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The best way to find structures that hold red drum is to scout for potential areas during a dead-low lunar tide.

Plan R for Redfish

Capt. Jot Owens surveyed the water and sky as clouds moving from the northwest skidded overhead. […]

Backlashes

Is Navy painting itself into corner?

The range of an F/A-18E Super Hornet jet fighter aircraft is 1,930 nautical miles. In U.S. “standard” miles (like you and I drive in our gasoline-powered vehicles), that’s 2,221 miles. […]

Bream are suckers for the mayflies that will be hatching in ponds and streams across South Carolina through the month of July.

July mayflies hatch plenty of fun

Davy Hite

When the subject of fishing in July comes up, the thing that pops into my head is the mayfly hatch. […]

Bluegill or “bream” are the perfect introduction to the sport of fishing for most youngsters — they’re easy to catch and found most everywhere — and they continue to be among the favorite targets of adults.

The bream — a fish for all ages

Richard Bernabe

As a young boy, my earliest fishing memories were of catching bluegills with friends in a small pond in our neighborhood. […]

Spanish mackerel is a popular saltwater gamefish that is easily accessible during the summer to fishermen in boats, on piers, jetties and even in the surf. Just make sure to match the size and color of your lures to the baitfish on which Spanish are feedi

Spanish definitely spoken here

Jeff Dennis

Saltwater fishing is seldom better than in July, with water temperatures warm enough to please all fish. […]

Many South Carolina anglers bow out of offshore action when the hot weather really sets in, but they’re missing some of the best billfish action of the year when sailfish arrive in good numbers.

Taking a Summer Sail

Walt Rhodes

Nipping at the dangling teaser, the dolphin resembled a puppy chasing after someone’s coattail. […]

A colorful Chauga River rainbow trout earns its release back into the river, which is fairly wide in most places and offers good, open-water casting for fly fishermen.

Catching Chauga trout is a wild time

Richard Bernabe

The Chauga River is nestled in the mountains of northwestern South Carolina. Long overlooked by trout fishermen in favor of its more famous and bigger brother, the Chattooga, the Chauga is quietly garnering a local reputation as top destination for feisty rainbow and trophy brown trout. […]

Catching “doubles” of blue cats isn’t unusual at Wateree.

Underexposed?

Jim Casada

As the Catawba River winds its way through the Carolinas, Lake Wateree is the farthest reservoir downstream. […]

Fishermen must present their baits in places where big flounder lie on the bottom, waiting for its prey to wash past.

Lay Down the (Door)mats

Terry Madewell

Flounder fishing is fun for a variety of reasons.

First, flounder are available in good numbers, particularly in the Charleston area — and that’s especially true during the hottest months of the year. […]