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June 23, 2026

PIONEER 222 SPORTFISH

The Pioneer 222 Sportfish is a boat that can be as serious or relaxed as you like. […]

This LED light attached to the bottom of a spin feeder will come on when animals approach the feeder after dark.

We’ll leave the light on….

An LED feeder light such as The Kill Light is an excellent way to illuminate the ground under an electric spin-feeder at night when attached to the bottom of a feeder motor. […]

Barbecued rabbit is a specialty of Willow Oaks Plantation’s chef, Danny Martin.

Barbecue that bunny!

Mike Marsh

Danny Martin, Willow Oaks Plantation’s chef, served barbecued rabbits as an appetizer after the hunt using this scrumptious family recipe: […]

Bass will hold back under boat docks, away from the reach of anglers who can’t skip a lure under the structure to them.

Brett Collins of Ridgeway, who runs the Carolina Anglers Team Trail, said that skipping lures back under docks is a good technique throughout the year, but it can be especially beneficial in February. […]

A semi-automatic shotgun like Remington’s Versa Max is a good fit for rabbit hunters, who often need to get off several shots in quick succession.

Rabbit hunting requires a quick shotgun

Mike Marsh

A semi-automatic shotgun like Remington’s Versa Max Sportsman is the best type of shotgun for hunting rabbits. […]

Bass love to hold, especially in cold water, against any rocky or concrete structure that will draw and hold heat, like this rocky shoreline.

Shoreline development provides homes for bass

Brian Cope

Lake Wateree is one of the most-heavily developed lakes in South Carolina in terms of the number of houses per mile of shoreline. […]

Smaller black drum can often be found in pods or schools during the winter, in part because the amount of available habitat is smaller.

Chumming can be very effective

Jeff Burleson

For most inshore fishing, anglers locate and then cast to them. Offshore, anglers fish areas where the fish should be and will frequently deploy chum to get the fish focused on the angler’s baits or lures. […]

Guide Alan Spence puts pressure on a big, blue catfish on the lower end of Lake Marion.

Don’t go light on tackle

Terry Madewell

Kevin Davis, who runs and guides out of Blacks Camp on the Lake Moultrie end of the Diversion Canal, is quick to point out that fishermen need the right tackle to consistently put heavyweight blue catfish in the boat. […]

Black drum are very tolerant of cold-water conditions, even when the majority of forage has left inshore waters.

Look for jumbos closer to ocean

Jeff Burleson

Fishing for black drum over the winter is a staple activity for anglers living along the coast, but many of the big schools of fish are filled with either sub-adults or young adults that will weigh between 2 to 15 pounds. […]

Big sheepshead will hang around certain pieces of structure on a reef or wreck through much of the winter, typically a few feet off the bottom, looking for food.

Reefs designed to attract fish

Brian Cope

From the Little River Reef near the North Carolina-South Carolina border to the Whitewater Reef off Hilton Head Island, plenty of nearshore and offshore reefs lie just off South Carolina’s coast. […]