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Georgia and South Carolina have extended their reciprocal licensing on border waters, including new size and creel limits on stripers on Lake Hartwell and Clarks Hill.

Reciprocal agreement with Georgia signed, takes effect July 1

South Carolina and Georgia have entered into a new reciprocal licensing agreement that will take effect on July 1.
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Bass usually don’t head to deep water until July, but they’ve been a month ahead of schedule all year. So fishing deep, open water might be the ticket this June.

The calendar is lying

I have to admit, I wait the whole year for June to arrive, because it’s my favorite month to catch bass on a crankbait. And I also have to admit, I’m afraid things are going to be different this year. […]

Potential deer cover

Andy Crawford

Would it work for the Carolinas, or is the deer just too big? […]

The SAFMC is considering allowing recreational fishermen to harvest almost 10,000 red snapper during 3-day 'weekend' seasons this fall.

Feds consider a limited re-opening of red snapper season

Jerry Dilsaver

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council has voted to request an emergency rule to allow recreational and commercial fishermen the opportunity to harvest a limited number of red snapper. […]

North Carolina hunters killed more than 15,000 turkeys during the month-long spring season that ended in mid-May.

North Carolina hunters set a fifth-straight spring-turkey harvest record

Craig Holt

While other southeastern states have seen declines in wild turkey numbers and falling harvest figures, North Carolina continues to buck the trend. […]

Spotted bass are plentiful at Lake Norman now and likely to be caught with Sabiki rigs.

Sabiki rigs key to catching everything Lake Norman has to offer during the summer

Craig Holt

Lake Norman has “turned over”, and not in the traditional sense that anglers talk about when observing the fall “turnover” of a lake that occurs after water temperature changes. […]

Gear like the new MT050 gear from Cabela’s can send an OGDS sufferer into a catatonic state while he/she reads the description of the new gear.

OGDS: Are you afflicted?

Matt Coffey

I wanted to advise readers of a new – and quite possibly dangerous – disease that researchers have just uncovered in the hunting/outdoor community. […]

The Target Tarp will protect 3D and block-style archery targets from the elements, allowing you to keep them outdoors and maximize your practice time.

Target Tarp will protect your bow target

Matt Coffey

For most bowhunters, target maintenance is not a priority. Thanks to a new product called Target Tarp, however, archers can keep their targets looking like new even if they leave them outside year-round. […]

Sportsman can now purchase 2012-13 hunting and fishing licenses.

Licenses can now be purchased for 2012-13 hunting, fishing seasons

Matt Coffey

Since 1937, sportsmen across South Carolina have helped maintain and provide funding for the state’s wildlife and fisheries. If you’ve ever bought a license, gun, ammo, bow, arrows, fishing lure, rod, reel or even fueled your boat, you should pat yourself on the back because you’re supporting the S.C. Department of Natural Resources – to the tune of $172 million over the past 756 years. […]