Inshore Fishing
The Waddell Mariculture Center and redfish
The James M. Waddell Mariculture Center. just inland of Hilton Head in Bluffton, is one of the country’s largest and most-sophisticated facilities for mariculture research. […]
South Central NC
Inshore Fishing
Go slowly in cold water
The winter of 2010-2011 was exceptionally cold along the south Atlantic Coast, especially in South Carolina. The first hard cold spell came at Thanksgiving, and it didn’t let up until late February. […]
Inshore Fishing
Adaptable redfish
Redfish, known affectionately in the Palmetto State as spot-tail bass, are also called puppy drum, channel bass, rat reds (small), bull reds (large) or just reds. […]
Sheepshead
Sheepshead are moving to a new ‘pasture’
The upcoming removal of sheepshead from the snapper/grouper complex has fisheries managers scrambling to account for the state’s flourishing population. […]
Inshore Fishing
Where to catch sheepshead
The better places to find sheepshead will be those that get less fishing pressure. Capt. John Ward recommended trying these locations until you find some of your own: […]
Inshore Fishing
Take it to the bank
When Wallace Jenkins and the marine resources division of the SCDNR hit the road to obtain public opinion about future management of the state’s sheepshead fishery, they had a good understanding of who they would be talking to. […]
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A-Countin’ Sheep
Biologists in South Carolina are coming to grips with the responsibility of regulating sheepshead in state waters, thanks to federal fisheries managers turning that task over to individual states. […]
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Here, Piggy, Piggy…
Hunting season for many Lowcountry sportsmen doesn’t end when the proverbial end-of-deer-season-bell rings an hour after sunset on New Year’s Day. […]
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Recreational shallow-water grouper season to close on Jan. 1
Just after the ball hits bottom in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, recreational fishermen across the Southeast Atlantic will add shallow-water grouper to the growing list of offshore bottom species that are off limits. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Beat Winter Blues
During recent years, Lake Norman, a member of the Catawba River chain of lakes and Badin Lake, a member of the Yadkin River chain of lakes, have emerged as the state’s premier reservoirs for trophy blue catfish. […]