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Anglers using the drift method with live baits or jigs with scented soft-plastic trailers are catching flounder in front of the Cape Lookout lighthouse.

Flounder plentiful at Cape Lookout

Flounder fishing is tripping the triggers of anglers near Cape Lookout now, said a veteran Harkers Island guide. […]

Featured

Hunter pleads guilty to firing fatal shot

WALHALLA — A hunter pled guilty July 29 to fatally shooting another man while hog hunting in March 2009, but he will not serve any time in prison.
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This redfish was fooled by a CC Crafty Shrimp, a fly that is popular among fly-fishermen who frequent the Coosaw River.

Closing the deal on redfish

Bryan Bowers

One of the most critical components to catching redfish on a fly is presentation. […]

Take a kid catfishing with just a quick install of the rod holder bases from Extreme Fishing Concepts.

Accessorize your boat for catfish

Tony Garitta

Many anglers would like to take their youngsters catfishing, but they don’t want to drill holes in their bass boats to accommodate bases for rod holders for slow-trolling. […]

Events & Announcements

Water-control structures upgraded at Santee Refuge

Pat Robertson

Visitors to the Santee National Wildlife Refuge near Summerton may find portions of Wildlife Drive closed during the next two months while water-control structures are being upgraded on the Cuddo Unit.

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The crew of Caramba, the 2010 S.C. Governor's Cup Series champs, celebrate the 41.6-pound wahoo that owner Bob Faith caught the second day of the Edisto Marina Billfish Tournament.

Rascal wins Edisto billfish tournament

Jeff Dennis

Rascal, a Georgetown-based boat owned by Norman Pulliam of Spartanburg, rode a pair of double-header sailfish releases to victory in the 22nd annual Edisto Marina Billfish Tournament, held
July 28-31.

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The first couple of weeks of deer season is the only time hunters really have a chance to pattern and target ‘bachelor groups’ of bucks.

Kill the bachelors

Dan Kibler

The late-August/early-September period provides hunters not only with the opportunity to take a buck in velvet, but it gives them the opportunity to find and hunt bucks in their “summer” patterns — often ganged up with other bucks. […]

Kayaking, and especially fishing from kayaks, is taking the country by storm.

Kayaks for fishing

Phillip Gentry

What makes the perfect fishing kayak? That’s a question debated daily on kayak-fishing forums and web sites. Wilderness Systems, an Easley, South Carolina-based company, has earned its status as one of the most recognized names in paddle sports by listening to what their customers want in a fishing kayak. […]

Anglers can catch plenty of bluefish by trolling at Beaufort Inlet during the summer.

Blues, Spanish, flounder make up summer catches

Craig Holt

Bluefish, Spanish mackerel and flounder make up most of the inshore/nearshore catches now that summer’s heat has descended upon the North Carolina coast. […]

Illinois angler Stephen Liesen (right) told Capt. Chip Michalove (left) that he didn't want to kill a shart unless it was a state record. Liesen got his wish with this 380-pound pending state record lemon shark.

South Carolina state-record lemon shark landed at Lemon Shark Hole

Jeff Dennis

Stephen Liesen told Outcast Sportfishing’s Capt. Chip Michalove that he wanted a monster shark when they departed the docks at 2 p.m. on Friday (July 23). By the time they returned to the marina at Hilton Head Harbor later that afternoon, they had caught the state-record lemon shark weighing 380-pounds. […]