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Madison Parker of Florence, SC poses with the 11-point buck she killed on Sept. 6, 2018.

Florence County huntress kills massive 11 point buck

Madison Parker of Florence, S.C. began sitting in the deer stand with her dad when she was just a baby, so it was fitting that the two were sitting together on Sept. 6 when the 19-year-old killed the biggest deer of her life, an 11-point buck that weighed 195 pounds and had a massive rack that has been rough scored at 140 inches. […]

Kayak anglers like catching Pee Dee River catfish

Phillip Gentry

Catching Pee Dee River catfish from kayaks is fun and productive. […]

Heath Rayfield poses with the 142 1/2-inch double drop tine buck he killed in Chester County

Chesterfield hunter kills double drop tine trophy buck

Dan Kibler

Heath Rayfield of Chesterfield, S.C., nicknamed one buck he saw last year in trail-camera photos “Clusters” because the main beams of his antlers ended sort of in clumps. […]

Metal-free mackerel

Jeff Burleson

After another hot Carolina summer, the fall fishing season finally arrives this month in all corners. From slab crappie gulping shiners at Lake Moultrie to gator trout crushing Flukes around Little River, cooling conditions ignite a feeding frenzy in freshwater and saltwater environments. […]

Warmer water temperatures push sailfish north from the tropics and into nearshore waters off the Carolinas during the summer.

Grand Strand sailfish move nearshore as water heats up

Jeff Burleson

While many anglers hate August’s heat, it brings periods of calm seas and good fishing along the beaches of South Carolina’s Grand Strand. For anglers aspiring to wrestle with a billfish — but lacking an offshore vessel — August is the time to target sailfish, often well within sight of land. […]

Redfish will pull up on flats and tail on high water, even during the early spring.

Don’t forget the early season flood

Jeff Burleson

Spring can force anglers to break out every trick in the book to get redfish to cooperate, in part because they’re spooky from the heavy winter fishing pressure. […]

Crabs are lethal weapons for anglers targeting Grand Strand reds this month.

Red shell game – Spring breakup of South Carolina redfish schools comes in March

Jeff Burleson

It may not match winter in northern climates, but South Carolina does have a season that’s colder than the rest, and when it arrives, redfish gaggle up by the hundreds into tight groups in headwater creeks in marshes, providing anglers with easy-to-find targets. But as soon as Mother Nature turns up the heat at the approach of spring, the fish appear to scatter and vanish into thin air. […]