Bass Fishing
Little Lakes, Big Bass
Standing on the casting deck of his boat, Andy Montgomery made a tight swing with his casting rod and deftly flicked a spinnerbait between the edge of the dock and the old boat moored to it. […]
Statewide NC
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Falls’ Slab King
Rod King had six rods spread in a semi-circle at his boat’s bow as he drifted across a big flat in Falls of Neuse Lake’s Little Lick Creek last March. […]
Events & Announcements
Harry Hampton Fund makes annual donation to SC DNR
This year’s Hampton Fund donation was $71,900. That brings the total to $2,627,030 donated to DNR by the Hampton Fund over the years. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Spring shad run is a Palmetto State ritual
Springtime shad fishing is one of the Lowcountry traditions that stirs great excitement. No fish garners greater attention by anglers looking for a sure thing than the American shad. […]
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Cover: March 2011 (SC)
Lake Secession is a small, lesser-known body of water, but it produces some awfully big crappie when March rolls around. […]
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River Runners
A typical female shad, laden with eggs, puts a huge bend in a fishing rod when she turns her slab-sided body — 20 inches long, weighing four pounds — broadside to the current. […]
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Shall We Gather at the River?
The Savannah River swamp is a formidable arena for wild game, including centuries-old cypress trees, oxbow swamps and endless pockets of primo habitat. […]
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Crappie fishing tips for Lake Secession
On Nov. 22, 1860, a meeting was held near the town of Abbeville — at a site since dubbed “Secession Hill” — to launch South Carolina’s secession from the Union, which took place a month later. […]
Currents
Turkeys rebound? True March madness
I never thought too much of the month of March when I was growing up. […]
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Who Gets the Early Bird?
The key to turkey hunting success has been simply described as being in the right place at the right time. […]