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Cover: December 2006 (NC) – Fishing

Sure, it’s December, but anglers from Cape Fear to Cape Lookout will be having as much fun as their deer-hunting counterparts are in more inland areas. […]

Cover: December 2006 (NC) – Hunting

North Carolina Sportsman

Sure, it’s December, but anglers from Cape Fear to Cape Lookout will be having as much fun as their deer-hunting counterparts are in more inland areas. […]

Dillan Decandt of Easley was fascinated by his uncle’s trophy deer-head collection. Now the youngster can start his own.

Dream Buck

Scott Keepfer

Whenever Dillan Decandt visited Tony Cole, he was mesmerized by the mounted deer heads that stared down at him from his uncle’s den wall. […]

Largemouth bass have been reduced to 11 percent of the Lake Keowee population.

The water needs to move. It doesn’t matter which way, as long as there’s a strong current carrying it in one direction or the other, and it doesn’t hurt if there’s a nice breeze blowing, even one hard enough to dot the surface of Lake Keowee with whitecaps. […]

Ralph Phillips hoists an American shad at the Tail Race Canal at the Cooper River while Adam Ridgeway, foreground, works his line.

Christmas Shad

Jack Horan

They’re known as “Christmas shad” because American shad, starting their annual migratory spawning run, can be caught at the lower Cooper River during Christmas week. […]

Using 10-pound-test line to tie to a jighead lure works well with a three-way swivel trolling rig (tight lining) because the heavier line allows the lure to float higher than the weight while being pulled through crappies’ strike zones.

Confounded by Crappies?

Dan Kibler

Lake Murray is, by all estimates, a big reservoir.

It stretches more than 41 miles from the dam near Columbia past the forks of the Big Saluda and Little Saluda rivers, covers 50,000 acres and has 520 miles of shoreline. […]

Fishing guides such as Capt. Jeff Yates suggest anglers study creeks and look for potentially productive “bends” of the streams.

Speckled December

Walt Rhodes

It was that perfect kind of a winter day that makes living in the Lowcountry so enjoyable. […]

Funding for fishing and boating education in school physical education programs is available from the Future Fisherman Foundation.

Fishing, Boating Grants Available for Schools

From News Reports

Alexandria, Va. — The Future Fisherman Foundation has $200,000 available in grant funding for physical education teachers to incorporate fishing and boating education into their curricula, offering up to $5,000 in individual grants to help foster active leisure lifestyles and ethical attitudes about the outdoors. […]

Captain Dennis Starke (L) and Jay Higgins hoist the winner's $150,000 check form the Wal-Mart FLW kingfish Tour Championship.

Sea Bandit Filches Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour Championship

Jerry Dilsaver

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – Team Sea Bandit headed by Dennis Starke of Pine Bluff, N.C. made a move from third place after the preliminary rounds of the Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour Championship, held November 9 to 11, to catch the second largest king of the final day and secure the championship win and a check for $150,000. […]

Aggressive spots biting at Keowee

Scott Keepfer

Rocky Wells compares the spotted bass at Lake Keowee to “a bunch of lions.” […]