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Chain pickerel provide fishermen with great opportunities on Lake Mayo, a lake that’s filled with aquatic vegetation.

Take your Pick

Jacks, jackfish, snakes…. Whatever you call them, chain pickerel are among the most over-looked angling opportunities in North Carolina. […]

Mike Yates (left) and volunteer Matt Huff show off a nice wahoo Yates caught while fishing with Huff and Wayne Cohen on Cohen’s Big Mama at the MAD event in Oak Island on Sept. 10.

Oak Island MAD event a success again

Jerry Dilsaver

It wasn’t a battle, and the locals didn’t surrender, but the troops invaded the sleepy coastal village of Oak Island in the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 10 for Military Appreciation Day.

There were no gunshots or rumbling of tanks and artillery, as this was a friendly takeover. The event was “MAD 6,” and the invading troops were welcomed with open arms, almost like the soldiers who liberated European villages during World War II. […]

Capt. Rob Bennett shows off a nice redfish from the Sandy Point area on the northern end of Kiawah Island.

Saltwater Series: The Three Rivers

Dan Kibler

Rob Bennett grew up fishing the waters around Folly Beach, Kiawah Island and the Stono River, and he’s never found a reason to leave them. […]

Mark Christian, Bob Parent, Wayne Curry and Maryellen Mara-Christian battled and won against this huge alligator on Sept. 20 in Lake Moultrie.

Husband-wife team scores again with huge Santee Cooper gator

Terry Madewell

For the second straight year, a husband-and-wife team has scored on a gargantuan gator in Lake Moultrie. This year, the tag belonged to Mark Christian of Fitchburg, Mass., who had plenty of help from Maryellen Mara-Christian, Bob Parent of Fitchburg and Wayne Curry of Bradenton, Fla. […]

Coastal anglers could soon be forced to release all black sea bass if an aniticpated early closure materializes.

Black sea bass season could close in October

Jerry Dilsaver

Recreational fishermen along the south Atlantic Coast weren’t expecting to get in a full year of black sea bass fishing, but when the limit was reduced from 15 to five fish, most thought the season would last more than four or five months. […]

A redfish on a fly, ready for release, is the culmination of a trip to the tailing flats in the fall along South Carolina’s coastline.

Put the puzzle together; Catch more tailing redfish on the flats

Bryan Bowers

Catching redfish tailing up on a grassy marsh flat is a unique, exciting experience. Finding tailers is as easy as finding a “tailing flat.” […]

Former Charleston-area guide Chris Wilson learned first-hand about the quality of redfish Bulls Bay’s sandbars hold in October.

Bulls on the Bars

Dan Kibler

Adam Paul remembers the day several years ago when he stumbled onto the fall fishery for big bull redfish at Bulls Bay.

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Bob Beals of Inman expects to catch fish while paddling any of the Upstate’s “Greer Chain” of water-district lakes.

The Greer Chain of Lakes: Experience excellent fishing from a kayak

Phillip Gentry

While most anglers merely hope to catch fish on an outing on the water, Bob Beals of Inman expects to catch fish on every foray he makes to one of the Upstate’s water-district lakes. Sometimes referred to as the “Greer Chain of Lakes,” these small reservoirs offer good fishing in close proximity to the metropolitan Greenville/Spartanburg area. […]

The 2012 Southern Opens will stop at Lake Norman in April.

2012 Bassmaster Open schedule includes North Carolina stop

Special report from www.Bassmaster.com

The schedule for the 2012 Bassmaster Southern Open tournament trail includes a stop at Lake Norman, B.A.S.S. announced yesterday (Sept. 22).

Southern Open events are part of three circuits that include a total of nine tournament stops. […]