Rigging ballyhoo on trolling skirts takes lots of time and money. Blown-out ballyhoo bellies from high-speed trolling and cut-off tails from short strikes are two types of bait failures. […]
Port Royal Sound also has plenty of redfish spots. Several are accessible from two of the more popular landings: the Chechessee River landing at the foot of the SC 170 Bridge and the Alljoy landing on the May River in historic old Bluffton. […]
Washed-out or twisting ballyhoo baits are some examples of trolling bait failures that can cost fishing time for re-rigging or while dragging useless baits. […]
All of these water-district lakes have boat and motor restrictions, with permits available for each boat based on it’s horsepower classification. […]
While wahoo are often caught by baits and lures running at or just below the surface, a good number are caught well below the surface on outfits designed to fish there. […]
Long, rocky points — especially those that provide some underwater cover in the form of stumps, brush or rockpiles — tend to be very busy places on Lake Murray during the spring. […]
Although they share many common characteristics and are commonly lumped together in many circumstances under the handle “bream,” bluegill and shellcrackers have distinctly different characteristics, especially when targeting one specific species while fishing. […]
Most reservoirs support good populations of black crappie and white crappie, and despite pro angler Kenny Allen’s assertions that there are plenty of white crappie in Jordan Lake. […]
Tackle and rigging for shellcrackers can be as simple as a No. 2 hook with a couple of split-shot up the line. Brad Taylor uses this type rig on many of his rods with a couple of simple modifications. […]
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