Catfish
Skinny water fat cats
By April, Santee Cooper’s shallow-water wonderland is alive with multiple fish species, including fat cats, feeding heavily or spawning. […]
Newsletter
Newsletters
How to kill that early season gobbler
Turkey hunting season starts this month in both Carolinas, and for most hunters, the first hunt of the season offers the best opportunity to kill a gobbler. […]
Field Reports
First turkey at 75-years-old
Johnny Mac Gasque, 75, harvested his very first turkey—a beautiful Dillon County, SC gobbler. A hunt worth the wait. […]
Crappie
Santee’s wintertime brush pile crappie
The key to catching wintertime crappie on Santee Cooper’s Upper Lake for Capt. David Hilton is to find active fish on brush piles. […]
Features
Santee Cooper’s white pelicans
If someone told you they saw white pelicans at Lake Marion this past winter, they weren’t pulling your leg, and they weren’t mistaken. […]
Breaking News
Carolina humorist Jim Mize releases new book
Outdoor humorist Jim Mize has released his new book, The Haunted Outhouse, which is available in paperback, as an ebook, and as an audiobook. […]
Fishing Tournaments
Neuse River Fishers of Men Inshore Trail schedule
The Neuse River Fishers of Men Inshore Trail, sponsored by United Bank, is holding five tournaments for the 2026 season. […]
Newsletters
NCWRC suspends striped bass harvesting in Roanoke River Management Area
The season for harvesting striped bass by hook-and-line in the Roanoke River Management Area is supended from March 9 through 11:59 p.m. on April 30, 2026. […]
Bass
Big bass on a school night
Big bass caught with my 4 year old daughter
Content
April 2026 Digital Issue of Carolina Sportsman Magazine
Find out what’s happening in the outdoors throughout the Carolinas during April in this digital issue of Carolina Sportsman Magazine. […]