Monthly Archives: May 2010

23″ Trout, by Edward Howe

Edward Howe 23 inch trout minnow on Carolina Rig near Folly 5/20/2010 It was delicious too.

Santee Lions Club Fishing Day Lands Big Fish!

Santee, SC The Santee Lions Club’s held their annual Blind Fishing Day at Millcreek Marina & Campground  May 8, 2010. District Governor Joyce Haskell congratulates  Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Guide, Boat Captain Bill Saltzman and Charleston, SC angler Michael “Stretch” Stapleton  (rt) with his 1st Place 32 lb.winning big  Catfish!

Fishing Report from Capt. Josh Whorton (May 24th)

Inshore- The Redfish bite has been great with artificials such as Berkley Gulp! Jerk Shad and Mud Minnows.  Look for good “Tailing Tides” for Redfish in the evenings around June 9 – June 13 and again June 21 – June 26.  The Reds will pounce on Gold Spoons and Crab Flies during those bigger high [...]

Rookie Offshore report 5/20/2010 by Ken Bergmann

Long riggers, short riggers, flat lines, bally hoo, Phin, Hoo’s, flyers, teasers, Islanders… I have been hearing these terms a lot lately and I finally got to see them in action.  I went on my first off shore trip this past Thursday.  Wow.  Up well before the crack of dawn, grabbed ice and headed for [...]

Tropical Weather Update for 5/24/10

Apparently someone didn’t get the Start of Hurricane Season memo. A tad early before the “official” start of hurricane season, a broad, asymmetric and generally untoward area of low pressure northeast of the Bahamas is showing signs of organization and a weak surface circulation. The National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a Special Tropical Weather [...]

South Carolina Berkeley Blueways

South Carolina’s Berkeley Blueways Special thanks to TopKayaker.net’s forum contributor and Carolina Gypsy Paddler, Archie Thompson, who approved any copy reprint here and was a leading facilitator in making the Berkeley Blueways happen. (Photo: Gypsy Paddler on the Lower Wadboo).The Berkeley County Blueways paddling trail system identifies over 175 miles of total water course from [...]

Fishing report from Randy Hamilton

This report comes to us from Randy Hamilton –friend of The Charleston Angler and inventor of the popular Hamilton Copperhead Fly. Hey y’all, Check the pics of a  beauty that rose to an Idylwilde #8 Flat Head Cicada.  Landed her on the BIIMX Winston 5 wt with the new Wulff Ambush line and a Ross Rythum!! [...]

Freedom Hawk Kayak Review: By Ken Bergmann

The Charleston Angler is now carrying the Freedom Hawk line of kayaks for your fishing pleasure.  I had the opportunity recently to take one of these kayaks out and put it through its paces.  As with all kayaks for fishing there is no “perfect” kayak.  You give something somewhere.  It’s just a kayak thing. In the pre-dawn [...]

Offshore fishing report for 5/10 from Mad Mike Benson

Here is a little report from the deep: I had two buddies come down from North Carolina for a bachelor party, and they wanted to go do some offshore fishing.  I made a quick call to a friend Jack Demecheck, captain of the Blue Chip, a 25′ Everglades center console and we started preparing.  Monday [...]

$1 Million Available for Community-based Habitat Restoration Projects

$1 Million Available for Community-based Habitat Restoration Projects $700,000 awarded through NOAA partnership in 2009 Alexandria, VA – May 13, 2010 – The FishAmerica Foundation, the conservation and research foundation of the American Sportfishing Association, through its partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Restoration Center, has $1 million available for marine and anadromous [...]

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