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June 12, 2026
HomeContentCover: April 2017

Cover: April 2017

Carolina Sportsman Content, Fishing

April means plenty of soft-shelled crabs in the water, and that equals great fishing for redfish in the inshore waters of both Carolinas.

Photo by Brian Carroll.

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