Featured
Oak Island, Ocean Crest pier anglers land first king mackerel of season
Most years the first kings caught from N.C. fishing piers are decked at one of the Oak Island piers and that has happened again this year.
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Featured
Changes to redfish regulations looming
One of South Carolina’s most sought-after saltwater species – redfish – have taken a beating due to overfishing for the past 6 years. […]
Cobia
New cobia regulations seek to rebuild South Carolina fishery
Responding to concerns from the public and data collected by S.C. Department of Natural Resources biologists, the South Carolina General Assembly has passed legislation to help rebuild the state’s cobia fishery. The new cobia regulations, which are effective for the 2016 season after receiving Gov. Nikki Haley’s signature, include a catch-and-release period in May and smaller bag and boat limits.
Fishing
Local anglers win several awards at Georgetown IFA events
Dave Jaskiewicz of Wando won the IFA Hobie Kayak Tournament in Georgetown on May 1, and he’s no stranger to taking a victory lap at the Carroll Ashmore Campbell Marine Complex. This marks the second consecutive year Jaskiewicz has won in Georgetown.
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Burning-hot bream fishing
“Watch my cork this time,” Josh Devlin said as he threaded a fresh cricket onto a small hook while fishing on the Little Pee Dee River.
Devlin, who hails from Florence, lobbed out an easy catch with his ultralight spinning outfit, smiling from ear to ear with anticipation. The cork hit the water, and without so much as a hesitation on the surface, it went straight under as though it was a weight instead of a float. The bream bite was hot.
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Red means go for fishermen looking to battle with South Carolina’s most-colorful sunfish
Panfish of various species are among the most-common fish found throughout South Carolina’s rivers, and for many anglers, one is held in the highest regard. The redbreast sunfish is a hearty fighter and so brightly colored that its name leaves no one wondering where it came from.
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Play the shell(cracker) game at Lake Marion, and you be eating shellcrackers
Shellcracker spawning time in Lake Marion depends on water temperature and other physical factors, but anglers can gauge the peak bedding season by the myriad of boat trailers lining roads leading to launching ramps. Long walks are expected, even welcomed by many, because it means shellcrackers are bedding.
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Curiosity killed the cobia – Be ready for this spring’s cobia run in South Carolina’s St. Helena Sound
It’s cobia season, and while this year’s will be a shortened version thanks to new federal regulations, plenty of anglers will be lining up in St. Helena Sound fishing for “the man in the brown suit.”
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Charleston’s spring spawning season is a real speck-tacle for trout fishermen
April showers may bring May flowers, but too much rain means muddy water, and South Carolina has had more than its muddy water over the past year. That’s just one reason that inshore fishermen in the Charleston area are dreaming of settled, stable weather on the horizon.
Currents
Welcome to May, turkey hunters
South Carolina turkey hunters will be facing a new, interesting and different situation a week or so after this magazine is published; they’ll be hunting in May. […]