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The SCSSA Early Birds came back with some April dolphin, like the crew on Freeman Boatworks

Early Bird offshore tourney yields dolphin, tuna

The 2011 offshore fishing tournaments got under way with the South Carolina Saltwater Sportfishing Association Early Bird event on Saturday (April 30). […]

George Morris, Capt. Robert Olsen, Sean Nelson and Joel Terrebone all placed in the top 10 during the Charleston Inshore Anglers annual sheepshead tournament held April 19.

CIA tournament spies plenty of sheepshead

Jeff Dennis

When the Charleston Inshore Anglers sheepshead tournament rolls around each year, the secret is out that another summer of fishing tournaments is officially under way. […]

A blue marlin by the transom of the Blue Boy on April 19, 2011

First blue marlin release reported for 2011

Jeff Dennis

Offshore fishing reports are going from good to great right now, especially considering that the first blue marlin was caught and released on April 19. Capt. Douglas Heaton aboard the “Blue Boy” was fishing straight out of Charleston when the blue marlin crashed a bait, and Mitchell McKenzie grabbed the rod and reeled in the early bird billfish. […]

Redfish can be caught at low tide levels on flats near shell rakes

Winyah Bay redfish returning to summer patterns

Jeff Dennis

Captain Tommy Scarborough of Georgetown Coastal Adventures (843-546-3543) says that April will be a transition month in the Winyah Bay area as redfish move into their spring and summer patterns. […]

Capt. John Irwin displays a healthy 40-pound cobia that was hooked and landed on a fly.

Sharp Shooters

Rob Carli

John Irwin is no Cub Scout when it comes to cobia fishing. A 37-old-guide, he is more like a Four-Star General. His battlefield is South Carolina’s Broad River, and the troops are the fishermen in his boat. […]

Gigging at night can produce some extremely nice flounder, like these two ‘doormats.’

Fishing That ‘Sticks’

Scott Keepfer

Darryl Graham has been “sticking fish” for just about as long as he can remember — but not with a hook. […]

Trick worms are great spring bass baits on Tillery, but soft-plastic stickbaits, topwater baits and small crankbaits

Undercover

Wes Lewis

When David Bryant heads to Lake Tillery for some late-spring bass fishing, he tries to make sure he tries to cover all his bases — because it’s a “cover” thing. […]

This speckled trout made a fatal mistake — biting Danny Rourk’s topwater bait fished along the shoreline of Parris Island in the Beaufort River.

Saltwater Series: Beaufort River

Dan Kibler

When the month of May and the area around Beaufort are spoken in the same sentence with the word “fishing,” one other word generally follows: cobia. […]

Concrete reef balls are some of the best structures for attracting fish

Charleston 60 Reef grows with addition of 100 reef balls

Jeff Dennis

The Charleston 60 artificial reef was developed in 1992, and is a half mile square area of ocean that has since been a testing site for reef building materials. […]

Florence hunter William Barlow just thought he was shooting a nice gobbler on April 12, but upon further inspection he discovered the bird sported seven beards. The turkey ranks as the sixth highest scoring gobbler in South Carolina history.

Seven-bearded turkey killed in Williamsburg County

Jeff Burleson

Williamsburg County’s wilderness and cropland has produced record-book animals for years, and a special tom turkey continued that trend this spring. […]