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The flier bream is a panfish species that loves moving water and tannin-stained water, making it a perfect fish for coastal, blackwater rivers like the Combahee.

Take flier on this bream

While some people refer strictly to bluegill when using the word bream, other panfish like redbreast, shellcracker, pumpkinseed and warmouth are all members of the bream family. […]

Chris Smoak caught this nice redfish in the lower reaches of the Combahee River, which holds both freshwater and saltwater fish — often in the same places.

Bob Sanders guided in the saltwater portion of the Combahee River until a stroke last winter pushed him off the water, but he still loves to talk fishing and is quick to help other anglers with any fishing details. […]

Mate L.A. Riddick watches Capt. Larry Horowitz for a sign that he should release the anchor on the Super Voyager III.

Anchors aweigh!

Mike Marsh

Anchoring is one of the most important tasks for a successful day of bottom-fishing, because a boat that isn’t properly anchored doesn’t allow fishermen to get their baits to the fish. […]

South Carolina and Georgia have upped the stocking rates of striped bass in Lake Hartwell after last year’s fish kill.

No repeat of last year

Phillip Gentry

Lake Hartwell anglers may recall the lake’s first recorded fish kill last summer. After copious amounts of rain, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which controls the lake’s level, was forced to spill water over the emergency gates and then later siphoned off deeper layers to control the flooding. […]

Downriggers and lead-core line will help trolling enthusiasts reach the depths where striped bass roam.

Deep-water trolling tactics

Phillip Gentry

While down-rod, live-bait tactics work all day and all night through the summer, many anglers who fish Hartwell’s main lake during the daylight hours prefer to troll and catch striped bass. […]

Topwater baits like Pop-Rs are real bass-catchers around dusk on summer fishing trips at Goose Creek Lake.

Poppin’ the top is a good move

Terry Madewell

Guide Chris Orvin said his favorite way to catch big bass from Goose Creek Reservoir is to fish topwater lures late in the day. […]

Deer harvest on Wildlife Management Areas

Terry Madewell

According to biologist Charles Ruth of the S.C. Department of Natural resources, South Carolina has plenty of public hunting land, and hunters statewide make good use of those opportunities. […]

Deer density differences

Terry Madewell

According to Charles Ruth, the SCDNR’s deer and turkey project supervisor, not all deer habitat is equal in the state of South Carolina. The 2013 Deer Density Map shows the latest data on deer densities in the state. […]

Setting buck limits would potentially allow more young deer to survive long enough to grow into trophy animals.

Deer limit in holding pattern but may change in 2015

Terry Madewell

Biologist Charles Ruth said that South Carolina’s season bag limits for deer have been on a holding pattern for several years, but there may be new signs of life in the next legislation session in 2015. […]

Herd management through doe harvests is becoming more important as the size of local herds and the statewide herd stabilizes.

Top counties for 2013 harvest

Terry Madewell

The attached graphs depict the top counties in 2013 for harvest by unit area (square mile) and by simple harvest without regard to size of county. This data depicts some of the potentially best areas for deer hunters to hunt based on what was productive last season. […]