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Family Fishing Clinics are held at state parks around South Carolina throughout the year to educate novice anglers.

Opportunities to learn

In 2012, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources decided to take a proactive approach to recruiting more anglers to state parks, as well as other fishing locations. SCNDR’s Family Fishing Clinics are a big part of the agency’s outreach program, and many are held in state parks. […]

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Scent control: friend or foe for trapping coyotes?

Jeff Burleson

The last deer fawns and turkey poults should have appeared in June. Consequently, coyote pups are weaned off their mother’s milk and are beginning to feast on a wild assortment of solid foods. […]

Hybrid sorghums produce tremendous yields for hunters looking for a grain to plant in waterfowl impoundments.

Plant hybrid sorghum in June

Jeff Burleson

While corn ranks at the top of the list as a waterfowl food, sorghum will not disappoint incoming flocks, either. […]

Largemouth bass like this one caught by Brooke Knott of Sumter are a staple in the 10-acre mill pond that’s the centerpiece of Poinsett State Park in Wedgefield.

State park fishing by the (phone) numbers

Brian Cope

South Carolina is a diverse state with different species of fish throughout, and the state parks offer opportunities to catch every species of fish. […]

The annual catch limit for wahoo and dolphin in the South Atlantic will increase on July 9, but fishermen probably won't notice the difference.

Dolphin, wahoo catch limits will increase on July 9

Jerry Dilsaver

NOAA Fisheries has announced new regulations for the Atlantic dolphin and wahoo fishery of the Atlantic, increasing annual catch limits effective on July 9, but most fishermen won’t notice much of a difference. […]

Beginning July 1, South Carolina fishermen will be limited to 50 spot, croaker and whiting, in combination, per day.

SC fishermen get daily creel limit for whiting, spot, croaker

Phillip Gentry

As of July 1, South Carolina fishermen will be limited in the number of spot, whiting and croaker they catch in a day’s time, thanks to legislation passed by the state legislature. […]

Tiny silica gel packs will absorb moisture in tackle boxes and keep hooks and other metal surfaces from rusting.

Lexington guide says he uses silica gel packs to keep his tackle rust-free

Craig Holt

One of the problems for anglers, particularly those who fish in saltwater, is keeping their tackle free from rust. One North Carolina fishing guide has a neat solution […]

Perhaps the easiest way to distinguish blue catfish (top) and channel catfish (bottom) is the shape of the anal fin. In blues, it's straight; in channels, it's rounded.

Blue cat or channel? Telling them apart doesn’t have to be difficult

Terry Madewell

One of the biggest questions anglers often raise when they boat a catfish is whether they’ve caught a blue catfish or channel catfish, because there are distinct similarities in appearance, beginning with the forked tail. […]

Get the right kind of start fishing from a paddle craft, and you may be hooked for life.

Back to the beginning

Phillip Gentry

Palmetto Paddling made it’s debut in the April, 2011 issue of South Carolina Sportsman, and in slightly more than four years, we’ve covered everything you can do in a kayak, from deer and turkey hunting to freshwater fishing, saltwater fishing and boat-rigging. […]

How funds from commercial fishing licenses and recreational commercial gear licenses are spent is a huge difference between House and Senate budget bills that must be worked out over the next week.

How will license funds be spent? House and Senate budget bills have big difference

Jerry Dilsaver

The N.C. House and N.C. Senate have big differences in their respective budget bills, and in the realm of saltwater fisheries, a big one is a fund created to help the commercial fishing industry that takes money collected from the public and allows a group of private citizens to determine how it is spent. […]