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Red hot, red hot redfish

With deer season cranking up in South Carolina’s Lowcountry in mid-August, many outdoorsmen are trading in their fishing rods for a shot at a velvet buck, but for those who stay on the water, they’re in for some hot redfish action that many anglers overlook. […]

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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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Two tricks for Spanish

The weather is hot this time of year, and so is fishing or Spanish mackerel in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, especially in the Port Royal Sound and Hilton Head areas. Rick Percy of Reel Chance Charters said he catches them consistently in July using two different tactics that can be equally effective. […]

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New fishing pier opens at Lake Edgar Brown

Officials with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) gathered with local tourism and legislative leaders on Thursday (June 6, 2018) to dedicate a newly constructed fishing pier at Lake Edgar Brown in Barnwell, one of the 18 fishing lakes in the agency’s State Lakes Fishing program. […]

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Release and ReSpeck

With its headquarters in Ladson, S.C., just a few miles from the saltwater fishing mecca of Charleston, folks at Z-Man Fishing Products understood what the cold-stun kill of speckled trout this past January could mean to local fisheries. […]

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Isle of Palms angler catches new SC state record gag grouper

Jim Lasher of Isle of Palms was enjoying a good day of dolphin fishing out of IOP Marina with some coworkers and friend Capt. Ben Floyd of Charleston Fish Finder on May 1, the opening day of grouper season, when Lasher asked Floyd if he thought they’d get a chance to try for  the bottom fish. Not long after, Lasher landed the new state record gag grouper, a 54+ pound beast that put up quite a tussle. […]

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South Carolina has speckled trout questions

Late this past December, the coastal regions of both Carolinas experienced some of the coldest weather in recent years, with water temperatures plummeting into the low 40s. Then, on Jan. 3, a winter ice and snow storm blasted the coast again, complete with snow and ice. […]