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Deep jigging spoons is Tony Alexander’s favorite way to catch January stripers on Lake Murray.

Spoon-feed Murray’s stripers

Some folks call it bottom-bumping, some perch-jerking, and some just call it spooning. No matter your preference, the technique of vertically jigging a spoon is definitely something striped bass fans should be doing this month on South Carolina’s Lake Murray. […]

Guide Preston Harden seines the water around and under docks and bridges for Hartwell’s winter crappie .

Lake Hartwell crappie bite is a delicate one

Pat Robertson

When winter sets in and water temperatures drop below 48 degrees in South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell, stripers, hybrids and black bass pretty much shut down, with a few exceptions. […]

Winter reds will move into shallow water to avoid encounters with bottlenose dolphin, and they’ll actively feed.

G’town reds are on

Jeff Burleson

January can bring blustery conditions even to the south. But that doesn’t mean the redfish won’t be biting, and the backwaters around Georgetown are ground zero for winter reds. […]

Guide Rodger Taylor catches some of his biggest blue catfish of the year at Lake Wateree during the winter.

Winter Wateree means great action on blue catfish

Pat Robertson

Winter is a great time for catching blue catfish on South Carolina’s Lake Wateree, and it’s an excellent time for targeting trophy fish, according to guide Rodger Taylor of Rock Hill, S.C. […]

LIVETARGET got things right when they introduced their new line of soft plastic swimbaits.

New swimbaits sure to raise eyebrows among anglers and fish

Brian Cope

Soft plastic swimbaits have been some of the top-producing fishing lures for bass during certain months over the last several years, and more recently, saltwater anglers have caught on to their effectiveness for speckled trout, redfish, and a number of other species. But a swimbait is a swimbait is a swimbait, right? I mean, all swimbaits are pretty much the same, aren’t they? […]

A wildlife management company in Georgia found a whitetail buck while checking on a wild hog trap.

VIDEO – 13-point buck caught in Georgia hog trap

Brian Cope

Melinda and Bryan Rooks, who own a wildlife management company in Culloden, Ga., found something they weren’t expecting to see when checking on a hog trap recently. Alive and well, but obviously wanting free, was a 13-point buck. […]

This 9.5-foot great white is the first male of the species caught by Outcast Fishing Charters in Hilton Head Island.

Hilton Head guide hooks 3000-pound great white shark

Brian Cope

How would you like to catch a great white shark, and how far do you think you’d have to travel to do it? You’ll have a pretty good shot at it if you book a trip with Outcast Fishing Charters in…Hilton Head Island. […]

It took more than a year, but Marcus Church finally killed this 9-point trophy in Seneca, S.C. on Dec. 12.

Seneca hunter kills 9-point trophy he’d been hunting more than a year

Glenn Corley

In November of 2015, Marcus Church of Seneca, S.C. spotted a deer on his trail camera that caught his eye. The 9-point buck sported a messed up tine that led Church to nickname it Crabby Nine, and it made the deer easy to keep track of. […]

The author battles a redfish he hooked on a fly.

Redfish on the fly

John Gribb

It stretches the imagination that a feather-adorned fish hook dropped in front of a redfish looks like an irresistible morsel. […]

Using your boat’s electronics to find baitfish and catfish is essential to success on the Santee Cooper lakes.

Fishing Santee-style

Jeff Burleson

Fishing techniques varies tremendously across the country. While a hook and line are critical components, the complexities to dupe fishy foe are virtually endless, driven by location tradition, species availability and habitat conditions. […]