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Although big flounder are caught each year at other areas, the most consistently-producing spots are southeastern coastal inshore and offshore areas.

Wrecked on Flounder

Like hard-core party-goers who make a night of it by jumping from bar to bar, North Carolina saltwater anglers have options when it comes to getting their fill of big flounders each summer. […]

June and July are the prime “feeding up” months for largemouths at Kerr Lake because its bass population lags behind other lakes relative to the spawning season.

If anyone knows more about catching bass at John H. Kerr Reservoir (Buggs Island) Lake than David Fritts of Lexington or Joel Richardson of Kernersville, they’re doing a good job of keeping it a secret. […]

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

Mike Marsh

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

Backlashes

Is Navy painting itself into corner?

Craig Holt

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. […]