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Cover: November 2007 (SC)

This is the month to be in a deer stand in the Palmetto State. […]

A simple Q-tip can help you find out which of the guides on your fishing rod needs to be replaced before a crack or rough spot cuts the line while you’re fighting a big fish.

It’s time for some maintenance

Like a lot of bass fishermen, I hate to have to do maintenance on anything or do a big clean-up. It’s tough when you’re traveling and fishing almost every day for months, because when you get home, or when you have a day to rest, you don’t want to spend it cleaning your reels or working on the little things that keep your boat pristine. […]

Delayed-harvest streams in the South Carolina mountains receive heavy stockings in the fall, including some trophy fish that will push or exceed 20 inches.

Popular delayed-harvest is back

Richard Bernabe

For South Carolina fly fishermen, November offers some of the most anticipated trout fishing of the year — delayed-harvest season. […]

Only one blue marlin was brought to the docks during the five tournaments that made up the 2007 S.C. Governor’s Billfish Series. The rest were released.

Governor’s Cup still on top

Jeff Dennis

The S.C. Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series recently completed its 19th season. […]

While much of the upper Chattooga River is a rush of wild water with a steep gradient, fly fishermen will find their share of big, quiet pools where they can cast to a number of promising-looking areas to find big brown trout.

Chasing Chattooga Browns

Richard Bernabe

Rising in the high country of North Carolina and carving a 40-mile natural border between South Carolina and Georgia, the Chattooga River is one of the Southeast’s most celebrated trout streams. […]

Prime Time

Terry Madewell

When Inky Davis says, “Good cast” as soon as your crankbait touches the water, expect good things to happen — very quickly. […]

Stuck in the Middle

Dan Kibler

When he thinks about fishing out of his home port of Murrells Inlet, Terry Grantham of Florence must feel like the guy who ordered a donut at Krispy Kreme and found the center filled with the delicious surgary glaze. […]

Currents

The camp thing has hold of me

Dan Kibler

Growing up, I never did the camp thing. During summer vacation, there was too much baseball to be played, and the thought of anything interfering with the annual visit to my grandparents’ farm was one that never entered my mind. […]

For deer-hunting purposes, an ideal boat would have a big, open deck, plus plenty of storage space for gear and accessories.

One if by Land, Two if by Boat?

Phillip Gentry

South Carolina’s Piedmont area is blessed with an abundance of Wildlife Management Areas, ranging from rugged mountain terrain to lowland — almost swampland — bottoms. […]

Content

Beanfield Beast

Dan Kibler

Dixon Krall is 14. He’s been hunting for about seven years, and he’ll likely hunt for dozens more.

But it may be all downhill from here, because the buck he killed in Williamsburg County on Sept. 2 may be about as good as it gets. […]