May 2012

Inshore Fishing

Reds put the feed bag on

Bryan Bowers

May is perhaps one of the most-welcome months for chasing redfish. The weather is warm but not too hot to enjoy, and redfish resume a more predictable feeding behavior. […]

Bass Fishing

Why summer fish kills?

Phillip Gentry

Summer fish kills are as perplexing as they are disturbing to witness. A typical reservoir may have uniform temperatures throughout the lake, from top to bottom, for only a short time in the spring and again in the fall. […]

General

The Ruger SR40c

Gordon Hutchinson

A recent concealed carry class included a newlywed couple. The young woman was an attractive emergency room nurse with a winning smile, long brown hair and a dad who was a retired federal law enforcement officer. […]

Freshwater Fishing

Place your baits

Phillip Gentry

Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when striped bass and hybrid bass were first stocked in Clarks Hill, a day of striper fishing started shortly after the previous day ended, with anglers setting out in the wee hours of the morning to catch enough bait for a day’s fishing. […]

Freshwater Fishing

Hatch match for spring trout

L. Woodrow Ross

Most South Carolina freestone streams do not support prolific insect hatches — the Chattooga River may be the exception — but most streams support some level of aquatic insect life. […]

Hunting

Grow Big Fish:

Jeff Burleson

Not only will the succession of spawns continue as the water warms incrementally, aquatic vegetation will begin to grow at the same rate — if not faster. […]