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Colorful and aggressive, a hungry dolphin will hit just about anything in front of its nose that even remotely resembles a meal.

Dancing with the dolphins is a real possibility for North Carolina’s offshore fishermen in April

Peanuts. Gaffers. Slingers. Bailers. Goats of the sea. These all reference the fish known as dolphin or Mahi-Mahi. […]

The spring striper run up the Roanoke River is famous, but the fishing is just as good in the Albemarle Sound before the spawning run begins.

Albemarle Sound stripers are there for the taking before the spawning run begins

Stripers are one of the winter staples for fishermen in Albemarle Sound, and Capt. Karl Helmkamp of Fistful Charters knows all about them, especially how to catch them. […]

Backlashes

Turkey hunting, golf are big obsessions

Craig Holt

You might think I’m crazy, but now that I’m chasing little white balls across fairways and into the woods, sand traps and briar patches, I’ve decided golf and turkey hunting are similar. […]

Cover: April 2014 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

Try Lake Hickory, Randleman Reservoir and Kerr Lake this month for some top-drawer action on largemouths. […]

Bulls Bay is a great spot for spring South Carolina speckled trout.

April kicks off a great spring for speckled trout in the Bulls Bay area.

Jeff Burleson

Few people need a calendar to know when spring arrives; the warm weather, new foliage and blooms erupt across the landscape. […]

As the water warms and baitfish return to inshore areas, Lowcountry speckled trout become more active.

The spring trout bite can be a great time to take a great speck in South Carolina’s Lowcountry waters.

John Gribb

Redfish are our No. 1 year-round saltwater target, really the only inshore fish we catch with any consistency during the coldest months. But now with the warming water, baitfish and other forms of forage return to shallow water, and so do the trout. […]

April is the big-bass month on the Santee Cooper lakes

Jeff Burleson

April is the perfect time to catch a big bass on the Santee Cooper lakes. […]

Chase Simmemon of Fair Play has had plenty of success catching Lake Hartwell bass, like this nice spotted bass, on drop-shot rigs.

Drop-shot rigs are great tools for Lake Hartwell spotted bass.

Pete Rogers

While thousands of spectators will marvel at the professional bass fishermen on Lake Hartwell in next year’s Bassmasters Classic, most will be bass-fishing enthusiasts who’d love to catch more fish on the sprawling Savannah River reservoir. […]

Turkey gobblers can change from extremely vocal to almost silent over the course of a month-long spring season.

Early season tactics won’t get you much after the first week of South Carolina’s turkey season.

Terry Madewell

Hunting turkeys effectively through an entire season is one of the biggest challenges for a hunter — emphasis on effectively. […]

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