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Cover: July 2016 (NC)

The waters around Wrightsville Beach fill with trout this month, so learn everything you need to know for success. […]

The Beast is one of the largest game/cargo carts in its class. Its features include a removable/extendable tongue to hook up to an ATV, 10 cargo tie down points for bungee/cargo straps, wide tires for extra flotation and sealed bearings. […]

Sample hot speckled trout fishing before the sun warms South Carolina’s inshore waters

The early bird gets the summer speckled trout in South Carolina waters

Brian Cope

The fall trout bite seems a world away in the sweltering heat of July, and the hot spring bite is a fond memory. But for anglers in the know, some spectacular trout fishing is just as available now as it is during those other seasons. The trick is to get on the water early. […]

North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission missed the mark on the cobia crisis, and recreational anglers lost the high ground because of it.

Cobia vote cedes recs’ high ground

Dan Kibler

I can’t believe I’m admitting this in a public forum, but 20 years ago, I loved joining my kids to watch rubber-faced comedian Jim Varney in his series of “Ernest” movies. […]

South Carolina officials were ahead of the cobia crisis, but states to our north had other ideas.

Cobia crisis response was perfect for South Carolina

Dan Kibler

South Carolina’s well thought-out and measured response to the crisis of cobia should be an example for other states, especially several neighbors to the north. […]

Language inserted into the 2016 Farm Bill by Rep. Roger West (R-Cherokee) would have cost N.C. sportsmen extra fees for deer feed and given the money to the N.C. Deer and Elk Farmers Association. Action by sportsmen’s groups defeated the proposal.

Deer-food tax on hunters ousted at N. C. legislature

Craig Holt

Thanks to a Catawba County legislator, North Carolina’s deer hunters have dodged what could have been an expensive bullet in the final days of the N.C. General Assembly’s 2016 session. […]

Cooking on the wild side: grilled dolphin

Jerry Dilsaver

It’s tough to beat grilled dolphin along with some sweet, white corn as a hot summer day gives way to evening. […]

Student archers from Pomaria Middle School in S.C. (blue shirts) along with fellow competitors from other states, show their intensity at the NASP World Tournament in Myrtle Beach.

Local archers finish 2nd, 3rd, in NASP World Tournament

SCDNR News Release

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the city of Myrtle Beach recently played host to more than 4,000 youth archers from the United States, Canada and Mongolia, along with their parents, coaches and supporters, at the National Archery in Schools Program’s (NASP) 2016 World Tournament and World IBO 3-D Challenge. […]

A crankbait can help you cover more water and find concentrations of bass once they move offshore.

Get out, start cranking

Davy Hite

Summer arrives across South Carolina this month, and when I think about June, I immediately think about starting to fish offshore in most of our lakes. I believe June is the best month to catch fish on a crankbait. Fish are schooling, and you can catch quality fish and good numbers of fish — sometimes on just one or two spots. […]

Grey trout are typically found in deeper and cooler water than speckled trout.

Try targeting grey trout

Bill Howard

Several years ago, I was on one of my first trips to try and fish from a kayak at the coast. I chose not to go too far from land, as I was still gaining my confidence in the stability of the craft. I kept the fishing simple, using a double-drop bottom rig commonly used in bottom-fishing for croaker and spot. […]