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The author took this feisty, delicious, 35-pound wahoo on an offshore trip to the bluewater last May.

Ready to fish? Start your engine!

Springtime has always been a good time for folks to get back into fishing and leave winter doldrums behind. […]

A swim bait is most productive in May, when bass are concerned with activity at or just below the water’s surface.

Go for a swim with a swim bait

Every few years, a new bait or new style of bait comes along that grabs the bass-fishing world by the tail and gives it a good shake. […]

Most spadefish caught along the South Carolina coast will be oriented near inshore wrecks and reefs, often cruising in huge schools just under the surface, where fishermen can sight-cast to specific fish.

A Royal Flush — In Spades

Terry Madewell

South Carolina sportsmen can often enjoy the best of both the hunting and fishing worlds rolled into one. […]

Backlashes

Red drum FMP has worked well

Craig Holt

The Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina opposes proposed changes in North Carolina’s Red Drum Management Plan. […]

Barry Brown of Taylors often fly-fishes for bream on smaller, Upstate impoundments from the bank, especially the upper end of those lakes.

Popping Off

Phillip Gentry

Want in on some hot bedding bream action? Try fly fishing an overlooked Upstate lake. […]

The Little River Inlet jetties are great places to catch nice flounder. Carol Marsh caught this one drifting a live bait close to the bottom.

Nothing Little About It

Mike Marsh

There’s a stretch of water so far removed from the rest of the Palmetto State that it’s almost an afterthought among the state’s saltwater anglers. […]

Lake Jocassee has a history of producing jaw-dropping largemouth bass, with summer nights offering an especially good chance for a real lunker.

Jocassee After Hours

Richard Bernabe

For many anglers, fishing under a dome of glistening stars on a quiet summer night represents their best chance at catching the bass of a lifetime. […]

Fields that have both plenty of food available and open ground for doves to land and feed are likely to have good numbers of birds.

Field of Dreams

Phillip Gentry

Standing in the shadows on the edge of the field, we knew we had gotten lucky. […]

Currents

Face it, biologists know their stuff

Dan Kibler

One of the rules I set for myself when I started this outdoor-writing gig 20-some years ago was to always trust the pros who manage our wildlife and fisheries. […]

Gag grouper and beeliners (vermilion snapper) are two of the species that will be the subject of the upcoming public meetings held by the SAFMC.

Council to Hold Public Hearing/Scoping Meeting Series in May

From News Reports

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will hold a series of public meetings May 7 -15, 2008 to solicit input on fishery management alternatives designed to end overfishing for gag grouper, vermilion snapper, and red snapper, three economically important species in the snapper grouper management complex.
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