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Buck Strikeleather with his state record, 1-pound, 13-ounce white crappie caught in Lake Norman on Dec.9.

White Crappie Record Broken

RALEIGH, N.C. (Jan. 8) — Brian (Buck) Stikeleather of Stony Point broke the white crappie state record on Dec. 9 after reeling in a 1-pound, 13-ounce fish from Lake Norman.
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Big flounder hanging around nearshore reefs off Port Royal Sound

Dan Kibler

It’s not a fishery that lots of people know about – much less take advantage of, but big flounder are showing up around nearshore reefs and wrecks outside Port Royal Sound, and they’re there for the taking. […]

Nearshore wrecks abound in gray trout

Dan Kibler

There’s nothing weak about a 4-pound weakfish. And that’s what some Charleston fishermen have been learning over the past two weeks as the fish commonly known as “gray trout” have been patrolling nearshore reefs. […]

Capt. Jeff Yates with a nice speckled trout that hit a DOA shrimp fished 25 yards downcurrent from a gutter than drains the marsh.

Live or fake, shrimp are costing lots of specks their lives

Dan Kibler

Can fishing really be this easy?
Just hook up a live shrimp, flick it toward the edge of the marsh grass and hang on?
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John Hicks III of Claremont in Catawba County made the trip to Pee Dee NWR to tag a nice eight-point buck last year.

North Carolina’s Best Permit Hunt

Mike Marsh

It was a warm November morning in 2006, and hunters were starting to trickle in at the check station. […]

Creek Club

Tim Mead

As the leaves fall at Morrow Mountain State Park, largemouth bass fishing at adjacent Lake Tillery hits a peak. […]

Live shrimp fished under a cork have been deadly on redfish and speckled trout.

Live shrimp producing good catches in Hilton Head marshes

Dan Kibler

There’s little in the way of secret strategy this month in the Hilton Head/Beaufort area.
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Clapper rails measure about 14 to 16 inches long, will weigh about a pound, and will have long necks and bills.

The Road to Rails

Walt Rhodes

Flooding the marsh, the tide looked like a groundswell of water in a rapidly clogging kitchen sink.

If you were the homeowner you might say “Oh crap.”

If you were a rail hunter you’d say, “Keep on risin’.” […]

Drew Evans’ big Calhoun County buck, taken Aug. 16, weighed 188 pounds and scored around 150 gross and 144 net Boone & Crockett Club points.

Dove Deer Doozie

Jeff Burleson

Record high temperatures may have deterred a lot of hunters from preparing for the early deer season in the Lowcountry, but not Drew Evans of Cameron. […]

Speckled trout ranging from 15 to 17 inches have been hitting live shrimp around oyster rocks in Charlston Harbor this past week.

Clear water means good speckled trout in Charleston area

Dan Kibler

Clear water has meant good fishing for speckled trout in the Charleston area this past week. The only part of the deal that isn’t easy is finding the clear water.
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