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This cobia might be close to the boat, but he’s only just begun to fight — something a lot of fishermen learn quite by accident, to their regret.

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. […]

Rick Bennett took these two gobblers with one shot on Wednesday in Orangeburg County.

One shot’s all it takes for Lowcountry fishing guide to double up on toms

Jeff Burleson

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. […]

Frank Troglauer (right) took these two gobblers with help from his guide, Dale Cullum, at the NWTF's Wheelin' Sportsman's hunt on the Savannah River Site.

NWTF Wheelin’ Sportsman hunt a tremendous success

Pat Robertson

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. […]

Amputee hunter Ricky Miller hasn't let his handicap get in the way of getting back in the woods. He took this fine gobbler on April 14 in the Francis Marion National Forest.

Big gobbler just another step in amputee’s comeback

Brian Carroll

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. […]

Guide Chris Hammill said he needed current running through Badin Lake to kick off the blue catfish bite, and boy, was he correct. This 40-pound fish bit 10 minutes after the current began running.

Badin’s big blues are biting

Jerry Dilsaver

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. […]

Dennis Reilly of Bamberg caught this 67-pound flathead catfish on a set line in the South Edisto River near his home.

South Edisto spits out huge flathead catfish

Bryan Bowers

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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The spring spawning run of striped bass is occurring now in N.C. rivers and many anglers are taking advantage.

Yadkin lakes see start of striped-bass spawn

Craig Holt

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. […]

Lowcountry marshes will fill up with slot-sized reds this month.

Beaufort Breakout

John Gribb

Okay, no excuses now. The weather is beautiful, the garden is planted and the redfish are biting again. […]

This trolling plug bears scars from dozens of wahoo. Plugs are often more effective than ballyhoo, especially trolled at high speeds.

Rigging a lure cures ballyhoo blowouts

Mike Marsh

Rigging ballyhoo on trolling skirts takes lots of time and money. Blown-out ballyhoo bellies from high-speed trolling and cut-off tails from short strikes are two types of bait failures. […]