Bass Fishing
Mister Twister’s Nightcrawler
Glen Freeman of Zwolle has a new weapon in his bass fishing arsenal. So does Zack Hughes of Quitman, Texas, who boated a 10-plus-pounder on the first day he fished with it at Lake Fork. […]
August 2018
Columns
It’s time to get prepared for bowhunting season
Bow hunting season is right around the corner, so now is the time to check out your bow and make sure it is ready for it. […]
Columns
Hazel Creek: A trout treasure
No roads lead to one of the most-celebrated trout streams in the East. Isolated, remote, accessible only by boat or foot, Hazel Creek lives up to its reputation as a trout-fishing Mecca. It’s all that everyone says it is, and more. […]
Catfish
Summer, shallows are not exclusive
Bobby Winters is a 23-year-old catfish and striper guide on the Santee Cooper lakes who has a youthful passion for catching fish. We were fishing on a hot, summer day, and he’d targeted an area with undulating bottom contours for drift-fishing. We had been drifting only a short while when one of his nine rods bowed over.
Bass Fishing
Shadow hunting
The summer heat affects fishing immensely, and not only the fisherman. Fish suffer during periods of temperature extremes, and since they are cold-blooded, they must seek out places with cooler water to thrive. […]
Deer Hunting
Five best handguns for whitetails
Selecting the right handgun for hunting whitetail deer can be daunting, in part because there are so many excellent options. […]
Bass Fishing
Go big with soft plastics
Topwater fishing can be one of the most fun and easiest ways to catch bass over the summer, but the surface bite will surely short-stop an angler’s time on the water. To keep fish coming into the boat, you need to trade in topwater techniques for a slower strategy: shooting soft plastics into deeper water. […]
Deer Hunting
Early season requires plenty of stand options
Hunters need multiple deer stand options in the early season when bucks are most predictable, but wind direction is not. […]
Bass Fishing
Watch for schooling fish
Chuck Porter of Sumter, S.C., has been fishing Lake Wateree for 30 years and has seen the striper action ebb and flow. […]
Bass Fishing
Striper stocking at Lake Wateree
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has stocked stripers in Lake Wateree since the 1980s, and fisheries biologist Robert Stroud has worked the lake since striper stockings began. Stroud said the goal of the striper program was to create a solid, renewable striper fishery. […]