Atlantic Coast recreational fishermen have been asking for a reduction in the menhaden harvest for a decade or more, and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission finally agreed at its annual meeting in early November. […]
Even though he makes a living as a fishing guide, Jeff Yates of Mount Pleasant can’t wait for things to slow down as winter approaches. […]
Catching a big speckled trout on a topwater bait is something of a religious experience to some fishermen. Count guides Danny Rourk and Jeff Yates among them. […]
All the fall months have fabulous redfishing, but November may just be the cream of the crop. Guides, who pole anglers year-round to within casting range of spot-tail bass, rank the two-month period ending around Thanksgiving as the best possible time to catch spot-tails because of the consistent weather patterns, clearing water and aggressive feeding patterns of fish fattening up for winter. […]
Rob Beglin of Pawley’s Island is convinced that Bulls Bay is the best place to catch redfish and trout outside of Louisiana. […]
Chores around the house almost kept Corey Merritt Jr. out of the woods on Friday (Oct. 21) afternoon, but a little encouragement from his parents resulted in the off-duty volunteer fireman killing a huge buck. […]
Staying alert paid off for Helen Chavis of Conway on Oct. 17 when a 10-point, 202-pound buck made a brief appearance in a shooting lane in front of her deer stand. […]
The area northeast of Charleston Harbor and southwest of Bulls Bay is about 20 miles of some of the best fishing waters that South Carolina has to offer. […]
Fishermen in South Carolina and in North Carolina south of Cape Hatteras will not be able to keep black sea bass beginning Oct. 17, federal officials announced Friday (Oct.7). […]
You’re not likely to catch any “puppy drum” or “rat reds” on the shoals and sandbars at the mouth of Bulls Bay in the fall — and it’s not because numbers are down in the spartina grass and oyster bars of the sprawling bay’s marshes. […]
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