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Bulls Bay is producing a lot of nice redfish for anglers who are willing to fish slowly enough.

Bulls Bay redfish rewarding patient anglers

Anglers looking for numbers of redfish and good-sized fish are getting what they want in Bulls Bay north of Charleston. […]

Big bass are starting to stir in reservoirs around North Carolina, especially Shearon Harris.

Big bass welcome fishermen to Shearon Harris Lake

Craig Holt

Muddy water from recent winter storms has slowed down fishing on bass fishing on lakes around North Carolina, but a couple of fishermen showed this past weekend just how good it can be – even when things look bad. […]

Larry Stauch and Jack Watts caught this 20-pound stringer of bass at Badin Lake this past Saturday.

Badin’s late-winter bass fishery is among state’s best

Walter Taylor

Bass anglers can pick easier lakes than Badin to fish in February, especially those with warm-water discharges from power plants. […]

Jeff Yates explains on video how to free-line a D.O.A. shrimp for winter speckled trout. Visit http://www.southcarolinasportsman.com/details.php?id=2745, then watch and learn.

Fishing that D.O.A. two ways

Phillip Gentry

Cold-water fishing for speckled trout requires two things: a deep-water presentation and a slow, naturally moving bait. Lure manufacturer Mark Nichols and Charleston guide Jeff Yates would add an additional element to that formula: a D.O.A. shrimp. […]

Most winter specks will be holding very close to the bottom, where the water temperature is at its warmest level.

Spotted seatrout population estimates on the rise again

Phillip Gentry

The abundance of spotted seatrout in South Carolina waters is calculated from the S.C. Deparatment of Natural Resources’ trammel net survey. […]

Overlot redfish have been around several nearshore reefs off Hilton Head, but huge schools of mixed-sized reds are on inshore flats around oysters.

Lots of redfish inshore and around nearshore reefs off Hilton Head

Brian Cope

The bite is on in the inshore waters and nearshore reefs around Hilton Head, and Capt. Rick Percy of Reel Chance Charters said getting out on even the cold days has proven fruitful. […]

Capt. Jeff Bennett has been finding redfish in huge schools on flats around Charleston, catching them on cut bait and a variety of artificials.

Huge schools of redfish easy to find in Charleston waters when weather allows

Brian Cope

Cold weather has redfish schooling in huge numbers in the inshore waters around Charleston, and while these fish are wary at times, they will bite throughout the day if anglers offer them the right baits and don’t disturb them too much. […]

Guide Chris Hammill has been catching plenty of big blue catfish from Badin Lake and Lake Tillery lately, despite the extremely cold weather.

Big catfish still on the feed at Tillery, Badin

Tony Garitta

Guide Chris Hammill of Kannapolis took advantage of the brief reprieve from miserable weather this past weekend to take a number of blue cats from Lake Tillery and Badin Lake. […]

Jeff Yates of TyJo Knot Guide Service feeds speckled trout in the Charleston area a steady menu of D.O.A. Shrimp.

Free-for-all – Free-lining soft-plastic shrimp can keep your trout season open longer

Phillip Gentry

A typical inshore fishing report in March or April might comment that, “The trout fishing is starting to crank back up” after the winter. […]

Redfish are ganged up in huge schools in the North Edisto River, hitting a variety of soft-plastic shrimp imitations.

Artificial shrimp pulling reds out of huge North Edisto schools

Brian Cope

The redfish are bunched up in huge schools out of Steamboat Landing in Edisto, and soft-plastic shrimp imitations from Gulp!, DOA, Vudu and Z-man are enticing them into biting throughout the day. […]