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June 17, 2026

Poling is a common way to move a boat across a shallow flat for redfish.

Good St. Helena Sound/Coosaw River spots

Redfish spots abound around Beaufort, and most are indicated on the Top Spot map #N233. Knowing good spots gives you one-third of the equation for success. […]

This trolling plug bears scars from dozens of wahoo. Plugs are often more effective than ballyhoo, especially trolled at high speeds.

Rigging a lure cures ballyhoo blowouts

Mike Marsh

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. […]

The author caught this hefty redfish on a jighead and soft-plastic trailer.

Port Royal Sound spots

John Gribb

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. […]

Proper rigging of a ballyhoo behind a trolling lure like this Pirate Plug can help cut down on breakoffs and missed strikes from wahoo.

Many paths to perfect ballyhoo rigging

Mike Marsh

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. […]

Ralph Davis fooled this red with a jig and Bass Assassin trailer.

Reds:

Dan Kibler

The average Palmetto State redfish begins lifet in late summer as an egg spawned on a deep area of hardbottom near the mouth of a big inlet or bay… […]

Capt. Jeff Cronk pitches a float rig beneath a boat dock to tempt a red or a black drum.

Approach and cast docks with caution

Mike Marsh

To pawn a jig with a scented soft plastic or mud minnow in exchange for a red drum strike in the back of Queen or another of Bogue Sound’s creeks, an angler should get very close to the prospective dock, but avoid banging it. […]

Returning pH levels to ideal and providing fertilization before the growing season will have positive effects on any pond.

Grow Big Fish — Enrichment

Jeff Burleson

With spring just around the corner and water temperatures on the rise, pond owners should proceed to the next level of their continual improvement program. […]

Wahoo will leave Gulf Stream waters and often move slightly inshore in the spring and fall, putting them in range of plenty of fishermen.

What’s about wahoo?

Jerry Dilsaver

There is not an abundance of information on wahoo, acanthocybium solanderi. […]

A planer bridle allows for the planer to easily be added or removed from the line.

The planer bridle rig

Jerry Dilsaver

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. […]

Shellcrackers spawn around different kinds of cover, but they can usually be found close to beds of freshwater mussels or clams.

Next, please

Phillip Gentry

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. […]