Biologist Scott Lamprecht of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources said fishermen will find fewer blue catfish in the Santee Cooper lakes than a decade ago, but their chances of getting a big fish are far greater. […]
Tripletail (lobotes surinamensis) is a warm-water fish, usually found in tropical regions, but scattered as far north as Massachusetts while drifting in the Gulf Stream or its eddies. […]
Many anglers think nothing about reaching into the mouth of a fish and grabbing by the lower jaw — “lipping” the fish. […]
As recently as September 2009, North Carolina did not recognize a state-record tripletail. None caught were large enough to meet the criteria for establishing a new state record. […]
Marc Deschenes takes a decidedly freshwater-fishing approach to catching sheepshead on the Charleston Harbor jetties, and it’s no wonder. […]
There appears to be no danger of golden tilefish being fished out under current management. The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s recently concluded stock assessment resulted in a doubling of the commercial allocation. Can expanded recreational fishing be far behind? […]
Even though Ryan McMurtury only uses a soft-plastic green frog on Lake Russell, he has boxes of different types of frogs in various colors that he uses in different situations. […]
Golden tilefish suffered the largest-recorded Atlantic fish kill in March 1882, when billions were killed by an easterly shift of the Gulf Stream, chilling them in their habitat at the edge of the Continental Shelf where they had always been protected by warm Gulf waters. […]
Ryan McMurtury has been known as a great bass fisherman around Abbeville and the Lake Russell area for years, but it was not until 2010 that he got much outside recognition. […]
Space for gear when fishing from a kayak is at a premium. Anglers frequently find themselves doing without or making do with what they have because they don’t have room for all the equipment that is taken for granted in a larger vessel. […]
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