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Cover: July 2018

Swimbaits are underutilized lures for summer bass — until now. Flounder fishing can be as hot as the weather around nearshore reefs. […]

July means bream, mayflies and bass

Davy Hite

Fishing can be tough in July, but if you find a good mayfly hatch, you’ll see some of the most aggressive feeding by bream and bass of the year. […]

Cooalla Coolers

Carolina Sportsman

The designers at Cooalla Coolers noticed most conventional coolers even soft-sided ones were bulky, clumsy to carry and took up too much space. […]

Field & Stream has added some lightweight hunting clothes to its product line, and although two particular items were designed for turkey hunters, they should be big hits for early-season archery hunters across the Southeast. […]

Costa Del Mar

Carolina Sportsman

Costa Del Mar targets fishermen with a large percentage of their sunglasses, and two of their latest offerings, the Cape and Montauk, are perfect examples. […]

Don’t forget swimbaits for summer bass in the Carolinas.

Get in the summer swim

Dan Kibler

A soft-plastic swimbait may not be the artificial lure that a lot of bass fishermen point to as their “go-to” bait during the summer, but they’ve never been in the shoes of young bass pro Dylan Fulk of Concord, N.C. […]

Blackfin blackout

Dan Kibler

Yellowfin tuna aren’t as plentiful off the coast of the Carolinas in July as they are in the spring, but blackfin tuna are here in large numbers. […]

During the summer months, down-rodding live bait for striped bass is the go-to tactic for fishing guide Chip Hamilton and anglers of all ages.

Get the lowdown on down-rod fishing for striped bass

Phillip Gentry

It’s hard to say for every species of fish that when a particular pattern is really working, that it’s the way those fish have to be fished for. […]

Two large J-shaped high-profile legs give the Cowboy its vibrating action.

Ride ‘em, cowboy

Don Shoopman

Before Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits’ Cowboy soft plastic creature bait was unveiled at the 2018 Bassmaster Classic in South Carolina, a few bass anglers were fortunate to have Ron Colby’s latest creation. […]

Team South Carolina was the hometown favorite to win the B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional held in Georgetown, S.C., but they narrowly lost out to Team Delaware by a single pound.

Team South Carolina takes second at B.A.S.S. Eastern Regional

From Bassmaster.com

Delaware’s nickname is “The First State” and its anglers won first place on Thursday in the Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Eastern Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors. […]