South Central NC Archives - Page 45 of 124

Late September means bull redfish in the Broad River

Redfish on the Broad River give anglers all they can handle

Danny Rourk has six rivers within an hour’s drive of his home in Beaufort, but he only fishes one of them. […]

A free youth fishing tournament will be held this Saturday, Sept 26.

SCDNR holding youth fishing tournament at Mt. Pleasant Pier

Get hooked on fishing this September 26, 2015 at a free tournament that’s just for kids. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites you and the 16-and-under anglers you know to the second annual REEL ‘EM IN fishing tournament at the Mount Pleasant Pier in Charleston. […]

Moving water on the high end of the tide cycle is the ticket to running into numbers of nice speckled trout around Hilton Head Island.

Take a different angle around oysters

Brian Cope

Rick Percy’s surefire way of boating September speckled trout is by fishing oyster beds on an incoming tide, but he said a lot of other anglers approach these flats the wrong way. […]

MidCoast’s Evolution popping cork is heavy enough to make it easy to cast in windy conditions.

How to pop off

Brian Cope

With all the popping corks on the market, it is tough to see how any of them are better or even different than the next, but guide Rick Percy said some are definitely more suited for his style of fishing. […]

Know when a trout’s a speck

Brian Cope

Fishermen in the Hilton Head area have three excellent nearshore reefs to fish that are close enough to the beach and close enough to each other to be visited in one trip: the Fish America Reef, the General Gordon and the Parris Island Reef. […]

Olivia Pace's Bag-A-Buck story is almost as interesting as her mom's from 2010.

Homework in school clothes leads to two bucks at once

Brian Cope

One of the newest entries in SCSportsman.com’s Bag-A-Buck contest comes from a 13-year old whose family has a tradition of entering this contest with nice deer. […]

Capt. Garrett Lacy shows off a typical lowcountry redfish from one of his recent charters.

Redfish are biting in lowcountry, especially for anglers following these tips

Brian Cope

Lowcountry anglers are tearing up the redfish in the Isle of Palms area, and one of the best places to catch them is in the Intracoastal Waterway near smaller creeks and coves. […]

Lowcountry anglers are catching plenty of wahoo offshore

Three main steps to catching lowcountry wahoo

Brian Cope

High-speed trolling is the ticket for lowcountry anglers looking for some offshore thrills, and the wahoo are playing along willingly. […]

Anglers Randy Robbins and Kevin Kaylor show off Robbins' king mackerel with Folly Pier manager Joey Crawford

Live bait key to drought-ending catch off Folly Pier

Justin Kiser

A curse was broken on the Folly Beach Pier south of Charleston when local fisherman, Randy Robbins caught a 35-pound king mackerel 10 days ago, the first such fish caught off the pier in two years. […]

Speckled trout are suckers for shrimp, especially in the fall, and putting a live or artificial version in front of one’s nose will likely bring a strike.

Give HHI specks a good pop – Hilton Head speckled trout are suckers for shrimp, real or fake, fished under a popping cork

Brian Cope

Rick Percy of Reel Chance Charters eased his boat in close to one of the small islands around Hilton Head and lowered his Power Pole. […]