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Deep "sloughs" (depressions) in the bottom behind N.C.’s barrier islands of Hatteras and Ocracoke, along with the edges of grass beds, will hold fall speckled trout in great numbers.

Pamlico Puzzle

The Outer Banks are a mystery to many fishermen because there’s just so much water. […]

Backlashes

Help keep CWD out of this state

Greg Waite of Visions of Nature Taxidermy is alarmed because he thinks chronic wasting disease could pop up in North Carolina. […]

Because Lake Jocassee is a highland lake and its waters are infertile, it doesn’t have great numbers of smallies, but it contains some trophy fish.

Jocassee Grand Slam

Dan Kibler

If there is another lake in South Carolina that can match Lake Jocassee for sheer beauty, it’s still on God’s drawing board. […]

Fish fast for hungry bass

Davy Hite

When I back my boat down the ramp this month, there’ll be some different baits tied to the rods on my casting deck. […]

Steve Hedrick used a float rig to catch this nice sheepshead.

Float rigs really are child’s play

Jeff Burleson

The most commonly-used fishing method for saltwater inshore species involves a terminal weight that takes a bait to the bottom. […]

Catching a tailing redfish with fly-rod equipment is one of the premier challenges of sport fishing.

Stalking wild redfish with a fly

Richard Bernabe

In my mid-20s, I taught myself how to fly fish for trout at mountain streams. […]

Expert cast-netters during the fall season note that good numbers of shrimp often will remain at the same general “pole” areas for a couple of days.

Net Results

Terry Madewell

For many South Carolina outdoorsmen, the anticipation of opening day of shrimp baiting season is approached with the same life-or-death intensity as the start of deer or dove hunting. […]

When weather is cool and wet as opposed to hot and dry, the ground holds bear scent better for dogs.

Bear Boom

Scott Keepfer

For Robert Chapman, it’s all about the dogs. […]

To get ducks in close, hunters need to learn to use subtle calls, including learning how to vary pitches and cadences that actually sound like ducks. Ducks usually descend the scale of sound with their calls, with each sound a little shorter than the imme

Talk Different to Ducks

John E. Phillips

To have success this duck season, hunters need to understand how to talk different to ducks. […]

Using free lines to move live baits away from an anchored boat and up close to targeted structure is a good striper technique to use at the Combahee River.

Ace in the Hole

Phillip Gentry

South Carolina boasts some of the best striped bass fishing in the country. […]

Lumber River redbreasts

Bream

The Lumber River is home to one of the prettiest and feistiest panfish species in the Carolinas – the redbreast sunfish. […]

Offshore mixed bag out of Beaufort Inlet

Features

When many anglers head offshore looking for some hot fishing action, they’re looking for a variety of species known as a mixed bag. […]

Cape Fear River catfishing with Carolina ALL OUT

Catfish

Chris Douglas joins catfish angler Justin Riewhestahl to fish for Cape Fear River blue cats and flatheads, and they catch their share. […]

Little girls, big fish

Catfish

Colt Turner was fishing with his daughters in June when they teamed up to catch a big catfish on the Dan River. […]

Plano Frost 32-quart cooler

NEW PRODUCTS

Plano knows plenty about plastics, so it’s only natural for them to make the high-performance, Frost 32-quart cooler. […]