Bass Fishing
Don’t hate the postspawn
Many bass fishermen dread the time immediately after bass spawn, referred to as the “post-spawn period.” While there are challenges, there are several really good patterns that emerge. […]
May 2014
Bass Fishing
Time for a herring high
We have had a cold winter and a very up-and-down spring, but there’s one thing that South Carolina bass fishermen can count on this month: May is the month of the herring bite. […]
Fishing
Smithwick Elite 8 Suspending Rogue
It wasn’t too long ago that the Elite 8, the eight best college basketball teams in the country playing in the NCAA’s “Big Dance,” were thrilling fans and television audiences in a hopeful waltz to the Final Four and, ultimately, to the title game at the center of every bracket in the U.S. […]
Fishing
Marine batteries 101
Learning that all batteries are not created equal can be an expensive lesson. Power your trolling motor with batteries designed to start your engine and they will last for weeks rather than years. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Don’t miss May’s offering
May is an ideal time to be on a mountain trout stream. Wildflowers are in bloom, dogwoods and rhododendron are flowering and a multitude of mayfly, caddis and stonefly hatches are coming off — more hatches than any other time of the season. […]
Freshwater Fishing
If it swims, it’s biting
There are times when almost anything worth catching is biting, and May is one of those months at Santee Cooper. […]
Freshwater Fishing
The redear sunfish: nature’s perfect nutcracker
The redear sunfish, known scientifically as Lepomis microlophus and informally as bream, stumpknocker, cherry gill, rouge ear sunfish, Georgia bream and shellcracker, is a slab-sided fish with a red or orange edge along its ear flap, a characteristic that distinguishes it from other sunfish. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Minnows can be the key
Guide Buster Rush of Camden said that despite the typical success he has trolling on Fishing Creek Lake, fishing minnows vertically over and into brush will often be the key to success. […]
Inshore Fishing
The Broad “Non” River
The Broad River is not really a river. Rivers like the Broad, May and Colleton are actually fingers of saltwater extending far inland with very little influence from freshwater influx. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Recipes for redear sunfish
Redear sunfish make heftier and tastier filets than other sunfish mostly because of their larger size. They can be fried and grilled in a number of ways. […]