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When Davy Hite needs to search for bass schooling on blueback herring, he opts for a soft jerkbait like a Trigger-X Drop Dead Minnow.

It’s blueback-bass again

I look forward to September every year, and not just for the dove hunts and the opening of deer season. […]

Bull redfish have arrived at the Little River jetties over the past two weeks, and more should join the early birds soon.

Little River jetties are loaded with bull redfish

Over the past few weeks, Mother Nature has finally brought pleasant temperatures and, most importantly, the first major wave of bull reds to the Little River jetties. […]

Paul Tsiolkas, showing off the 5.18-pound big fish from the Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament earlier this month, loves to fish up the river at High Rock Lake, and he said the bite has been great.

Go upriver for best bass fishing High Rock has to offer

Tony Garitta

More and more tournament fishermen are cashing in on the upriver bite at High Rock Lake. Some say it’s hard to beat. […]

Days with double-digit releases of white marlin have become commonplace for boats out of Oregon Inlet during a recent fabulous bite.

Tremendous white marlin bite moves closer to Oregon Inlet

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Karl Helmkamp of Fistful Sportfishing in Manteo said white marlin fishing out of Oregon Inlet continues to be extremely good. […]

Santee Cooper's blue catfish, like this one Carroll Tanner and Jean Robertson are showing off, are in a long period of decline that biologists attribute to the decade-long drought.

SCDNR biologists point to drought as key to decline in Santee Cooper blue catfish

Pat Robertson

The blue catfish population, which has supported a tremendous recreational and commercial fishery in the Santee Cooper lakes for almost 50 years, is in serious decline, and biologists think a near-decade long drought may be the cause. […]

Pistols shooters in the Upstate just got a place to call home: a new pistol range at the SCDNR'S Thomason Shooting Range in Spartanburg County near Pauline.

Pistol range added to Thomason shooting range in Spartanburg County

South Carolina Sportsman

The James O. Thomason Shooting Range in Spartanburg County near Pauline recently dedicated a new pistol shooting range. […]

Jordan Lake's crappie suffered after a 2011 winter shad kill, but biologists expect them to rebound this fall.

Biologist expects Jordan Lake crappie to rebound from past troubles

Craig Holt

Jordan Lake anglers have known since August 2012 that striped bass had been hammered in a kill that left 5,000 floating fish on the surface of the 13,940-acre impoundment. […]

Speckled trout have been working over soft-plastic lures in the Lady's Island area over the past two weeks.

Speckled trout bite is hot in Beaufort area, and artificials have been productive

Brian Cope

The speckled trout bite is hot in the creeks and inlets around Beaufort, and Lady’s Island resident Blake Stengley said he’s catching more on artificial lures than he does on natural bait. […]

Jeremy Carter of the U.S. Army and Tyler Wentworth of the U.S. Air Force show off a sailfish caught aboard the Tag Team during the Southport Military Appreciation Day (MAD) this past weekend.

Military Appreciation Day draws 62 boats, 122 troops in Southport

Jerry Dilsaver

Fishermen in the Southport area attacked Military Appreciation Day 8 (MAD 8) with unique fervor, with 62 volunteer boats carrying 122 troops out to catch plenty of fish. […]

Dave Wolak catches plenty of big fish on his three jig trailers.

Playing the jig game

Dustin Wilks

One of the benefits to filming a television show and working with professional fishermen is you get to learn their secrets. […]

My target buck

Bag a Buck

Elizabeth Fornes of Vanceboro, NC killed an 8-point buck in Craven County, NC on Sept. 12, 2026 with a Mathews Arc compound bow. […]

Patience and Persistence Pays Off

Bag a Buck

Austin Mangum of Berea, NC killed a 21-point buck in Granville County, NC on Sept. 14, 2026 while sitting on the ground from 30 yards away. […]

Twin Towers

Bag a Buck

Evan Browning killed an 8-point buck in Vance County, NC on Sept. 13, 2026 while in an elevated stand 50 yards away. […]

NC hunter kills 24-point buck in Orange County

Deer

Graham Smith killed 24-point buck in Orange County, NC on opening weekend of NC’s 2026 archery season. The buck gross scored 191 5/8 inches. […]

Santee hunter kills 12-foot, 9-inch gator

Alligator

Cole Poplin was hunting the Santee Cooper lakes when he killed a 769-pound alligator that measured 12 feet, 9 inches long. […]