Based in Morehead City, North Carolina, Rig’Em Right Waterfowl owner Matthew Cagle has developed a revolutionary way to collect and store duck decoys without the hassle of tangled lines. […]
Fishermen targeting catfish are picking up more fish on Lake Hartwell, and according to Bill Plumley of Capt. Bill’s Fishing adventures, the fishing is only going to get better. […]
There’s no doubt that fall presents some of the year’s best fishing on South Carolina lakes. As the water starts to cool, fish move into their cold-weather patterns and are a lot easier to catch. […]
Fall fishing is going strong in the waters around Harkers Island. From the marshes in the North River to the ocean off Cape Lookout, a variety of fish are being caught and invited home for dinner by smiling anglers. […]
Frankie Sanders of Mountain Rest didn’t wait too long after the 2012 gun season for bear opened on Oct. 17 to take one of the first bears taken this year in Oconee County. Sanders’ first bear weighted approximately 250 pounds. […]
George Beckwith had barely closed the bail on his spinning reel when his rod tip bounced, not the solid thump of a redfish or flounder, but the peck of one of many bait thieves in the lower Neuse River. […]
Most fishermen will agree the best time to catch smoker king mackerel along the North Carolina coast is the late fall, and most agree that the best way to catch them is to use live baits. […]
Fly fishing can be one of the most relaxing – and rewarding – hobbies if you know where to fish. The feel of a big trout on the end of your fly rod makes the blood pump faster and gets the adrenaline flowing. […]
At almost 71,000 acres, Clarks Hill Reservoir, the largest manmade body of water east of the Mississippi River, is still surprisingly undeveloped compared to many of the other impoundments across South Carolina.
Clarks Hill, or Lake Thurmond if you prefer, was built between 1946 and 1954, just a few years before Lake Hartwell and some 30 years before Lake Russell, the other two impoundments upstream on the Savannah River system.
As a fishery, Clarks Hill has a reputation as a better-than-average destination for a number of species. Professional bass tours frequently make stops there, and a growing number of crappie and catfish tournament circuits are also becoming regular visitors. One of the more sought-after species, at least as far as recreational anglers are concerned, are striped bass. Stripers and their test-tube cousins, hybrid striped bass, were first introduced into Clarks Hill during the late 1960s. The fishery was to their liking, and the lake produced a state-record striper in 1993 that wasn’t topped for eight years. […]
The Flat and Eno rivers form the Neuse River, which runs downstream from Falls of the Neuse Dam between Raleigh and Wake Forest until it empties into the Pamlico Sound 10 miles downstream from Oriental. […]
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