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Spring Speck Specialists
Brutally cold weather plagued North Carolina this past winter, doing a number on speckled trout throughout the state’s coastal waters. […]
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Bass Fishing
Little Lakes, Big Bass
Standing on the casting deck of his boat, Andy Montgomery made a tight swing with his casting rod and deftly flicked a spinnerbait between the edge of the dock and the old boat moored to it. […]
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Falls’ Slab King
Rod King had six rods spread in a semi-circle at his boat’s bow as he drifted across a big flat in Falls of Neuse Lake’s Little Lick Creek last March. […]
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Saltwater Series: Little River / Sunset Beach
The inshore and nearshore waters around Little River, S.C., and Sunset Beach, N.C., are a complex saltwater ecosystem in a variety of ways. […]
Featured Story
Hot bluefin tuna run out of Hatteras Harbor
A fantastic run of small-medium and large-medium sized bluefin tuna is occurring off the north-central N.C. coast and has been on-going during the entire month of February. […]
Events & Announcements
Harry Hampton Fund makes annual donation to SC DNR
This year’s Hampton Fund donation was $71,900. That brings the total to $2,627,030 donated to DNR by the Hampton Fund over the years. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Spring shad run is a Palmetto State ritual
Springtime shad fishing is one of the Lowcountry traditions that stirs great excitement. No fish garners greater attention by anglers looking for a sure thing than the American shad. […]
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Cover: March 2011 (SC)
Lake Secession is a small, lesser-known body of water, but it produces some awfully big crappie when March rolls around. […]
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River Runners
A typical female shad, laden with eggs, puts a huge bend in a fishing rod when she turns her slab-sided body — 20 inches long, weighing four pounds — broadside to the current. […]
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Shall We Gather at the River?
The Savannah River swamp is a formidable arena for wild game, including centuries-old cypress trees, oxbow swamps and endless pockets of primo habitat. […]