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The NCWRC's free fishing workshops will be held throughout April, and include kayak fishing, lure making, introductory fishing, and fly fishing seminars.

Free fishing skills workshops offered this month in Fayetteville

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is offering free fishing skills workshops in April at the John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center in Fayetteville. […]

Chad Everett, 10-years-old, killed his first mature gobbler on North Carolina's youth day.

N.C. youth hunter kills huge turkey on youth day

Brian Cope

North Carolina’s wild turkey season begins this weekend, on April 8. But for the past several years, the NCWRC has opened the season early for youth hunters. […]

John Isom with a redfish, one of 20 species of S.C.'s native fish he's checked off his list.

Charleston angler determined to catch all of South Carolina’s native fish

Brian Cope

How many species of fish have you caught? While some anglers have a goal of pursuing one species of fish, and catching as many and as large of that one species as possible, other anglers prefer to chase a variety of fish. […]

Spartanburg's Michael Tinsley was the first angler to fish off the new pier at Croft State Park.

Croft State Park gets new barrier-free fishing pier

SCDNR News Release

A ribbon-cutting was held recently for a new barrier-free fishing pier built at Croft State Park’s Lake Craig in a partnership between S.C. State Parks, Duke Energy and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. […]

Paula Haney caught the new South Carolina state-record catfish on April 1, breaking a record that stood for more than two decades.

Anderson woman breaks state-record with 113-pound Lake Moultrie blue catfish

Dusty Wilson

Steve and Paula Haney of Anderson, S.C., knew they were in for a fight when Paula set the hook on a big blue catfish while drifting a spread of cut baits on the lower end of Lake Moultrie this past Saturday. […]

North Carolina's turkey season opens April 8, and the NCWRC offers some reminders for hunters chasing the big birds.

NCWRC reminds turkey hunters of regulations, safety tips

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission reminds its constituents to practice safe and ethical hunting as wild turkey season opens April 8 and continues through May 6, preceded by a youth-only week from April 1 through April 7. […]

David Bergman caught this huge musky during a canoe trip on the French Broad River in western North Carolina.

Hendersonville angler catches 56-inch long musky

Dusty Wilson

David Bergman of Hendersonville, North Carolina has dreamed of catching a musky ever since his childhood days growing up in Tom’s Creek, New Jersey. […]

Soft crabs will turn redfish into feeding machines when they molt in the spring.

A taste for soft crab – Spring redfish have a taste for soft crab in the Carolinas

Jeff Burleson

Crab meat on the dinner table provides big smiles to just about anyone fond of creatures from the sea. For die-hard anglers who target redfish, it’s no surprise that fresh crab is the kryptonite for duping a red of any size to eat. […]

Wahoo and blackfin tuna are waiting around a series of great offshore fishing spots off the coast along the North Carolina-South Carolina border.

Feelin’ blue (water) ain’t bad in April

Jerry Dilsaver

Long Bay is a deep, scalloped bay in the coastline that runs from South Carolina’s Cape Romain up the coast to North Carolina’s Cape Fear, more than 100 miles, fed by several larger rivers and home to excellent inshore and nearshore fishing. […]

A jerkbait like this Berkley Cutter can produce nice April bass if you find them on the corners of little spawning pockets.

Shallow is the way to go

David Fritts

Shallow water has never been my favorite place to catch bass, but in April in the Carolinas, you are almost sure to be casting into skinny water if you want to catch many fish. […]