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June 27, 2026

The SCDNR tags a variety of different saltwater species that are important to recreational fishermen, including red drum.

It’s easy to ‘tag along’ with SCDNR’s productive fish-tracking program

Did you know that South Carolina has a state-sponsored fish-tagging program that is one of the largest in the United States, recognized worldwide? […]

Cold weather won’t slow down the bite, even though it may slow down all but the heartiest fishermen.

Cold-weather crappie, catfish are a challege on Santee lakes

David Sweat

Capt. Steve Sexton is widely known for some of his oceangoing feats, but for fishermen who frequent the Santee Cooper lakes, he is better known for the tactics he uses to catch and — and often release — catfish, crappie and bream. […]

Ray Cox, and Dearal Rodgers won the Toys for Tots Tournament on Lake Wateree.

Benefit tournaments highlight late-fall bass-fishing action

Pat Robertson

A huge weather front blew through the Midlands in late October, the night before the 18th annual Tours For Tots Tournament on Lake Wateree, spewing hard winds out of the southeast. […]

White perch can be caught in great numbers on a single Sabiki rig, which offers handful of small hooks that can be baited with tiny bits of cut bait, worms or minnows.

Nice or Nuisance?

Phillip Gentry

Here’s a news flash — illegal aliens are overrunning South Carolina. Unlike other illegal aliens, these are underwater. And there are also just as many, if not more, of them. […]

Frozen Frenzy

Jeff Burleson

It’s cold along the northern reaches of the “big ditch.”

When it passes through Little River, the Intercoastal Waterway doesn’t completely chill out the New Year’s wishes of fishermen.
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Fine redfish have been feeding on the Broad River flats -- quite a few of them bigger than the slot limit.

Action on schooling reds tremendous for

Dan Kibler

The redfish action on the Broad River flats has been so good that even Capt. Dan Utley of Fishin’ Coach Charters in Beaufort is talking in superlatives.
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The NMFS has announced they will not approve an Interim Rule to prohibit all grouper fishing during the first four months of 2009.

Grouper Closure Not Approved by NMFS

Jerry Dilsaver

In a letter dated December 19, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), informed the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council SAFMC) they had decided not to implement the Interim Rule proposed by the SAFMC to address overfishing of gag, red and black grouper in 2009.
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Fishermen, who are routinely filling limits of nice gag grouper like this one, find it difficult to believe they are as overfished as the SAFMC indicates.

The Great Grouper Grope Continues

Jerry Dilsaver

If you thought some of the fishing regulations were a little difficult to understand, you will be able to rest your case with the ongoing confusion over shallow water groupers. […]

The SAFMC met in Wilmington November 30 through Dec 5 and made several decisions regarding what to do about several species that were classified as overfished and ongoing overfishing.

Federal Fishery Managers Respond to Scientific Committe Recommendations

From News Reports

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council received confirmation from its Scientific and Statistical Committee that recent stock assessments for king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and vermilion snapper are based on the best available science.
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The Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians have some of the best trout fishing on the east coast in their Tribal Waters.

Tribal Trout Are Fun to Catch

Jerry Dilsaver

When most folks think of Cherokee, they think of Harrahs Casino and that is a mistake in several ways. Even thinking that many folks leave the casino as winners, the number of fishermen who leave the Cherokee Tribal Waters as happy fishermen is higher–much higher. […]