Bass Fishing
Cool runnings – North Carolina’s out-of-the-way Hyco Lake is a winter paradise, thanks to hot water
Among outdoors and non-outdoors people, bass anglers are considered, well, a little off kilter. […]
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Winter trout? No delays here!
The Nantahala River in North Carolina’s southwestern corner has a well-deserved reputation for outstanding trout fishing having been listed among the country’s top 100 trout streams by Trout Unlimited. […]
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Cover: January 2015 (NC) – Freshwater
Hit the water this month for great bass fishing on Lake Hyco and schooling redfish action near Sneads Ferry. […]
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Cover: January 2015 (NC) – Inshore
Hit the water this month for great bass fishing on Lake Hyco and schooling redfish action near Sneads Ferry. […]
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O Canada! Put in some time scouting for areas being used by geese, and a late-season South Carolina hunt may wind up being special
The harvested corn field looked dull and brown against the gray, early morning December sky. […]
Bass Fishing
Solving Jocassee’s mystery – South Carolina’s Lake Jocassee shouldn’t produce big bass, but it does — and plenty of them.
The big swimbait sailed through the air and landed like a dead — or at least stunned — trout on the surface of Lake Jocassee. It lay there motionless for a few seconds while Rob McComas shrugged his shoulders to loosen up and focused on the water around the lure. […]
Bass Fishing
Don’t forget Monticello for great winter bass-fishing
According to plenty of fishermen across South Carolina, one of the better — and often overlooked — winter bass fisheries in the state is Lake Monticello. […]
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Romain’s hot/cold reds – When it gets cold, head to the Cape for hot redfish action
In January and February, the expectations of inshore fishermen are usually on the low side, with the major exception of one of South Carolina’s most-favored gamefish. […]
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Time for Timberdoodles – Belfast Plantation WMA is Midlands’ top spot for public-land woodcock
A few years ago, I found myself along Mud Lick Creek in the heart of the Belfast Plantation WMA, meandering along, looking for game. […]
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Up the ante on late-season ducks
When South Carolina duck hunters take to the water for the short opening segment of the season around Thanksgiving, if the ducks are around, the hunting is relatively easy. […]