland to Roanoke Island and Manteo.

Fishing by ‘sound’

Jerry Dilsaver

Roanoke Island is surrounded by the Roanoke, Croatan, Albemarle and Pamlico sounds, and fishing sounds is different than fishing rivers or other coastal bodies of water. […]

A soft-plastic bait fished suspended under a cork fooled this speckled trout.

Different strokes for different fish

Jerry Dilsaver

Guide Bryan DeHart said speckled trout will feed anywhere from the surface to the bottom, with the preferred depth on any given day a complex combination of bait, water temperature and light. […]

Greenwood offers fishermen some of the best fall fishing in South Carolina for several different species.

Lake of the Month: Lake Greenwood

Phillip Gentry

For most of his 47 years, Tom Mundy of Laurens has been trying to figure out better ways to catch fish. As a kid, he would sneak into local farm ponds, and as he grew up, he expanded his territory to include nearby Lake Greenwood. […]

Differences in regulations between North Carolina and South Carolina often cause fishermen in the Little River area to release fish that are legal in one state but too short or too long in the other.

Different limits for different states

Jerry Dilsaver

The actual boundary between North Carolina and South Carolina is not well-marked in the marshes between Sunset Beach and Little River Inlet, and several creeks that empty into the Intracoastal Waterway in one state have headwaters and large portions of their meandering in the other. […]

Keep up with the weather and try to fish ahead of approaching fronts, which will often mark major changes in trout activity.

Stay ahead of the weather

Jeff Burleson

South Carolina’s weather during the fall and early winter can shift from warm, summer-like conditions to a bone-chilling cold in just a few hours. […]