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Striper fishermen can spread out the live baits they slow-troll on free lines by using side planers or planer boards.

Badin striper hotspots

As a rule, Badin stripers will move further toward the dam as the season progresses. Rodney Crisco recommends trying these spots: […]

Because of their physical habitat needs, stripers are often squeezed by hot water with low dissolved oxygen levels during the summer, resulting in fish kills.

Summer fish kills are as perplexing as they are disturbing to witness. A typical reservoir may have uniform temperatures throughout the lake, from top to bottom, for only a short time in the spring and again in the fall. […]

Take care when gaffing a cobia; make sure the fish is tired and get him in the fish box as quickly as possible, if you plan to keep it.

Closing the deal

Bryan Bowers

Cobia are big, strong fish, and they often come to the boat with plenty of energy in reserve. Many a cooler, center console, rods and body parts have suffered damage from a freshly-landed cobia. […]

Popular cobia ‘holes’ often attract a crowd of boats; be careful when taking your position to follow fishing ettiquette.

Queuing up

Bryan Bowers

During cobia season, a quick look at many bodies of water around the Beaufort/Hilton Head area will erase any doubt about the popularity of cobia. […]

Drifting a small menhaden on a cut-down live-bait king mackerel rig can produce some larger-than-average Spanish mackerel.

Spanish without spoons

Dan Kibler

Trolling isn’t the only way to put Spanish mackerel in the fish box, and Capt. David Cutler takes advantage of two other situations and techniques to put his parties on fish. […]

The 2011 season was one of the best on record for most fisherimen along the Carolinas coast. Did a lower number of king mackerel in nearshore waters contribute?

2011 Spanish fishing was unbeatable. What role did lack of kings play?

Dan Kibler

On both sides of the North Caroliia-South Carolina border, anglers reported that 2011 was one of the best years on record for catching Spanish mackerel. […]

The underbelly of this crab shows that it’s about to molt.

Shell Game

John Gribb

Gourmets the world around salivate over its unique taste and texture and pay astonishing prices for the choicest jumbo lumps of body meat or the seasonal soft-shelled “peelers.” […]

Jane Ann Laffitte and her brother came up with the idea of a kid-friendly crab-catching kit in 1988; it’s a fun way to make catching crabs with a net and chicken neck on a string a family affair.

Nothing crabby about CRABCO

John Gribb

In 1998, when Jane Ann Laffitte was seven years old and her brother Lucius was 10, the siblings created CRABCO; two years later, they kicked off a marketing campaign for their crab-catching kit at a children’s gathering in Saint Simons, Ga. […]

Inshore Fishing

Crab cakes

John Gribb

Preparing and eating crab cakes at home is the most-economical and most-delicious place to enjoy them. […]

Soft shells are not for amateurs

John Gribb

Anybody can catch hard-shelled blue crabs, but catching and bringing to market delicate, soft-shelled crabs is definitely a job for the professionals. […]