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Why prime pump when well is dry

March is upon us, and some cold weather remains. But cold-weather fishing has become popular and very productive, especially for blue catfish, crappie and bass. […]

Brooks Quinn, cameraman for the Gillznfinz television show, took time out from behind the viewfinder to heft this dolphin caught in late March. Dolphin that show up in the early spring tend to be good-sized.

Bluewater Breakout

Dan Kibler

The water temperature jumped about six degrees in the space of a hundred yards, the ocean went from a dark green to an azure blue, and beyond a wooden container that was floating along, the beginning of a grassline was forming. […]

There are numerous ways and even more numerous baits and lures on which you can catch a big, slab crappie at Santee Cooper.

Time for trophy cats and slaying the slabs

David Sweat

March is upon us, and some cold weather remains. But cold-weather fishing has become popular and very productive, especially for blue catfish, crappie and bass. […]

March blows in great bass fishing

Davy Hite

March is probably my favorite month to fish in the Carolinas for most species. You still have some good striper fishing, and the crappie and bass are at their peaks. […]

One way to get a jump on next year’s trophy is to hunt for antlers shed by the bucks that survived last season. Shed hunting begins in earnest in March, when all bucks have finished dropping their antlers.

Shed hunting improves your trophy chances

Jeff Burleson

Hunting whitetail deer throughout the Carolinas involves year-round scouting and preparation to truly have the opportunity to bag a trophy buck. […]

Fly-fishing expert Flip Pallot fished the Redbone Celebrity Tournament in Charleston last fall; he and the tournament will be featured on ESPN’s Saltwater Series show, which debuts later this month.

New ESPN show depicts tournament lifestyle

Jeff Dennis

Nothing beats being on the water, and for my money, the time to fish for inshore saltwater species is spring — when the fish “wake up” with the arrival of baitfish. […]

Sheep-wrecked

Jeff Burleson

As the seasons change, avid sportsman are confronted with challenges as they try to divide up their precious time in the outdoors. […]

Darrin Dawkins of Rock Hill changes tactics when he’s chasing turkeys on public hunting areas.

Early Birds? No Problem!

Jim Casada

At long last, after what seems an eternity of cabin fever, messy weather, and weeks my Grandpa Joe characterized as “a time when a man has the miseries,” the rites of spring arrive. […]

Fishermen who can follow the seasonal migration of crappie in a lake usually key on the backs of creeks as the spawn approaches, and they know how to find fish coming and going.

Slabs on the March

Bennett Kirkpatrick

Spring is in the air, and crappie are in the creeks getting ready to spawn or already bedding, making it an outstanding time to challenge Lake Murray’s 50,000 acres. […]

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