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A different Santee drift rig

Guide Joe Dennis said the rig he uses to drift- fish for bream is a real key to success, and that paying attention to details such as line size can be crucial to catching many more big bream. […]

Targeting redfish doesn’t take a lot of expensive tackle, just a spinning outfit and a few basic lures.

Redfish tackle doesn’t have to break your bank

John Gribb

Anglers who normally fish with artificial lures can select a very good and reasonably priced spinning outfit that includes a medium weight, 6 1/2-foot spinning rod similar to Bass Pro Shops’ IM6 or IM7 Graphite Series and an open-faced spinning reel like the Shimano Saros 2500F. […]

A piece of cut blue crab is as good a bait for spring and summer reds as you can dunk in the water.

Be crabby when you can

John Gribb

Guide Dan Utley considers a chunk of a legal blue crab an ideal bait for fishing under a cork in high-water grass. […]

You can wade and fish in almost anything, but proper attire will make it easier.

The wader’s dress code

John Gribb

You can wade a flooded flat in a bathing suit and bare feet — that’s not suggested — but fly-fishing instructor John Holbrook suggests wearing quick-drying long pants and wading shoes to protect from the sharp grasses and shell and polarized glasses and a hat to help see the fish. […]

Bright-colored jigheads and soft-plastic baits will attraction attention and strikes from flounder.

Go big and go flashy

Jeff Burleson

The size of a bait and presentation is often critical for duping a fish into biting, and quite often, natural baits in muted colors are exactly what the doctor ordered. […]

The long rock jetties that flank Murrells Inlet are a tremendous example of man-made fish habitat.

Rock on around the big rocks

Jeff Burleson

For most of the year, the rock jetties at the entrance to the coastal estuaries provide a perfect state of affairs for a wide range of predator fish, bringing ample food resources and stable water conditions. […]

With doubles on two-hook bottom rigs fairly regular, it doesn’t take long on a good day to assemble a 50-fish limit of croaker and whiting.

Pro-active limits protect fishery

Phillip Gentry

Last summer, state law changed, establishing an aggregate limit on the three species of saltwater panfish. […]

Recovered from the spawn, bass will get their appetites back in June.

It doesn’t get any better

David Fritts

Across North Carolina, I think June is the best month to fish for bass. When you wake up in the morning this month, you need to take all the vacation time you’ve got and go to the lake. […]

Slab crappie will start to show up this month around deep brush on both Santee Cooper lakes.

Don’t put tackle away

Terry Madewell

Striper season officially shuts down on the Santee Cooper lakes from June through September, so anglers will focus on other fish for the next four months. […]

Sushi's 419.1-pound blue marlin, caught in Friday's fifth day of the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, didn't break into the leaderboard.

VIking 62 remains in Big Rock lead with one day left in tournament

North Carolina Sportsman

One blue marlin was brought to the scales on Friday on the fifth day of the 57th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament out of Morehead City, but it wasn’t big enough to shuffle the leaderboard, leaving Viking 62’s 680-pound fish, caught on Monday, as the leader. […]