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Shell Game
Gourmets the world around salivate over its unique taste and texture and pay astonishing prices for the choicest jumbo lumps of body meat or the seasonal soft-shelled “peelers.” […]
South Central NC
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Calling Calibogue Cobia
One of the most-anticipated events for fisherman in the Lowcountry is the annual spring cobia migration. Cobia start to show up in mid-April and hang around through most of June. […]
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One shot’s all it takes for Lowcountry fishing guide to double up on toms
Rob Bennett finally got a day off Wednesday from his Lowcountry Inshore Charters fishing guide service after 15 straight days on the water, and he took advantage of it – and inexpensively, too. […]
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NWTF Wheelin’ Sportsman hunt a tremendous success
The first time Frank Troglauer participated in the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Wheelin’ Sportsmen “Ultimate Turkey Hunt” – on the Savannah River Site four years ago – he missed a nice gobbler. […]
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Big gobbler just another step in amputee’s comeback
Ricky Miller lost his left leg below the knee in an accident in March 2006, but the way he’s come back hasn’t been accidental, at all. […]
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Badin’s big blues are biting
Chris Hammill said it wasn’t a sure thing, but he felt pretty certain he could put his party on some big Badin Lake blue catfish if he had a full day to do so. […]
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South Edisto spits out huge flathead catfish
A lot of people think that big fish only get that way in big waters. Dennis Reilly of Bamberg knows better now, but until recently he had no idea how big of a fish could live in the relatively small waters of the South Edisto River in his home county.
Checking his set lines on the morning of April 7, Reilly was pleased to discover that many nice catfish had taken his baits, but especially a 67-pound flathead that had swallowed a bait.
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Bass Fishing
Yadkin lakes see start of striped-bass spawn
With late spring-like weather spreading over the state a month earlier than usual during March, higher-than-normal water temperatures apparently triggered striped bass false migration runs in many piedmont rivers.
The migration attempts are false because stripers have only two rivers (Dan and Roanoke) inside North Carolina long enough to successfully hatch fertilized eggs — yet rockfish are hard-wired to make whoopee anyway each spring no matter where they are. […]
Inshore Fishing
Beaufort Breakout
Okay, no excuses now. The weather is beautiful, the garden is planted and the redfish are biting again. […]
Inshore Fishing
Good ‘flat characteristics’
After a few years searching for redfish, experienced fishermen intuitively figure out what a good redfish flat looks like, but keeping a journal and cataloging their characteristics shortens the learning curve. […]