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Small, live menhaden are a favorite bait of flounder fishermen once summer arrives.

For flounder baits, pick your own poison

What is the best flounder bait? At the risk of sounding obnoxious, it’s what the flounder want to eat that day. The popularity nod goes to live baits, but artificials often produce well, too. […]

Set up your trail cameras as a tool for first-rate preseason scouting.

Scouting with trail cameras

Pete Rogers

With the advent of the game camera, aka trail camera, deer hunting has changed. We can have eyes on the game every minute of every day, if we want. […]

South Carolina hunters will have plenty of opportunities to take does when new regulations take effect in 2017.

Deer bill finally becomes law; changes take effect in 2017 season

Terry Madewell

After more than 10 years of discussion among the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, lawmakers and hunters, the “Deer Management Bill” was signed by Gov. Nikki Haley on June 8. It will take effect for the 2017 season. […]

Learn the best, most-comfortable way to strip and respool line and stick with it to make it less of a chore.

When it’s time to change your fishing line

David A. Brown

Changing line needn’t be a hassle; you simply have to control the situation. Line-stripping tools facilitate removal, but if you use the hand-wrapping method, keep your wrapped fingers spread, as relaxing them allows you to easily remove all that old line you’ve bundled. […]

Lake Greenwood’s best nightlife isn’t limited to shoreline parties — it’s bass fishing

Phillip Gentry

While some people visit the Lake Greenwood area for the nightlife on the shoreline, Brian McDade from the city of Greenwood prefers the nightlife on the lower end of the lake. He’s one of a number of local anglers who regularly fish night bass tournaments there. […]

Using his boat’s electronics, Paul Gettys found this overturned car and driver, missing for 16 years, on the floor of Lake Greenwood.

Advanced sonar helped bass guide locate driver and car missing for 16 years

Phillip Gentry

This past spring, fishing guide Paul Gettys’ extensive knowledge of sonar technology was enlisted by enforcement officers with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources to try to locate a missing fisherman. […]

Several days of consistent wind from the same direction will push tripletails into pods in pockets or corners.

Look for windblown pockets

Jeff Burleson

While tripletails are capable of long, powerful runs, they are probably the laziest of inshore or nearshore fish. […]

Summer means super sharking in Edisto’s surf

Brian Cope

While plenty of surf fishermen catch sharks while targeting other species, a group of Lowcountry anglers from the Requiem Fishing Team targets sharks — big ones — and Edisto is one of their choice locations in August. […]

Many fish, sharks in particular, are attracted by odors, and BaitCloud products are a non-messy way to chum and put more scent in the water.

For sharks, odor isn’t everything, but it’s a big thing

Brian Cope

A shark’s sense of smell is definitely something anglers can capitalize on when fishing. While cut pieces of baitfish or stingray give off their own odors for sharks to find and follow great distances, anglers can enhance the odors with sprays and gels just like bass and catfish anglers have for years. […]