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Cobia that move into the Broad River to spawn each spring are a different sub-species from those that spawn offshore in deeper water.

Cobia facts

Cobia were recently added to the listing of gamefish by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, joining spot-tail bass (red drum) and speckled trout. […]

The saltwater nature of the Broad River is one factor that may be a big reason why so many cobia move in to spawn every spring.

The Broad “Non” River

John Gribb

The Broad River is not really a river. Rivers like the Broad, May and Colleton are actually fingers of saltwater extending far inland with very little influence from freshwater influx. […]

Josh Hooks took this nice Shearon Harris bass on a Chatterbait, a lure that works especially well in lakes with aquatic vegetation.

Chatterbait answer to bass in the grass

Craig Holt

One of Josh Hooks’ big secrets to catching bass out of Shearon Harris Lake’s grassbeds is a lure that every tournament fisherman has in his tackle box: a chatterbait. And they’re used effectively at times. […]

Productive spring bass baits on Shearon Harris Lake include (clockwise from lower left): swimbait, frog, spinnterbait, chatterbait.

The swimbait displacement

Craig Holt

It’s taken a while for North Carolina fishermen to become part of the swimbait craze. Maybe it was their introduction. […]

Guide Maynard Edwards of Lexington said largemouth bass have moved out of the shallows and are headed to deep water.

All kinds of fish really biting at Badin

Craig Holt

Anglers anywhere in the Piedmont who are looking for a “reel good” time should try Badin Lake. Over the past week or so, fishing on the Yadkin River system’s oldest lake has been outstanding. […]

Glenn Finley and Dodd Wood won the IFA Redfish Tour event in Charleston this past weekend, bagging almost $30,000 in cash and prizes.

South Carolina anglers take all of the top spots in IFA Charleston tournaments

South Carolina Sportsman

South Carolina fishermen dominated both halves of an IFA Redfish doubleheader this past weekend in Charleston, with Glenn Finley and Dodd Wood of Belton winning the IFA Redfish Tour’s Atlantic Division event on Saturday and David Jaskiewicz, of Wando winning the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour event the next day. […]

Plenty of big cobia stay around nearshore reefs, never moving into the Port Royal Sound or Broad River during the annual run.

Leave the cobia crowd

Bryan Bowers

Every spring, especially in May, boats and anglers literally line up in the Broad River in hopes of catching a cobia. […]

Stanton McDuffie (left), a former N.C.State BassPack member, and Todd Nixon, a SGM from Pinehurst and Fort Bragg, display their three bass at the Warriors on the Water tournament at Jordan Lake.

Ninth Warriors on the Water tournament draws 150 angler teams to Jordan Lake

Craig Holt

The ninth annual Warriors on the Water Bass Tournament – the idea came from three military retirees – drew 150 two-man teams last Friday at Jordan Lake, with 2013 winners Will Blanton of Fayetteville and Cory Kidwell of Alariogordo, N.M., defending their title with a 5-bass limit that weighed 20.13 pounds and included the day’s big fish, a 7.60-pounder. […]

Brian Shinn lifts a hefty Tuckertown Lake largemouth bass.

Uncover Tuckertown’s bass secrets – Don’t let Tuckertown Lake’s size fool you; it fishes plenty big for largemouth bass this month

Craig Holt

The first stop one day last May was Rick’s Restaurant in Denton. It’s a place where loggers, retirees, office workers, telephone linemen, cops, truckers and yes, fishermen, gather for the finest country breakfast in the southern half of Davidson County: scrambled eggs, ham, sausage or bacon, flapjacks, plenty of biscuits or buttered toast, jam, and waitresses who make sure to keep your mug filled with steaming coffee. […]