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August 30, 2026

Root vegetables, including turnips, provide deer with plenty of nourishment from the time their leaves emerge until their roots mature late in the season.

Root vegetables are tasty from top to bottom

When preparing to plant fall food plots, hunters can choose from a wide assortment of seeds that will provide both immediate and long-lasting food for their deer herd. […]

Trotlines account for a lot of catfish in Sparkleberry Swamp. Fishermen are limited to one with no more than 50 hooks.

Drop me a line

Brian Cope

Setting trotlines is Ken Nutter’s preferred way of catching catfish in Sparkleberry Swamp, but he warns other anglers to know the laws governing these devices. […]

Docks with plenty of pilings, cables, cleaning tables and shade will often hold more flounder than others.

What’s up, dock?

Jerry Dilsaver

Many docks hold fish, and there are thousands of docks along the Intracoastal Waterway and the rivers and creeks that intersect it. […]

Hunting

Master turkey hunters

L. Woodrow Ross

The members of the Cathey family are in an elite group of hunters that understand the skills required to be successful in turkey hunting. The numbers they have amassed are phenomenal. […]

Mate L.A. Riddick watches Capt. Larry Horowitz for a sign that he should release the anchor on the Super Voyager III.

Anchors aweigh!

Mike Marsh

Anchoring is one of the most important tasks for a successful day of bottom-fishing, because a boat that isn’t properly anchored doesn’t allow fishermen to get their baits to the fish. […]

Chris Smoak caught this nice redfish in the lower reaches of the Combahee River, which holds both freshwater and saltwater fish — often in the same places.

Bob Sanders guided in the saltwater portion of the Combahee River until a stroke last winter pushed him off the water, but he still loves to talk fishing and is quick to help other anglers with any fishing details. […]

African pompano are a great bonus catch on offshore bottom-fishing trips where grouper, snapper and black sea bass are more commonly targeted.

Out of Africa

Mike Marsh

An African pompano is always an outstanding catch on a party boat. They are excellent eating and are extremely strong fighters. […]

Anchors aweigh!

Mike Marsh

Anchoring is one of the most important tasks for a successful day of bottom-fishing, because a boat that isn’t properly anchored doesn’t allow fishermen to get their baits to the fish. […]

Making sure your weapon is hitting where it’s supposed to should be a prerequisite before going afield this fall.

Getting ol’ Betsy in shape

Jeff Burleson

Over the next three months, deer hunters in the Carolinas will carry an arsenal of weapons into the woods to bring venison back to the dinner table. […]

South Carolina and Georgia have upped the stocking rates of striped bass in Lake Hartwell after last year’s fish kill.

No repeat of last year

Phillip Gentry

Lake Hartwell anglers may recall the lake’s first recorded fish kill last summer. After copious amounts of rain, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which controls the lake’s level, was forced to spill water over the emergency gates and then later siphoned off deeper layers to control the flooding. […]