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September 20, 2026
Homeshad

shad

Freshwater Fishing

Fill up your bait tank with big gizzard shad when targeting Lake Murray stripers

Phillip Gentry

Striper fisherman Chip Bragg confesses catching big gizzard shad might be as tough as catching big stripers on those same shad. […]

Featured

SC’s shad run gives February anglers some real hope

Brian Cope

One of South Carolina’s hottest-biting February fish is typically referred to as “bait” the rest of the year. It’s time for the shad run, which gives anglers tired of waiting for warm weather an excuse to get on the water for the first time of the year. […]

Bass Fishing

Rapala’s Shadow Rap Shad

Don Shoopman

Rapala, one of the most-recognizable and respected brands in the artificial lure manufacturing business, introduced a jerkbait at the 2015 Bassmaster Classic. […]

Bass Fishing

Key on shad, bream beds

Pat Robertson

The bluegill and shad spawns add up to a big bonanza for bass fishermen on Lake Wateree this month, according to tournament angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden.

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Featured

Shad fishing already heating up on Neuse River

Brian Cope

For some, it’s the blooming of dogwood trees that mark the beginning of spring. But for many of North Carolina’s anglers it’s the shad run that tells them winter is over. […]

Bass Fishing

Lake James smallmouth biting live shad and bright artificials

Dan Kibler

There’s a chill in the air this week at Lake James, not too many boats on the lake, and plenty of smallmouth bass that are biting. […]

Freshwater Fishing

Double up for shad

Jeff Burleson

Using a two-jig tandem rig for shad is the way to go in the tailrace of the Cooper River in the early springtime. […]

Content

Sack spring shad – South Carolina’s best spring run of American Shad is in the Cooper River tailrace

Jeff Burleson

On the eve of spring, an awesome fishery erupts this month in the Cooper River tailrace downstream from 60,000-acre Lake Moultrie. […]

Featured

Forget the cold! Catch white perch, crappie around schools of threadfin shad

Phillip Gentry

Freshwater anglers who think the recent cold snaps have signaled the end of fishing until spring need to set their sights on white perch and crappie. […]

Bass Fishing

In the fall, follow the shad and spoon-feed the bass

Craig Holt

We’re approaching the fall fishing season, and many largemouth bass anglers await its coming with great anticipation. […]

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Boater sentenced to 12+ years for Harris Lake fatality

Events & Announcements

Quinten Kight was sentenced to 144+ months for second-degree murder felony boating while impaired involving serious injury at Harris Lake. […]

My target buck

Bag a Buck

Elizabeth Fornes of Vanceboro, NC killed an 8-point buck in Craven County, NC on Sept. 12, 2026 with a Mathews Arc compound bow. […]

Patience and Persistence Pays Off

Bag a Buck

Austin Mangum of Berea, NC killed a 21-point buck in Granville County, NC on Sept. 14, 2026 while sitting on the ground from 30 yards away. […]

Twin Towers

Bag a Buck

Evan Browning killed an 8-point buck in Vance County, NC on Sept. 13, 2026 while in an elevated stand 50 yards away. […]

24-point buck

NC hunter kills 24-point buck in Orange County

Deer

Graham Smith killed 24-point buck in Orange County, NC on opening weekend of NC’s 2026 archery season. The buck gross scored 191 5/8 inches. […]

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