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August is the top month for fishermen to target tarpon in South Carolina waters. Fish will usually be found shadowing large schools of bait, often rolling to the surface to gulp air for their swim bladders.

The Silver Standard

Leaping and bounding from wave to wave at lightening speed fits the profile for a phenomenal hookup with the elusive top predator and coveted sportfish of South Carolina’s waters. […]

Robert Rikard of Lexington finished fourth overall and led South Carolina’s team to fourth place in the TBF Southern Divisional on North Carolina’s Lake Norman.

Rikard leads S.C. TBF team again

Pat Robertson

Robert Rikard of Lexington had never seen North Carolina’s Lake Norman until the Saturday before The Bass Federation’s Southern Divisional in mid-June. […]

Capt. Mark Brown holds a 38-pound African Pompano caught off Charleston that was the state record for all of 13 days earlier this year.

Fresh thoughts on saltwater

Jeff Dennis

Summer is still the No. 1 time for anglers and their families to get out on the water to do some fishing. […]

A little pre-trip investigation and some pertinent questions can help you get the most out of your guided fishing trip.

A guide to hiring a fishing guide

Richard Bernabe

Want to learn a new technique or tackle a lake or river you’ve never fished before. […]

Bass Fishing

Another feather in Palmetto cap

Dan Kibler

South Carolina has been blessed this year to have the two most-prestigious bass-fishing tournaments in the nation held on its waters. […]

Bonnethead sharks are a favorite of South Carolina fishermen, often found cruising creeks with their dorsal fins breaking the surface.

Putting the Bite on Sharks

Terry Madewell

With so many different species of fish in South Carolina’s inshore waters, it’s sometimes difficult to choose which species to target for a summertime fishing trip. […]

NOAA Fisheries Service has proposed eight snapper-grouper MPAs in federal south Atlantic waters between North Carolina and Florida.

NOAA Proposes Snapper-Grouper MPAs in Federal Waters

From News Reports

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service) published a proposed rule to implement Amendment 14 to the South Atlantic Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan (FMP) in the Federal Register on July 16, 2008 (73 FR 40824). […]

NOAA Proposes Snapper-Grouper MPAs in Federal Waters

From News Reports

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service) published a proposed rule to implement Amendment 14 to the South Atlantic Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan (FMP) in the Federal Register on July 16, 2008 (73 FR 40824). […]

During the summer of 2008, S.C. DNR stocked more than 4.2 million hatchery raised striped bass fingerlings throughout S.C. lake systems to sustain striped bass stocks.

DNR Completes Santee Cooper Striped Bass Stocking

SCDNR News Release

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources recently completed the stocking of over 4.2 million hatchery raised striped bass fingerlings throughout the state, with over 2.5 million stocked in the Santee Cooper system between Lakes Marion and Moultrie.
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