Freshwater Fishing
DIY Crappie Jigs
Winter fishing for crappie often dictates that anglers use a specific configuration of jigs, jig weights and presentations to put your bait in the strike zone. […]
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The Road to Reds: Winter reds, fishermen flock to ICW around Charleston for cold-weather action
The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway provides safe travel from the northeast all the way to the gulf states via a system of connected canals and natural waterways. […]
Inshore Fishing
Fishing’s most-important ‘layers’
No way around it, February is cold — especially in the morning. Inshore guides who brave the elements on a daily basis know a thing or two about staying comfortable when chasing reds in frigid weather. […]
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‘Soft-touch’ winter reds: Quiet presentations are key to drawing strikes from Beaufort-area winter redfish
Drifting onto the flat, you can see them, 50 or more, finning almost motionless in a foot of water that is so clear you can almost make out individual fish — but mostly it is just a mass of dark spots. […]
Inshore Fishing
Perfect spots? Points and sidebars that point to the ocean
During his years of guiding and fishing the Broad River, Capt. Marv Copeland’s three favorite spots were essentially the only places he fished; they are that good. […]
Inshore Fishing
How old are slot reds?
According to a publication of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, when big, mature redfish congregate along the barrier-island beaches to spawn in August and September, redfish hatch and somehow work their way far up into small inshore creeks in a month, by which time they are a half-inch long. […]
Inshore Fishing
Flies that work in winter
Most redfish flies intended to mimic mud minnows, their primary winter forage, are either tied with weighted eyes — Clouser-style flies — or tied un-weighted, Deceiver-style flies. […]
Currents
Where did all the big bucks go? The moon?
The deer season that ended on New Year’s Day was one of the more-unusual ones I can remember. […]
Bass Fishing
Big-bass time is here!
If you have read my column for a few years, you know what’s coming in February. I’d like to talk about something else this month, but I just can’t. […]
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Cover: February 2013 (SC)
Whether it’s shallow Lowcountry reds or deepwater crappie in the Midlands, South Carolina fishermen have options in February. […]