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Getting a grouper away from the bottom structure almost immediately after the hookset is crucial so the strong fish can’t get around rocks and cut your line.

Grouper tips hold recipe for success

To be successful, grouper, tackle must be very specific and virtually bulletproof. The name of the game is to immediately pull heavy, strong fish away from structure that can destroy leaders. […]

Saltwater ponds throughout the Carolinas are great places to catch flounder.

Hit South Carolina’s saltwater ponds for hot flounder with these tips

Brian Cope

Flounder are one of the most popular gamefish along the coast of both Carolinas, and many anglers overlook some of the most abundant flounder spots in either state, but those who fish for them catch plenty on live bait and artificial lures. […]

Saltwater ponds are great flounder holes

Brian Cope

Flounder are one of the most popular gamefish along the coast of both Carolinas, and many anglers overlook some of the most abundant flounder spots in either state, but those who fish for them catch plenty on live bait and artificial lures. […]

The Bulls Bay OYRO oyster cooker is a three-piece, portable cooker that eliminates the need for a fire pit.

New, portable cooker allows spur-of-the-moment oyster feasts

Dan Kibler

What person who has ever pried open an oyster shell or two hasn’t wished for the ability to fire up the pit and have an oyster roast anytime the thought surfaced? […]

North Carolina bass pro Bryant Thrift has designed five rods for Fitzgerald Rods, including this 6-foot-9 model for skipping baits back under docks.

North Carolina bass pro has his name on five new baitcasting rods

Dan Kibler

Bryan Thrift of Shelby, N.C., is one of the most-accomplished pro bass fishermen in the country, and an awful lot of the $1.6 million he’s won in tournaments has come from doing the thing he likes to do the most: skipping a bait back under a dock. […]

Z-Man has paired two of its newest products, the TroutTrick soft-plastic and the Trout Eye jighead.

Z-Man introduces a new combo that should give speckled trout nightmares

Dan Kibler

South Carolina’s Z-Man Fishing Products has introduced a combo intended to appeal to speckled trout and the anglers who target them, a TroutTrick soft-plastic lure that’s mated with a Trout Eye jighead. […]

A mixture of oats, peas and brassicas will provide wildlife with a long-lasting fall and winter food source.

Mix up a good fall plot

Jeff Burleson

With fall on the way, hunters are behind the 8-ball if they’re only just getting started with plans for the 2015 deer season. Fortunately, the Carolinas are blessed with a liberal deer season spanning several months, from the end of summer to the first few weeks of winter. […]

Putting in a fall food plot will benefit your wildlife herd

Jeff Burleson

It’s not too late to put in a food plot that will benefit your deer herd all the way through the spring. […]

Marc Deschenes knows that developing a pattern is the key to consistently catching bass.

Developing patterns for bass fishing

Brian Cope

If you listen to enough bass anglers, especially tournament anglers, you’ll hear the phrase “develop a pattern” when they’re talking about fishing. It’s a phrase mentioned a lot, but explained very little. […]