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Davy Hite fishes the tailrace below Alabama’s Wilson Dam on the way to a $100,000 payday in a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament.

Tailrace action is a nice change

I had four really good days back in April, fishing in a Bassmaster Elite series tournament on Lake Pickwick in Alabama. […]

Guide Brad Taylor loves the approach of summer, because it means a great night-time crappie bite.

Night Time = Right Time

Phillip Gentry

The first day of June marks a turning point for fishermen who call Lake Murray home. […]

The game-fish bill that would protect spotted seatrout, red drum and striped bass from harvest by commercial netters could be delayed in this session of the North Carolina General Assembly legislature by political maneuvering over the 2011 budget bill.

Political games could doom game-fish bill

Craig Holt

North Carolina Sportsman has learned House Bill 353, which would give game-fish status to red drum, spotted seatrout and striped bass, may not receive a hearing or be put to a vote at the current session of the North Carolina General Assembly. […]

Getting looped isn’t all that bad, right?

Jerry Dilsaver

While some of you may remember me from my younger days and thought with this title I might be about to tell a tale about working with rock and roll concerts, this column isn’t about that. […]

Full camouflage clothing is one requirement for successfully calling sharp-eyed coyotes into shotgun range.

Calling All Coyotes

Mike Marsh

A hunter perched in a tower stand stared intently down a woods road, searching for any telltale movement that might give away his quarry. […]

Backlashes

Poster child for greed? See Big Rock fight

Craig Holt

National Football League fans will wail and gnash their teeth if the league and its players don’t settle a labor lockout before September. […]

Currents

Iconic Hite is a Carolina ‘Classic’

Dan Kibler

You might be a little bit unsure of the name of this publication after you get through reading it. No, it’s not Davy Hite Sportsman; it’s still South Carolina Sportsman. […]

All postspawn bass aren’t hard to catch, but at some point in the weeks after the spawn, they’re all hungry.

‘Buzz’ away those postspawn blues

Dustin Wilks

For most fishermen, “postspawn” is a dreaded term. To them, it means that bass will be inactive, tired and unwilling to chase and bite lures. […]

A bill to change the upstate turkey season start dates was defeated

Legislature defeats bills to change Upstate turkey opener, change DNR makeup

Pat Robertson

Sportsmen and caretakers of the state’s natural resources scored some major wins in the 2011 General Assembly, defeating a proposal to extend the turkey season in the Upstate and a plan to restructure the S.C. Department of Natural Resources into a cabinet agency. […]