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9 rules to follow when battling a big, trophy blue catfish

After following these nine rules, Terry Madewell landed a huge trophy catfish. But did he land the fish because he followed these rules, or in spite of following them? […]

Jeff Manning's 82-pound Lake Wylie blue catfish, caught last Saturday, is the unofficial lake record for the species.

North Carolina angler lands unofficial lake record blue catfish from Lake Wylie

Phillip Gentry

What started out as a trip to the lake to test his outboard motor after some routine maintenance ended up being the fishing trip of a lifetime for Gastonia, N.C., angler Jeff Manning when he hauled an 82-pound blue catfish into his boat on Saturday, Jan. 24, that is believed to be the biggest ever taken at Lake Wylie on the North Carolina-South Carolina border. […]

Jeff Manning's 82-pound blue catfish, caught Jan. 24, is the unofficial lake record for the species from Lake Wylie.

Gastonia angler lands unofficial lake record blue catfish from Lake Wylie

Phillip Gentry

Nice catches of black drum are being reported from Pawley's Island, with most fish in the center of main creek channels.

Black drum bite heating up Pawley’s Island’s relatively small estuary

Jeff Burleson

South Carolina fishermen who are ready for some hot saltwater action can get their rods bent over double in a hurry with keeper-sized black drum in the tiny estuaries of Pawley’s Island. […]

Guide Joel Richardson believes that great catches of striped bass this winter prove that the fishery at Buggs Island is recovering well.

Great striper bite at Kerr/Buggs isn’t slowing down

Craig Holt

Call it Kerr Reservoir or call it Buggs Island Lake, it doesn’t make much of a difference to fishermen who are experiencing great striped bass action on the 49,500-acre impoundment along the North Carolina-Virginia border. […]

Bass will bite through the winter under a variety of the right conditions.

Don’t store your tackle

Dustin Wilks

If this January proves to be like last year, maybe we all need to get some 2-foot, ice-fishing poles and some lessons from our northern friends. […]

Bassmaster Elite Series pro and reigning Bassmaster Classic champ Randy Howell can’t wait to put the Kut Tail Worm to the test this year.

The 7¾-inch Kut Tail Worm

Don Shoopman

Alabama pro bass angler Randy Howell got what he wanted and more in 2014. […]

SCDNR will hold three hog hunts on North Island next month try to and control and/or eliminate the feral hog population.

SCDNR announces dates for three North Island hog hunts

Dan Kibler

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has scheduled three hog hunts for North Island in Georgetown County next month in an effort to remove and eliminate feral hogs from the barrier island. […]

Bruce Florence (right) killed this 707.5-pound wild boar last Friday in Transylvania County on a hunt with his son, Jonathan.

Father-son duo team up on 700-pound Transylvania County wild hog

Dan Kibler

Jonathan Florence admitted that it was “pure luck”, but neither he nor his father, Bruce, is about to downplay the hunt last Friday in Transylvania County that ended with Bruce Florence killing a 707 ½-pound wild hog he said could be best described with one word: buffalo. […]