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Sindy Orvig of Mount Pleasant won a brief battle with this 40-inch redfish on a Charleston Harbor trip with Capt. Jim Dodge

Bull redfish bite picking up in Charleston Harbor

Capt. Jim Dodge of Charleston said the bull redfish bite is on in Charleston Harbor, but you’d never know it to see him putting his bait on the hook. […]

Tyson's Creek Baptist Church held a two-day deer hunt for 56 wheelchair-bound and disabled hunters this past weekend.

Chatham County church sponsors hunt for 56 disabled hunters

Craig Holt

Alan Brackett never dreamed he’d be hunting whitetail deer from a wheelchair this season, but he joined 55 other physically-challenged hunters Sept. 27-28 for guided hunts in Chatham County and took a 9-point buck that was the weekend’s biggest. […]

Lake Wylie has been producing plenty of good catches of crappie over the past two weeks.

Bridges, docks producing nice catches for Lake Wylie crappie fishermen

Terry Madewell

The crappie fishing has perked up at Lake Wylie with the slightly cooler weather, and guide Jerry Neeley said he’s consistently catching coolers full of hefty crappie. […]

Paul Tsiolkas, showing off the 5.18-pound big fish from the Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament earlier this month, loves to fish up the river at High Rock Lake, and he said the bite has been great.

Go upriver for best bass fishing High Rock has to offer

Tony Garitta

More and more tournament fishermen are cashing in on the upriver bite at High Rock Lake. Some say it’s hard to beat. […]

Speckled trout have been working over soft-plastic lures in the Lady's Island area over the past two weeks.

Speckled trout bite is hot in Beaufort area, and artificials have been productive

Brian Cope

The speckled trout bite is hot in the creeks and inlets around Beaufort, and Lady’s Island resident Blake Stengley said he’s catching more on artificial lures than he does on natural bait. […]

Mount Pleasant's Gerry Grenier said fishermen shouldn't stay in one place while fishing from the Mount Pleasant Pier, instead moving around as the tide moves.

Stay on the move for best pier-fishing action.

Brian Cope

September is a great month to catch quality fish off the Mt. Pleasant Pier in Charleston Harbor, and the hot bite lately has been redfish and sheepshead. […]

Aaron Bates' huge non-typical buck from Anson County, killed on Saturday, Sept. 21, gross-scored between 180 and 190 inches.

Wadesboro hunter kills giant Anson County non-typical trophy

Dan Kibler

Aaron Bates wasn’t “supposed” to kill the big buck that showed up in front of his ground blind early on Saturday evening. But when the 180-inch non-typical gave him a perfect broadside shot, he took it. […]

Robert "Stump" Morrison won the Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament on High Rock Lake last weekend with 34.85 pounds over two days.

Army vet wins big bass tournament on High Rock

Tony Garitta

Robert “Stump” Morrison, a U.S. Army veteran from Winston-Salem, won his first major bass-fishing victory at High Rock Lake by topping the field at the Sept. 14-15 Bassmaster Weekend Series N.C. Division 5 tournament. […]

Jason Heitman caught this big white bass in the tailrace below Tuckertown Dam, which has been a real hot spot on Badin Lake in recent weeks.

Tailrace below Tuckertown Dam is producing plenty of fish

Tony Garitta

Moving water is akin to ringing the dinner bell for fish, as Maynard Edwards of Yadkin Lakes Guide Service and a number of his fishing buddies have discovered for the past two weeks while fishing in the Badin Lake tailrace below Tuckertown Dam, catching white bass, stripers and largemouth bass. […]