Since the beginning of the month, the heat wave that has bombarded Myrtle Beach vacationers with nearly ideal conditions for a stroll down the pearly-white strand has set up a different kind of beach experience for fishermen looking to reel in a bruiser cobia. […]
Motorcycles are not the only new arrivals making noise this week along the Grand Strand. […]
Cobia were recently added to the listing of gamefish by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, joining spot-tail bass (red drum) and speckled trout. […]
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When cobia fishing, you need to use the proper gear. But that doesn’t mean the biggest rod is best. Lighter rods allow anglers to fish all day without getting tired, and it also gives them better casting distance. […]
Every spring, especially in May, boats and anglers literally line up in the Broad River in hopes of catching a cobia. […]
The Broad River and springtime cobia are subjects so intertwined that fishermen rarely reference one without mentioning the other. […]
You can’t time it by the tides, the moon, or even the calendar, but as sure as the swallows return to Capistrano, cobia will show up this month from Cape Lookout to Cape Hatteras. […]
Many anglers choose to keep their excursions down to a minimum during the colder months. Cold and South Carolina don’t necessarily go well together, so when spring returns, eager saltwater fishermen are not far behind it. […]
Capt. Karl Helmkamp of Manteo’s Fistful Sportfishing said nearshore fishing out of Oregon Inlet has been as good as it gets, with enough variety to interest just about any angler, thanks to weather that’s been warm enough to attract summer species but not hot enough to push some of the late-spring fish away. […]
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