Game Zone 6 Spring Turkey Season Opens Sunday, March 15 in S.C.

The 2009 turkey season in Game Zone Six will open on Sunday, March 15.  The old law that provided for hunting on Saturday when the season opening date fell on Sunday or on Monday when the season closing date fell on Sunday was repealed last year by the General Assembly at the request of the [...]

Wild Quail Management Seminars scheduled for March 5-7 in S.C.

Bobwhite quail populations in South Carolina and the Southeast have been declining steadily over the past 60 years due to major land use change and reduction in suitable habitat. The 22nd Annual Wild Quail Management Seminars, sponsored by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the S.C. State Committee of Quail Unlimited, are designed to [...]

South Carolina DNR Stocks Trout by Helicopter in Lower Saluda River

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ Freshwater Fisheries Section stocked about 17,000 brown and rainbow trout in the Lower Saluda River Nov. 19 using a helicopter and specialized lift bucket. The stocking benefits South Carolina’s $18 million trout fishery.
This year’s trout stocking is a cooperative effort between DNR and the State Law Enforcement Division with [...]

24 Nov 2008 S.C. Weekly Tidetable

Tides at Charleston (Customhouse Wharf)
Get specific tide information for various SC stations.
MONDAY, November 24
05:21AM 6.0 H
11:34AM 0.5 L
05:25PM 5.1 H
11:38PM 0.2 L
TUESDAY, November 25
06:05AM 6.1 H
12:20PM 0.4 L
06:08PM 5.1 H
WEDNESDAY, November 26
12:19AM 0.2 L
06:46AM 6.1 H
01:03PM 0.4 L
06:50PM 5.0 H
THURSDAY, November 27
12:58AM 0.3 L
07:26AM 6.1 H
01:44PM 0.4 L
07:29PM 4.9 H
FRIDAY, November 28
01:36AM 0.3 L
08:05AM 6.0 [...]

S.C. Waterfowl Season Gets Underway Nov. 26

The 2008-2009 late waterfowl season will soon get underway with the first segment opening on Wednesday, Nov. 26 running until Sunday, Nov. 30.
Changes in regulations include an increase in the wood duck bag limit from two to three, a hybrid daily bag limit for scaup, and a closure of the canvasback season. This season will [...]

SC DNR Small Game Project Ranks Top Counties for Quail and Rabbit

Survey results for the 2007-08 hunting season show Georgetown, Clarendon, Calhoun, Lee  and Richland counties were the top five counties for quail, while the top five counties for rabbits jumped per hour were Saluda, Fairfield, Chester, Newberry, and Hampton, according to biologists with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Small Game Project.
Through intensive field [...]

South Carolina Upstate Mobility Impaired Deer Hunts Held Oct. 24-25

Mobility impaired hunters will again be treated to a very unique opportunity to attend two special deer hunts this year on about forty-five well managed and exclusive, private tracts of land in the Upstate.
The hunts are scheduled for October 24-25 in Cherokee, Spartanburg and Union counties and on October 31-November 1 in Laurens and Newberry [...]

Fifty-one Fields Available For Public Dove Hunting In South Carolina

Fifty one public dove fields will be available across the state during the 2008-09 season through the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Management Area program.
The 2008-09 mourning dove season will run as follows: Sept. 1-6 (noon until sunset); Sept. 7–Oct. 4; Nov. 22-29; and Dec. 19–Jan. 15. Legal hunting hours for mourning dove season, [...]

South Carolina DNR Offers Several Coastal Draw Deer Hunts

Several draw deer hunting opportunities will exist throughout the Lowcountry this fall and hunters are encouraged to send in their applications. 
Draw hunts for still deer hunting occur on the following coastal Wildlife Management Areas (WMA’s): Bear Island, Bonneau Ferry, Donnelley, Hamilton Ridge, Palachucola, Webb, and the newly acquired Botany Bay Plantation.  For $25 per hunter, [...]

South Carolina Freshwater Fishing Trends

For more recent updates and further information visit www.SCFishingReport.com
Mountains Area
Lake Jocassee:

Trout: Good to very good. Trout are in a transitional stage right now between spring and summer patterns. They have not moved very deep yet but are going that direction. Catching rainbows early morning up to about 4 pounds has been easy, reports guide [...]