Bass Fishing
Stanley Top Toad
A leading artificial lure manufacturer’s newest pride and joy jumped like a real frog to the forefront of bass fishing circles very quickly in early 2013. […]
May 2013
General
Shotgunning fun
An attorney friend who knows a little more about guns than I do about the dark side of the moon — but not much more — was wandering around a regional gun show, looking for I’m not sure what. […]
Fishing
You dropped WHAT overboard?
Shortly after handheld GPS units became small enough to fit in a pocket, I remember a fellow outdoor writer lamenting about losing his. He somehow dropped it as he stepped from a boat to a dock over water 30 feet deep. […]
Freshwater Fishing
One county’s trout magic
Jackson County is a rising star in the world of trout fishing. It has the longest and most popular delayed-harvest waters in the state. […]
Freshwater Fishing
May fishing breaks loose
May is diversity month for Santee Cooper, and it brings out some of the very best fishing for a wide variety of species around Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie. […]
Sidebars
Make sure you know your shotgun
If you don’t know your gun and its limits, you are asking for trouble. Pattern your gun to see where the densest part of the pattern hits. […]
Inshore Fishing
Bald Head Island is unique
Bald Head Island, often shown on older maps as Smith Island, is the only part of Brunswick County east of the Cape Fear River at its mouth. […]
Cobia
Cobia stock assessment sheds light on species
The latest stock assessment on cobia in the South Atlantic was released this past January. It took years to compile, and approximately half of the 400 pages of information came from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. Some of the findings were extremely interesting. […]
Sidebars
Make sure your setup won’t doom you
Choosing a poor setup is a common problem. Often, we doom a hunt because of the spot where we make a setup. […]
Inshore Fishing
Tying the loop knot
Capt. Rick Bennett ties a loop knot to secure his line to every lure or jighead he uses. He said the knot allows the lure to move in the most-natural way, and he believes it helps draw strikes. […]