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Grand Strand flounder are biting in cooler waters just off the beach
Grand Strand anglers will find better quality flounder just off the beaches where the fish hang out due to the cooler water temperatures. […]
August 2018
Bass Fishing
Striped bass hot at Lake Russell
Anglers can catch plenty of stripers in August on Lake Russell, and the fish are pretty east to find this time of year. […]
Catfish
Hot weather means red-hot catfish bite on Lake Norman
The summer heat hasn’t stopped Lake Norman anglers from catching plenty of catfish. […]
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Tarpon invade Cape Fear for a midsummer run
North Carolina’s Cape Fear is unique in several ways, among them, it’s the only place in the Tarheel State where a large river, the Cape Fear, flows directly to the ocean. Second, it features several species that are incidental catches at most other places, including tarpon, which arrive each summer and have a devoted local following. […]
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Summer heat means hot redfish bite in Swansboro
Red drum don’t react to August’s steamy heat by swimming through inlets to reach the ocean’s deeper, cooler waters.
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Grand Strand sailfish move nearshore as water heats up
While many anglers hate August’s heat, it brings periods of calm seas and good fishing along the beaches of South Carolina’s Grand Strand. For anglers aspiring to wrestle with a billfish — but lacking an offshore vessel — August is the time to target sailfish, often well within sight of land. […]
Catfish
Wylie flatheads perk up in the heat
Fishing at night for flathead catfish on Lake Wylie is a great way to beat the heat and the summer crowds while reeling in some quality cats. […]
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Lowcountry anglers catch 110-pound yellowfin tuna out of Charleston
Offshore anglers used to catch plenty of yellowfin tuna off the coast of the Palmetto State, but that has changed so dramatically that very few have been caught in the past decade. So it was a big surprise to a group of lowcountry anglers at the end of June when they hooked and landed a 110-pound yellowfin while trolling in about 200 feet of water. […]
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Dare County man sentenced, fined in two waterfowl hunting incidents in December 2017
A Dare County man was sentenced last week to seven days in jail and fined more than $2,500 after pleading guilty to 10 misdemeanors relating to two incidents over a period of 11 days last December in which he confronted and threatened four hunters in a lake in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in Hyde County. […]