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A great wood duck hunt may last only 30 minutes before limits are filled.

Ammo for wood ducks: the long and short of It

Veteran duck hunters Bobby Mead, Luke Mathis and Mike Jolly all shoot 12-gauge shotguns when targeting wood ducks, but the similarities end there. […]

Squirrels are not only a popular small-game animal in the Carolinas, they can be a distant early warning system for hunters that deer are entering an area.

Squirrels can be a deer hunter’s best friends

Jeff Burleson

Hunters invest countless hours in a deer stand under a wide variety of conditions. And after years of sitting motionless in the stand and watching the time tick by, they have practically earned a master’s degree in several outdoor disciplines, including interpreting nature’s signals, which can come in many forms, including wildlife alerts. […]

John Mallette’s grouper rig

Jerry Dilsaver

John Mallette said most fishermen don’t think of it this way, but his grouper rig begins 30 feet above the hook. He likes to fish using 80-pound superbraid, but he adds a 30-foot topshot of 130-pound monofilament for the end of the line for abrasion resistance. […]

Fisheries managers expect anglers in South Atlantic states to have at least a short red snapper season in 2018.

Changes may be coming in the snapper/grouper fishery

Jerry Dilsaver

Dr. Michelle Duval of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries, chair of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, anticipates a few changes to how the snapper/grouper fishery is managed after fishermen brought up some issues during the SAFMC’s Visioning Project last year. […]

Most of the live baits that fishermen can catch in cast nets in the fall will draw strikes from flounder, but perhaps mullet are the most productive.

What’s the best way to tempt fall flounder?

Jeff Burleson

Flounder gorge themselves on anything they can get inside their bellies from shrimp, mud minnows and finger mullet to small spots and croakers. But what is the best bait to use? […]

Best rigging for fall flounder

Jeff Burleson

When anglers visit a tackle shop, they find plenty of rigs labeled “flounder rigs.” […]

A weighted fly fished on sinking, shooting-head line, is a great choice for fly-rod fishermen who want to target speckled trout.

Take trout on topwater or on the fly

John Gribb

Many saltwater anglers also fish freshwater for bass and love throwing hard-bodied plugs and soft plastics, especially those that work on or very near the surface and draw splashy, exciting strikes. […]

If you locate a school of trout, you can easily catch multiple fish by casting a jighead dressed with a soft-plastic lure.

Some Lowcountry places to find fall trout

John Gribb

In the Port Royal Sound area, anglers generally choose the landing where SC 170 crosses the Chechessee River or the Broad River, depending on where they will fish. […]

Planer boards work in conjunction with free lines to spread lines so they don’t get tangled behind the boat.

Freelines, planer boards are a big part of striped bass anglers’ arsenals

Phillip Gentry

Free-lining is a very natural presentation of live bait, with baits allowed to free swim behind the boat, often with enough line out to allow the bait to decide the chosen depth. Rigs can be as simple as a line with a hook on the end. Boat speed should be adequate to maintain a tight line back to the bait. […]